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Mar 11, 2025 | 
corneliustoday.com | Dave Vieser
TRAFFIC | By Dave VieserMarch 11. Anyone expecting a quick fix to traffic conditions near Hough High and Bailey Middle will be disappointed after a long-awaited traffic study was unveiled at a Cornelius Town Board meeting. “Two of the key proposals designed to relieve congestion—widening Bailey Road and adding turn lanes—were rejected by the State DOT” said Steve Blakley, of Kimley Horn Consultants, the firm that conducted the study.
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Sep 11, 2024 | 
corneliustoday.com | Dave Vieser
ANALYSIS | By Dave VieserSept. 10. The Cornelius Town Board had just unanimously approved local legislation in support of a countywide referendum for a 1 percent sales tax to fund road and transit projects, including the Red Line.
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Aug 23, 2024 | 
corneliustoday.com | Dave Vieser
BACK TO SCHOOL | By Dave VieserAug. 23. Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools open on Monday August 26 including all four in Cornelius: Cornelius Elementary, JV Washam Elementary, Bailey Middle School, and Hough High School. All four schools are located east of I 77. Please keep an eye out for kids and school buses. BackgroundThe CMS schools in Cornelius have been recognized as among the best system-wide. “While no educational system is perfect, we are truly blessed with high-performance local schools.
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Aug 8, 2024 | 
corneliustoday.com | Dave Vieser
LOCAL POLITICS | By Dave VieserAug. 8. Considerable political interest emerged during the past two weeks as the nation’s Presidential election took an unprecedented turn. However, interest is also rising locally in one race which political experts from both sides of the aisle consider ‘competitive.’It’s the House District 98 showdown which features Republican Melinda Bales of Huntersville facing off against Democrat Beth Helfrich of Davidson.
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Jun 3, 2024 | 
corneliustoday.com | Dave Vieser
By Dave VieserJune 3. Breaking from tradition, Mecklenburg County Commissioners voted May 30 to reduce the proposed county tax increase in the 2025 budget from 1.5 cents to a penny. The straw vote has frequently found the county leaders supporting the tax rates proposed by the county manager, but not this year. A majority of the commissioners decided that a 1.5 cent increase would be simply too much for taxpayers on the heels of last years revaluation.
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Mar 13, 2024 | 
businesstodaync.com | Dave Vieser
INTERVIEW | By Dave VieserMarch 13. As so often happens with major developments, all didn’t go as planned and the $110 million Alexander Farm mixed-use project is running about two years behind. That said, McInerney is still confident that residents will be pleased with the final product. Here’s the very latest, from an exclusive Cornelius/Business Today interview:Cornelius Today: Can you elaborate on why the project is behind schedule?
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Feb 13, 2024 | 
corneliustoday.com | Dave Vieser
COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT | By Dave VieserLook for the intersection of Nantz Road and West Catawba to change dramatically as well as other development sites around town. At Nantz and West Catawba there will be a new convenience store and day care center. Convenience Development Partners will extend Nantz Road to the south and east, behind the boat storage businesses,meeting up with another extension that is expected to be built by the developer of Magnolia Villas.
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Feb 6, 2024 | 
corneliustoday.com | Dave Vieser
GIVING BACK | By Dave VieserFeb. 6. At age 17, Annalise Leck has already created a non-profit virtual bulletin board with service opportunities for local high school students. Cougar House makes finding service projects and hours easier for high school students, a big thing when it comes to college applications. Organizations on the site range from Davidson Lands Conservancy and FeedNC to the Smithsonian Institution and the Library of Congress.
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Jan 16, 2024 | 
corneliustoday.com | Dave Vieser
INTERVIEW | By Dave VieserJan. 16. The Lake Norman Community Development Corp. (LKNCDC) is adding more families to its list of success stories. The goal of the non-profit is to create affordable housing opportunities for moderate income households in the North Mecklenburg/Lake Norman region. LKNCDC Executive Director Michelle Hoverson, a former associate pastor at Grace Covenant Church,spelled out the details during an interview with Cornelius Today.
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Dec 18, 2023 | 
corneliustoday.com | Dave Vieser
HOW OUR GOVERNMENT WORKS | By Dave VieserDec. 18. The newly adopted streamlined conditional zoning process should provide applicants, residents and board members with vital information sooner than previously required. The changes were unanimously adopted at the Town Board’s Nov. 20 meeting. Conditional zoning is a process whereby a municipality allows a change in zoning subject to certain conditions; most zoning changes in Cornelius are now handled via conditional zoning.
