Mark Washburn
Media Reporter at The Charlotte Observer
Mark Washburn is a semi-retired journalist for The Charlotte Observer.
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Mar 17, 2025 |
corneliustoday.com | Mark Washburn
Cornelius News Impact fees not an avenue in road, development woes By Newsroom ⋅ March 17, 2025 ⋅ Post a comment NEWSMAKERS BREAKFAST | By Mark WashburnMarch 17. Growing pains are sharply felt in the pocketbook, Cornelius business and civic leaders were told Feb. 21, and relief is tricky to find.
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Oct 23, 2024 |
charlotteobserver.com | Mark Washburn
It's been 15 years this month since a rare bird roosted at one edge of Charlotte's dour financial cavern and unfurled its mesmerizing sparkle. Landing with the coincidental rise of the now-ubiquitous camera phone, "The Firebird" has become the city's favored selfie spot, patiently posing night and day for tourists, school groups, office workers and random passers-by.
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Oct 21, 2024 |
corneliustoday.com | Mark Washburn
Cornelius NewsDespite industry challenges, Lake Norman real estate market the place to beBy Newsroom ⋅ October 21, 2024 ⋅ Post a comment NEWSMAKERS BREAKFAST | By Mark WashburnOct. 21. Lake Norman’s white-hot residential real estate market has cooled a couple degrees, but the region remains one of the most vibrant in the nation, two industry executives said at the Newsmakers Breakfast in September.
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Oct 12, 2024 |
charlotteledger.substack.com | Mark Washburn |Tony Mecia
Good morning! Today is Saturday, October 12, 2024. You’re reading The Charlotte Ledger’s Weekend Edition. Need to subscribe — or upgrade your Ledger e-newsletter subscription? Details here. Today’s Ledger is sponsored by SouthernEEZ. SouthernEEZ is the year-round choice of HOAs, multi-family communities and residential builders across the Charlotte-Fort Mill-Rock Hill metro. Upfront pricing. Locally owned & operated. Licensed, bonded and insured.
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Sep 26, 2024 |
charlotteobserver.com | Mark Washburn
Savannah, Charleston and New Orleans - the South's most-storied cities - claim prominence in so much historical fiction about the region. Now Charlotte takes a rare role as a setting for a mid-19th Century novel, one thick with themes of war, servitude and perseverance. In "Unbound Gifts," Henry, who later goes by Henry Freeman, is an enslaved youth whose unusual mental ability lifts him from the plantation to a home on North Tryon Street and ultimately the grim rigors of the Civil War.
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