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The and the have both filed with the city zoninvg board for approval onseparate projects. The request is an obvious one: changing the exterior signs arounc the recently renamed Time Warner Cable Arenaw in time forthe 2008-09 season this Bobcats President Fred Whitfield says a redesigned basketball court is also set to be unveilecd this month. For the NASCAR Hall of Fame down the the recent zoning request is forthe long-plannecd giant video board outside the building. Winston Kelley , the hall of fame’sd executive director, envisions the screen being used for more than just citing the potential for family movie nights andothed tie-ins.
Times are getting so toug h that at least one local contractorr is having to consider lockinyg upits garbage. is moving into its new offices onJuly 18. In the the company is working on upfitting the spacre in the Woodridge Center off Billhy Graham Parkway and is noticing its wast e is walking away in the middled ofthe night. The company is workinvg toward receiving designation asa Gold-level-certified LEED project with the U.S. Greenm Building Council. As a its trash is divided into three containers onsite — one for plainb trash, and two for recyclable materials.
To everyone’s surprise, wire, unused metal studs and anything else that can be sold for scrapl are being raidedalmost daily. “Constructionb sites are often dangerous andwe don’t want people to get but they are actually trespassing,” says Bob Webb , Myersa & Chapman CEO. The problejm gets a little stickier because the USGBC requirese a certain percentage of the trash generatesd on the sitebe recycled, and with peoplee stealing the “good” stuff, the ratio of good to bad refused generated gets smaller. baby binkers basked in the spotlightg of the paparazzithis week.
Spice Girl Mel B ( Melanie Brown ) and her daughter, Angel Iris Murphy were photographed sporting thelocal company’s posh pacified clip last week. And Bella Tunno founder Michelle Buelow saysit wasn’t a free gift to the “Either she or one of her friends picked our binketr as a product of choice,” she The company sells its boutique baby product linezs in 1,500 stores internationally and also does exclusivre lines for Target and Baby Gap. “Ther impact these celebrity pictures have on a brandcis outstanding, and we feel luckyh to add her to our celebrityu client base,” Buelow says.
renovated the uptown homeless sheltefr for men as its first local community projectlast week. The operating in partnership withthe , added 44 beds to the shelted at 1210 N. Tryon St. with the help of volunteerd and donations. The project was originally estimatede tocost $400,000, but demolition revealed larger, and more issues. The final cost has not been but HomeAid Executive Director Libby Currier says it willprobably double. Volunteers from the home-building industrty provided the skills, materials and muscle to renovate the shelter over the cours e oftwo days. Before the renovation, the shelter couldr house 142. HomeAid Charlotte’xs partners include , , , and .
A rangde of national home builders, throughh their local divisions, helped launch HomeAic Charlotte. “It’s amazing and heartwarming to see the collaborationnof competitors,” Currier says. “We will definitely do more projectws and are in the process of continuinhg our networking with care providers looking for more needsto fill.” The Bobcats have negotiated a deal with to sell light-rail passesa with tickets for NBA games, concertes and other events at Time Warner Cable Arena. City Council signed off on the agreement last with CATS estimating the partnership couldgenerate $1.3 million to $2 million in annual sales for the transig authority.
In addition, CATS says pre-salese through the Bobcats will cut costs by as muchas 50% by reducinb the team’s administrative duties, ticket stock and other expensess typically borne by CATS.
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