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<br />TABLE TALK
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<br />CHARLOm BUSINESS JOURNAL
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<br />FROM PAGE 2
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<br />TABLE TALK: Orr wants to make case for rail line to airport
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<br />former Triangle affiliate is owned by
<br />Clear Channel, which also happens to
<br />be the parent company of John Boy and
<br />Billy's flagship, WRFX-FM in Charlotte,
<br />as well as the show's syndication par-
<br />ent, Premiere Radio Networks. Lam-
<br />bert says 80% of the show's afnIiates
<br />aren't owned by Clear Channel, as Rock
<br />96 is not. The show is in 100 markets.
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<br />ments followed a suggestion by com-
<br />mittee member Stan Campbell that
<br />CATS Executive Director Ron Tober
<br />meet with the airport group.
<br />Orr said that he's tried unsuccessf\ùly
<br />in recent months to get Tober to the com-
<br />mittee's monthly meeting Campbell, a
<br />former city councilman and a light-rail
<br />skeptic, urged Orr to keep trying.
<br />Nearly two years ago, CATS planners
<br />concluded that light rail to the airport
<br />would be rarely used and cost so much
<br />that federal authorities wouldn't pay
<br />for it. Instead they propose using nxed
<br />busways, which tend to cost at least
<br />30% less than light rail.
<br />Orr thinks most cities under-
<br />stand the value of light-rail con-
<br />nections to airports and that
<br />Charlotte is missing a big oppor- ~
<br />tunity to boost the west side. ~ '
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<br />Local photographer Sean Busher, a
<br />regular CBJ shooter, won nrst place in
<br />The Light Factory's Members Show
<br />this year. The contest drew 102 entries
<br />from members, many of whom are vet-
<br />eran commercial photographers in
<br />Charlotte. "I'm honored to be recog-
<br />nized among such great photogra-
<br />phers," Busher says. "These are all
<br />the people I respect"
<br />At 24, Busher is just getting his
<br />career started. He gradu-
<br />ated with a degree in
<br />photojournalism from
<br />UNC Chapel Hill in
<br />2001. The Member's
<br />Show will be on
<br />display at The
<br />Light Factory at
<br />Spirit Square
<br />until Sept. 2.
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<br />NBA Hall of
<br />Famer and for-
<br />mer Los Angeles
<br />Lakers star
<br />James Worthy is
<br />returning to his
<br />native Gaston
<br />County for a
<br />fund-raiser bene-
<br />nting the Gaston
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<br />Radio duo John Boy
<br />and Billy are on the
<br />move in the Triangle,
<br />ditching affiliate sta-
<br />tion WTRG-FM, an
<br />oldies format, in
<br />favor of WRDU-FM,
<br />known as "Rock 96." :
<br />The redneck morn-
<br />ing duo left WTRG
<br />July 30, with a debut
<br />on the new rock affiliate
<br />set for Aug. lB.
<br />Marty Lambert, director
<br />of affiliate sales for the
<br />John Boy & Billy Big Show,
<br />says the move stemmed from
<br />the show's desire to get away
<br />from the oldies format. The
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<br />Boys and Girls Club. Worthy will host a
<br />celebrity golf tournament Aug. 30 at
<br />Cramer Mountain Country Club in
<br />Cramerton, with fellow homegrown
<br />hoopsters Eric "Sleepy" Floyd, former-
<br />lyof the Houston Rockets, and Darrell
<br />Armstrong of the New Orleans Hor-
<br />nets. Some playing slots remain open;
<br />details at (704) 868-7178.
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<br />Charlotte's own entertainment
<br />impresario Steve Caldwell, a 13-year
<br />veteran of the Charlotte Chamber, has
<br />pitched the suit and tie in exchange for
<br />a f\ùl-time job pitching good times.
<br />Caldwell, 40, nationally recognized for
<br />his chamber recruiting prowess, has
<br />
<br />WEEK OF AUGUST 6,2004
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<br />Fashionistas across the country
<br />are learning about SouthPark mall in
<br />a new campaign now hitting such
<br />magazines as Glamour, Town &
<br />Country, Cosmopolitan, Good House-
<br />keeping, Lucky, Jane and Vogue.
<br />The colorful and artsy ads are run-
<br />ning just in time for the mall's grand
<br />re-opening festivities today. In the
<br />August edition of Glamour, an adver-
<br />tisement for Capitol at Phillips Place
<br />is running.
<br />"The ad buys were placed to reach
<br />a variety of audiences, including a
<br />range of conswner publications that
<br />will inevitably reach SouthPark
<br />shoppers," says Julie Harrell,
<br />SouthPark marketing director. "We
<br />know that SouthPark is a draw
<br />throughout the Southeast - and
<br />Simon has developed an advertising
<br />campaign to be far-reaching as well."
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<br />always been the first at any party and
<br />usually the last to leave.
<br />Caldwell recently
<br />began publishing a maga-
<br />zine called Elevaœ Enter-
<br />tainment & Magazine to
<br />publicize the city's
<br />nightlife and social scene.
<br />He's now devoting all of
<br />his energies to the free,
<br />12,()()(}.circulation month-
<br />ly digest and to keeping Caldwell
<br />its pages filled. "Things
<br />are looking good," Caldwell says. "I'm get-
<br />ting out there and plugging away. It's a
<br />brave new world, man. "
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<br />CABARRUS: Mixed-use plan for tract
<br />in Kannapolis follows major models
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<br />FROM PAGE 1
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<br />recreation center, two pools, parks, nat-
<br />ura! areas and recreation areas for bas-
<br />ketball, volleyball and a soccer neld.
<br />Condos and townhomes will likely
<br />sell in the $200,000 to $300,000 range.
<br />Single-family homes will be priced at
<br />$220,000 to $500,000, Kiser says.
<br />The neo-traditional development
<br />would contain about 320 single-family
<br />homes and about 120 multifamily units.
<br />Kiser originally planned a subdivi-
<br />sion with median-priced homes on the
<br />land before he toured Bedford at Falls
<br />River, a neo-traditional mixed-use
<br />neighborhood developed by Wakefield
<br />Development, located north of Raleigh.
<br />"We fell in love with Bedford," he
<br />says. GLK Group executives decided to
<br />incorporate features of Bedford and
<br />Celebration in Orlando, Fla., Walt Dis-
<br />ney Co.'s pioneering new urbanism
<br />community.
<br />Kiser believes the development could
<br />be built out within three years.
<br />Kannapolis officials say they wel-
<br />come development on the city's west
<br />side, closest to Charlotte. Former Kan-
<br />napolis City Manager Mike Mahaney
<br />called the development "Afton on
<br />steroids," referring to Afton Village, the
<br />BOO-home mixed-use project located
<br />across Interstate 85 from the GLK site.
<br />Parking in most of the neighborhoods
<br />will be in the rear of the homes, accessi-
<br />ble from mews, or streets connecting
<br />secondary roads in the development.
<br />"We wanted to design this neighbor-
<br />hood for people not cars," Kiser says.
<br />Commercial development will be
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<br />restricted to an area closest to Kan-
<br />napolis Parkway, which is scheduled for
<br />completion in 2006. That design plan is
<br />another way to calm traffic in the subdi-
<br />vision, says Donald Wagstaff Jr., chief
<br />fmancial officer of GLK Group.
<br />Some of the multifamily units will be
<br />built in townhome buildings, which
<br />will also have rear parking access.
<br />Trees on the circumference of the
<br />property will be preserved to give the
<br />development the appearance of a more
<br />mature neighborhood, planners says.
<br />"We can focus on where the trees are
<br />and build around them and not through
<br />them," Wagstaff says.
<br />GLK Group, a limited liability corpo-
<br />ration, will develop the property made
<br />up of farmland bought from descen-
<br />dants of Walter Lee Overcash.
<br />Planners have reserved 34 acres for
<br />retail and other commercial develop-
<br />ment that will be called Town Center
<br />and will contain a bank, restaurants, a
<br />small grocery store, offices and other
<br />"light commercial operations," says
<br />Wagstaff. .
<br />The execs are looking for a retail
<br />development firm as a partner or con-
<br />sultant to attract commercial develop-
<br />ment to the property.
<br />On Monday, GLK Group officials fùed
<br />to have the land rezoned to a Kannapo-
<br />lis mixed-use classification from its cur-
<br />rent agricultural designation. Kiser
<br />believes that process will be complete
<br />no later than September.
<br />Kiser, a Kannapolis native, has built
<br />other traditional neighborhoods in
<br />town including Lantern Green, Went-
<br />worth and Woodmoore.
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