The economy shed 651,000 jobs in February and 4.4 million since the recession began in December 2007. Only a handful of metro areas have escaped falling employment over the past three months. Yet there are still some places out there that remain attractive to businesses.
Our 11th annual ranking of the Best Places for Business [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Lake Norman’
June 18, 2009
The Best Places For Business And Careers
April 20, 2009
Lake Norman Chamber Presents Survive & Thrive in Today’s Economy: Funding Strategies for your Business
The Lake Norman Chamber of Commerce in association with the Small Business & Technology Development Center at University of North Carolina at Charlotte will present the last in a series of four free workshops addressing business management in today’s economic environment. The last program will be held Tuesday, April 28th from 8:30 am until [...]
April 15, 2009
Lake Norman Chamber Program to Examine Sweeping Labor Law Legislation and its Impact on Local Business
The Lake Norman Chamber of Commerce will hear a presentation on labor law legislation currently pending before congress, specifically Senate Bill S560 the Employee Free Choice Act, also known as the Card Check Bill. The program will take place Friday, April 24th, from 8:00 – 9: 30 a.m. at the Lake Norman Chamber. The Employee [...]
April 3, 2009
Lake Norman Times to cease publication
The Lake Norman Times will cease publication April 15, the newspaper reports on its Web site.
Womack Publishing Co. Inc., which founded the weekly newspaper 17 years ago, cites the recession and declining advertising revenue.
Subscribers will receive prorated refunds, as will advertisers with multi-week contracts.
Virginia-based Womack Publishing owns and operates 15 community newspapers in North Carolina [...]
January 7, 2009
Lake Norman Chamber Launches New Job Site
Cornelius, NC (January 6, 2009) – Looking for work? Need Employees? A new online resource might help you find what you need. The Lake Norman Chamber of Commerce has partnered with LocalJobs.com to produce a Charlotte-Lake Norman region focused jobs site. The new employment resource is available on the Chamber’s homepage at www.lakenormanchamber.org. It allows [...]
August 28, 2008
Lake Norman Chamber of Commerce Selects LOCALJOBS.COM to Power New Job Board
Awarded just days after the Asheville Chamber of Commerce did the same thing, LOCALJOBS.COM has secured it’s second Chamber account in a week with the final approval from the Lake Norman Chamber of Commerce committment this week.
The objective is to build and host a Job Board which in the words of Chamber President Bill Russell, [...]