Growing Pains

Nc Voters Weigh In On Immigration And Border Security

Bloomberg Poll: 60% of NC Residents Say Immigration Very Important For Election

A Bloomberg poll from earlier this summer asked more than 700 North Carolinians how important immigration is to deciding the next president, 60% answered very important.

Denver Hopes To Continue Attracting New Business

Located west of Lake Norman, this unincorporated part of Lincoln County has less than 3,000 people in the community. Yet, new business is popping up, especially around NC-16.

Pineville Growth Evolves As Younger Population Moves In

Pineville grew at a 6.4% rate in the last three years. A town of just over 11,000 with a median age five years younger that the national average.

Indian Trail Planning To Take Control Of Town Roads

Town pride led officials to create a five year plan to take over residential streets. Paving and patching their own roads instead of waiting for the state.

Lake Wylie To Revisit Idea Of Incorporation

Lake Wylie is unincorporated. About eight years ago, there were discussions about becoming its own municipality. Ledford says those talks ended quickly. There's been a lot of growth since then. For that reason, there's now new plans to create a committee to weigh the pros and cons of going it alone.

Small Town Of Stallings Seeing Big Growth

While Stallings might not have quite the population of the surrounding towns, it is growing as fast as them at 6.8% in the last three years.

Kannapolis’ Mayor Excepts 100,000 People In 20 Years

Kannapolis' Mayor Expects 100,000 People In 20 Years

The mayor projects the city will continue to add about 1,000 people per year for the next decade. He believes within 20 years, the city's population will hit 100,000.

Counties In Charlotte Region Feeling Similar Growing Pains

Whether you're from here or you moved here, we are all dealing with the growing pains of living in one of the fastest growing parts of the country.

Industries Moving To Rowan County Help To Improve Struggling Economy

Just off I-85 in China Grove sits a glimpse of the future for a county attempting to not repeat the past. The Macy's distribution center is expected to bring around 2,000 jobs to the county.

Chester County Officials Expect Population Boom In Coming Years

Busy roads, not enough jobs, too many homes. In the last couple of months, these have been the most common growing pains for county's around Charlotte. However, Chester County's pain is not growing.

High Density Developments Putting Strain On Iredell County Resources

That growth from Mooresville to Statesville, is the biggest reason for the county's 7% growth in three years. County Commissioner, Bert Connolly, would like to see that growth cut in half.

Union County Dealing With Traffic Concerns Amid Growing Population

The census shows the county as a whole, grew 7.6% in a 3 year span. Pushing the population to 256,000 people. Making it the second biggest county in our area and the 8th largest in the state

Catawba County Focused On Attracting Younger Workforce To Help Aging Economy

Census numbers show a mere 2.5% population increase in a three year span. That's 8% less than their smaller but growing neighbor to the south, Lincoln County. On the other side of Lake Norman, Iredell County grew 3x faster.

Lincoln County Controlling 10% Growth With "Measured Approach"

New facilities, new business, and new homes. Lincoln County is growing, fast, just not too fast.

York Co. Resident Worries Growth Will Lose Small Town Charm

Growth has been a constant for York County for quite some time. The latest Census numbers show a three year population increase of 5.8%. On par, with several counties around Charlotte.

Gaston County Embracing Historic Look To Bring New Residents

The newest census numbers show Gaston County grew 3.8% in a 3 year span. That would be impressive growth for many counties around the country. However, when you compare it to the other 6 counties that border Mecklenburg, no one grew less.

New Businesses Helping Cabarrus County Residents Stay Close To Home

If you're not growing, you're dying. Very few cities in the country are growing quite like Concord.

Lancaster County Is Fastest Growing County Around Charlotte

Lancaster County Is The Fastest Growing County Around Charlotte

No area around Charlotte is growing faster than Lancaster county. The census shows an increase of nearly 13% from 2020-2023.

Wave Of Charlotteans Moving To Surrounding Cities

We are living in one of the fastest growing areas of the country and the Census data proves it. From July 1, 2022 to July 1 2023, about 53 people moved to Mecklenburg county each day. With the expansion, comes a growing economy and growing pains.