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City of Charlotte Prepares for Annexation of 3.8 Square Miles in June, 2011

charlotte City of Charlotte to Annex 3.8 Square Miles

The City of Charlotte is growing next month!  Charlotte City Council's approval of the annexation of 2,434 acres of unincorparated land in the Charlotte area, includes approximately 4,100 residents within three unincorporated areas in Mecklenburg County and will be effective June 30.

The annexation areas which will be incorporated include:

»Rhyne, 289-acres north of Mount Holly-Huntersville Road, to include the Cedar Mill community

»Whitehall, 665-acres southwest of the Charlotte, to include sections of the Whitehall and Renaissance Center business parks, the Villas at Laurel and Carrington Place communities

»Camp Stewart South, 1,480-acres along Albemarle and Harrisburg roads in East Charlotte, to include Lamplighter Village, Cedarbrook and Woodbury communities, J.H. Gunn Elementary School and the Wilgrove airport.

The initial cost of annexing these properties will be $502,747, which will cover startup costs for fire and solid-waste services. $158,749 of the initial cost will be set aside to provide economic loss payments for the volunteer fire departments serving those areas.  The city will also assume a cost of  $179,079 to qualified private solid-waste companies who service those areas.   The costs for the water and sewer lines was previously factored into the city’s capital plan for the fiscal years 2011 through 2015.  The annual revenue from the annexation is expected to be around $410,907 by 2013.

 


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Charlotte NC Economic Update - Celgard Announces Expansion in Charlotte and Concord

Charlotte NC Economic Update - Celgard Announces Expansion in Charlotte and Concord

CelgardCelgard, a subsidiary of Polypore International, Inc. (NYSE:  PPO), a leading supplier of microporous separators which are used in lithium-ion batteries, announced today that it will be expanding its Charlotte facility and building a new manufacturing facility in Concord.

Celgard will begin in Charlotte NC,  expanding its existing Charlotte office and beginning the second half of 2010, will begin construction of the new facility in Concord.   This expansion will create 80 jobs here in Charlotte and 209 in Concord with an average salary of $56,960.  1,000 jobs will be created among Celgard's contractors and suppliers.

CelgardCelgard was selected for a $49M grant from the U.S. Department of Energy, part of the Electric Drive Vehicle Battery and Component Manufacturing Initiative of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.  DOE's program was initiated to create U.S. jobs while promoting the development of advanced battery production for the electric drive vehicle market.  

Celgard, a global leader in the development and production of specialty microporous membranes, is one of the largest suppliers to the lithium battery industry.  Highly engineered separators are used in notebook computers, mobile phones, digital cameras and power tools.  The new emerging market applications also includes the use in electric drive vehicles and reserve power and electricity grid management systems.  

Celgard"Celgard is an innovative, forward-thinking North Carolina company that is helping us realize the promise of a greener economy," Governor Beverly Purdue said during the announcement today.  "These are exactly the types of jobs I envisioned when we started building the number of 'green-collar' jobs in our state."

Below is the battery awardee list from the U.S. D.O.E.  Electric Drive Vehicle Battery and Component Manufacturing Initiative.  More information can be found at the www.Energy.gov site.

 Battery Awardee List

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