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January 12, 2010

Downtown Water Project to Begin

During the next several months (between January and September of 2010), the City of Kannapolis will be working to upgrade all the water lines downtown. This is part of an ongoing process to continue untangling utilities from the Old Cannon Mills Complex.

The current lines were installed between the 1930s and 1950s and have come to the end of their lifespan. Replacing these lines will help the City keep its infrastructure up-to-date and modern and it will also help provide better fire protection.

For more information, please visit the project blog.

Council Selects Finalists for Open Seat

At the meeting last night, the Kannapolis City Council approved a list of finalists for the open seat. Interviews with the finalists will be conducted on Feb. 4.

The finalists are:

• Ryan Dayvault
• Larry Ensley
• Tom Kincaid
• Dr. James Litaker
• Barry Shoemaker
• Paul Bessent

Broker Hired

City Council approved the hiring of Chip Mark with Lincoln Harris to market the last large tract of land in the Gateway Business Park. The 7.25 acre tract has an estimated value of $1.5 million. The Gateway Park is home to Stewart-Haas Racing, Novant Health, Gulf Packaging, and an S&D Coffee office. For more information, contact Karen Whichard.

We're Blogging

Want more frequent updates on Kannapolis? Check out our blog, written by various staff members in the city manager's office. We're doing our best to give updates once a day with tidbits about what we're working on, projects on the horizon and other issues.