Cotswold NewsLocal news for Cotswold (Charlotte, NC) continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Red Dirt Alert: Cotswold residents pick bulldozers over movers- March 30, 2008 "But at a picnic, with 100 children running around, we don't feel like we really fit in with all that anymore." Cotswold residents pickbulldozers over movers Choice to rebuild lets folks get bigger homes without leaving the neighborhood they love What do you do when you love your neighborhood, but want a different houseIn Cotswold, residents are bulldozing their homes and replacing them with bigger ones.Sharon Broderick's family was among them, replacing their three-bedroom, 1950s ranch with...http://www.topix.net/city/charlotte-nc-cotswold/2008/03/red-dirt-alert-cotswold-residents-... Loyalists still roll to pumps with service at premium- March 20, 2008 "You don't have to put a quarter in the tire machine here" Ask BP station customer Burt Davis about the increasing price of gasoline, and the white-haired gold trader starts to talk taxes, foreign policy and the shrinking dollar.The 71-year-old wasn't worried about paying extra for full service at James Stancill's BP at 815 Providence Road.Once the rule, full service stations like Stancill's have been fading from the retail scene for decades. An Observer review five years ago found a dozen in..http://www.topix.net/city/charlotte-nc-cotswold/2008/03/loyalists-still-roll-to-pumps-with... Providence at Westbury: Council to consider condos- March 15, 2008 The Charlotte City Council is scheduled to consider Monday whether Brookchase Properties will get permission to build a condominium community near Cotswold Village Shops.Area residents have protested the project, saying it would include too many units and increase traffic, especially in light of similar developments in the area.The five-acre site at Providence and Westbury roads is zoned for single-family homes, but Brookchase wants to build more than 50 condos on the site. The project has...http://www.topix.net/city/charlotte-nc-cotswold/2008/03/providence-at-westbury-council-to-... |