Sugar Creek NewsLocal news for Sugar Creek (Charlotte, NC) continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.CATS- February 24, 2008 2 meetings on light rail open to publicCharlotte Area Transit System is inviting the public to two meetings to kick off the preliminary engineering phase of the proposed Northeast Corridor light-rail line.The $30 million preliminary engineering study will look at the environmental impact of the 11-mile, $750 million light rail line from the Lynx terminus uptown to the UNCC area.The line is expected to have 14 stops and to be complicated because its route travels down the median of North Tryon..http://www.topix.net/city/charlotte-nc-sugar-creek/2008/02/cats?fromrss=1 Chains Usually in Suburbs: Center city retail continues to grow- February 17, 2008 "We are talking about some of the nicest developments in the country having a similar line-up of tenants." The choice of stores near uptown is expanding to include household names once reserved for the 'burbs.Best Buy, Marshalls and Staples are moving into 82,000 square feet at the Metropolitan complex, on the site of the former Midtown Square shopping center.The big-box stores are slated to open this spring across Charlottetown Avenue from the Home Depot Design Center and Target, two of the...http://www.topix.net/city/charlotte-nc-sugar-creek/2008/02/chains-usually-in-suburbs-cente... Found in translation: New customers- February 3, 2008 "They speak English, so I ask them, What is this What did you say that stuff is" Pascual Gonzalez and Donnetta Hopper run different businesses on North Tryon Street but face the same challenge. To grow, they must attract people from a culture different than their own.So the Taqueria Guadalajara restaurant near Sugar Creek Road, which Gonzalez manages, will soon add meals that appeal to non-Hispanics, he said last week.And the Liberty Tax Service near Eastway Drive, which Hopper manages, offers.http://www.topix.net/city/charlotte-nc-sugar-creek/2008/02/found-in-translation-new-custom... |