Monday night, the Kannapolis City Council selected Lansing Melbourne Group (LMG) for the development of a mixed use district known as the Demonstration Project. LMG proposes investing over $60 million in the project. City Council met with members of LMG and voted to establish a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the firm for the development of the project. Staff will now negotiate with the company on a Master Development Agreement, which will establish more details regarding the design, f...

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Monday night, Kannapolis staff members will recommend that the City Council select Lansing Melbourne Group (LMG) for the development of a mixed use district known as the Demonstration Project. City Council will meet members of LMG and are scheduled to vote on establishing a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the firm for the development of the project. The MOU is the first step in choosing LMG as the developer of the project. If the MOU is approved by City Council staff will negotiate wit...

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Update - 11 a.m. - August 3, 2016 This issue has been corrected and the system is now operating correctly.   We are experiencing technical issues with the online utility bill feature on our city website. We are working to correct the problem and hope to have this feature working again by tomorrow, August 3. We apologize for this inconvenience. In the meantime, you may pay your bill by phone -704-920-4400- automated and available 24/7; in person at City Hall, 401 Laureate Center; u...

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The City of Kannapolis and the N.C. Department of Transportation will work together on a project to improve the safety of the Lane Street corridor which is a state roadway and one of the City’s major gateways. After reviewing the number of accidents and issues with sight distances along the corridor the state began studying opportunities to improve safety for motorists and cyclists along the roadway. The current four lane undivided roadway will be converted to a safer two lane stree...

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The Kannapolis City Council has unanimously approved the Downtown Master Plan. The comprehensive plan is designed to guide the City’s revitalization efforts for 50 acres of downtown properties the City purchased last year. The plan provides direction for the redevelopment vision for the next 20 years. Preliminary estimates show that the City expects private investment in the downtown to be $374 million over the next two decades. The city would invest $113 million in infrastructure impr...

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The City of Kannapolis has approved an economic development incentive grant to ISE Enterprises, Inc. for investment in a 30,000 square foot facility at 840 Biscayne Drive, Kannapolis. The company has been in Kannapolis since 2004. “We congratulate ISE Enterprises, Inc. on their expansion. By investing in one of our existing industries we ensure that the firm remains here and local jobs are secure. We look forward to their continued success and employment growth in our City,” comme...

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The City of Kannapolis is helping construct a tiny house with Habitat for Humanity. This is the second tiny house project the two groups have collaborated on. The City is using federal HOME funds to aid in purchasing the land and construction costs for the house. Located at 606 East C Street, the 488 square foot house has a permanent foundation and will have one resident. The house is expected to be completed in October.

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This month, Ei, A Pharmaceutical Solutionworks™ begins moving a 24-person research and development team, which includes three PhDs and nine Masters level scientists, into a 10,000-square-foot laboratory with office space on the third floor of the David H. Murdock Core Laboratory Building on the NC Research Campus in eiKannapolis, NC. Ei’s research and development team is currently housed on Cannon Boulevard in Kannapolis in the company’s 140,000-square-foot semi-solids manuf...

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The City is seeking submittals from qualified planning professionals (individual firms or teams of consultants) for the preparation of a Comprehensive Plan. The City is interested in firms capable of providing professional services including, research, analysis, mapping, public engagement/visioning and document preparation. The Comprehensive Plan will be used by City staff, government agencies, economic development entities, elected officials, citizen appointed boards and commissions, devel...

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The second phase of a study on a downtown ballpark venue was presented to the Kannapolis City Council Monday night by Brailsford & Dunlavey Venues (B&D). Additionally, City Council heard a presentation on the economic development possibilities for the current Kannapolis Intimidators stadium property on Lane Street if the ballpark were to be moved downtown. The first phase was presented to council last year and demonstrated the Kannapolis Intimidators have the potential to attract sig...

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