The City of Kannapolis and the Cabarrus Health Alliance are partnering together to use $45,000 in grant funds to create plans for improving walking and biking connectivity in downtown Kannapolis.  The grant funds will look at ways to connect Village Park to the new City Hall, the North Carolina Research Campus to the downtown core, the Train Station and Veterans Park. The City will work with Stewart, Inc. to determine the best routes for walking and biking routes and recommendations on the...

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The City’s new City Hall and Police Headquarters will be dedicated on December 14. The first floor of the building has approximately 9,000 square feet that can be rented for conferences, work development sessions, meetings, and other large events. This premier space, The Laureate Center, includes three large meeting rooms, two outside terraces and a gallery. The goal is for the center to showcase City Hall and serve as a one of the economic development drivers for our Downtown Revitalizati...

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The Cities of Concord, Kannapolis, and Albemarle celebrated the recent completion of their jointly funded water transmission line Thursday, which provides a new water source for Cabarrus County into the future. The ceremony was the culmination of a regional partnership developed among the cities over the last 16 years. City elected officials, management, and utilities staff from each community gathered at the Mount Pleasant pump station site Thursday afternoon to "Turn the Valve," marking the...

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In celebration of the 100th anniversary of fire service in Kannapolis, the fire department (KFD) is compiling a pictorial-style history book featuring a timeline of the fire service, historical photos, written history, and department descriptions. KFD’s Pride and Traditions Committee is gathering information and photos for the history book. If you have or know someone who may have any old photographs of fires, employees, volunteers, stations, apparatus or anything else fire service-rel...

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Beginning Monday, October 19, the City will begin collection of loose leaves. The loose leaf collection service will continue until Friday, March 4, 2016. During the loose leaf collection period it is not necessary to bag leaves for them to be collected. However, if you do choose to bag your leaves, the bags will be collected weekly, the same day your garbage is collected. What day will your loose leaves be collected? There are 10 zones in the city for loose leaf collection. Find your loos...

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Bi-annual hydrant maintenance is underway in Kannapolis. During the month of October, fire hydrants across the city will be flushed and checked by Kannapolis Fire Department personnel. Hydrants will be tested between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Any flowing of hydrants will occur 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Friday. Fire hydrants will not be flowed on Saturdays and Sundays. According to Division Chief Kirk Beard, “Through flushin...

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This year we launched a new initiative, Run Kannapolis, as part of the City’s Discover a Healthy Life brand. Run Kannapolis is a series of seven 5K walks/runs in the City.  We hope that you have been able to participate in one of the Runs. To date we have had 130 people run/walk in two or more of the events. There is still time to participate -we have two runs left - The Nutrithon 5K is October 10 and the Frostbite 5K which is December 19. Runners/walkers are encouraged to partici...

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The Cities of Concord and Kannapolis announced today (July 20) that customers of both municipalities’ water systems should now follow Level 1 water use restrictions, due to regional drought conditions. These restrictions are for the municipalities of Concord, Kannapolis, Harrisburg, Landis and Midland. The Catawba-Wateree Drought Management Advisory Group (CW-DMAG) today announced that this summer’s dry weather and above-average temperatures have moved the Catawba-Wateree Basin i...

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Four new officers have joined the Kannapolis Police Department. They have been awarded their probationary certification by the Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards Commission and are currently completing their field training requirements. Daniel Wade Frazier is assigned to Patrol Squad A. He graduated from Stanley Community College’s BLET program. Frazier is a graduate of Freedom High School in Morganton, NC. He attended Kaplan University and Spartan College of Aeronaut...

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As work continues on the Interstate 85 widening project in Cabarrus County, motorists will begin to notice new, temporary traffic patterns in place along the interstate and its interchange with U.S. 29/601. The traffic shifts will allow crews to focus on interchange work and construction in the median. On Wednesday, Sept. 9, at 9 p.m., crews will begin shifting traffic onto a temporary alignment on the U.S. 29/601 interchange. The work will continue until 6 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 10. Work ...

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