🌱 What makes Harrisburg’s new hilltop YMCA more than just a gym?

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• What makes Harrisburg’s new hilltop YMCA more than just a gym?
• How will Harrisburg’s former councilman reshape Cabarrus County’s power balance?

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Today's riddle: Can February March? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Plenty of sun, with a high of 51 and low of 32 degrees.
• Wednesday: Periods of sun, temps: high: 56, low: 37.
• Thursday: Cloudy; breezy in the p.m., with a high of 60 and low of 49 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• A culminating moment: Morgan's award represents life of hard work, persistence (salisburypost.com) — Harrisburg residents now have a brand-new YMCA in town park, opened in September after a $25 million campaign and years of planning delays. The facility crowns a hill in Harrisburg Town Park and is part of the growing Rowan-Cabarrus YMCA system led by longtime CEO Jamie Morgan, whose decades of work just earned him a prestigious regional Legacy Award.
   

• Cabarrus County caps tumultuous year by swearing in second new commissioner (charlotteobserver.com) — Cabarrus County commissioners have filled a key vacancy by unanimously appointing former Harrisburg Town Council member Ian Patrick to replace the late Commissioner Lynn Shue, then immediately elevating him to vice chair. The move caps a tumultuous year of vacancies, lawsuits, and leadership shakeups, and could reshape how the board’s more conservative bloc and its remaining members align on future county decisions affecting Harrisburg residents.
   

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Tuesday December 16

• Planning & Zoning Board Meeting
  Harrisburg, NC Calendar , 4100 Main Street , Harrisburg
  6:00 pm

Thursday December 18

• Neighborhood Developer Meeting
  Harrisburg, NC Calendar , 4100 Main Street , Harrisburg
  6:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 16

• HS mid-term exams
  Lake Norman Charter Huntersville, NC 28078
  7:45 am
• Veterans Lunch
  Rowan County Calendar , Christiana Lutheran Church 6190 US 52 , Salisbury
  10:00 am
• Military & Veteran Food Pantry
  Rowan County Calendar , 1935 Jake Alexander Blvd. W. , Salisbury
  10:30 am
• Business After Hours
  Cabarrus Regional Chamber of Commerce , 3003 Dale Earnhardt Blvd , Kannapolis
  5:00 pm
• 6pm HQ Holiday Storytime
  Rowan County Calendar , 201 W Fisher Street , Salisbury
  6:00 pm
• Kannapolis Celebration of Lights and Winterland Express
  Village Park , 700 W C St , Kannapolis
  6:00 pm
• Indian Trail Planning and Zoning Board
  Indian Trail Town Hall , 315 Matthews-Indian Trail Road , Indian Trail
  6:00 pm
• 6pm HQ Teen Tabletop Roleplaying Game
  Rowan County Calendar , 201 W Fisher Street , Salisbury
  6:00 pm
• The Lads avl
  The Joint Next Door , 1185 Charlotte Hwy , Fairview
  6:00 pm
• Virtual Care & Prayer Women's Group — Central California
  Joni & Friends Charlotte , 616 Matthews-Mint Hill Rd # A , Matthews
  9:45 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Concord

• MLK Day in Cabarrus County: Parade, Dream Day, Wreath Laying (charlotteonthecheap.com)
• Charlotte Motor Speedway Sells Land To Hendrick Motorsports (bisnow.com)
• Meet Nef El Bey, Founder of Insured By Nef and C & K Healthcare Advisors (kztv10.com)

Mint Hill

• Mint Hill says goodbye Mayor Simmons, hello Mayor Dalton (thecharlotteweekly.com)

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