[Charlotte-Douglas Airport (CLT) Expansion]

^I am in complete agreement!!! I cannot believe that the state removed the words "Charlotte-Douglas International Airport" and replaced them with "Billy Graham Libarary" on the I-77 north-bound sign. Yes, that's right, it's the same sign that used to tell folks how to get to the airport, but the state covered it with the new, obviously more important information. Which one is a bigger economic engine? Hmmmm. That's a hard one.

I thought they took down the 'Coliseum Area' sign and replaced that with the Graham Library sign.

That is what they did on I-85.

[Metropolitan, Midtown Redevelopment]

On a critical note, I'm a bit annoyed that they didn't use some day-lighting in the store. Even Walmart used skylights to supplement fluorescent lighting during the day in their Wilkinson store. Not only do you save the electricity for lighting, but you also prevent the energy from baking the roof as much, which is a major source of urban heat islands (sun baked roofs and baked roads = warmer cities = warmer climate overall). Lately Walmart has been doing more initiatives to be greener, including requiring sustainable agricultural practices, and pushing energy efficient products. Their Wilkinson store not only uses the skylights, but also had stained concrete flooring rather than an additional flooring product like Target did. At some point, Target needs to recognize that it needs to start doing these things to protect their brand. In the future, if Walmart proves itself to not just be greenwashing, their brand could see a resurgance (rather than symbolizing evil, like it does to many today), and Target's star could fall a bit.

I was looking at Target's corporate page, and they actually seem to be doing a little more than Wal-Mart (or at least equally) to help the enviornment, including building a few LEED certified stores (one or two, but it's a start I guess).

There was a link, but it looks like they have a dynamic web address, so it changes for that. Go to Target Corp Homepage and click on "Protecting the Environment"

[Metropolitan, Midtown Redevelopment]

Oct 14 is the Grand Opening of Target.

Target always opens the Wednesday before grand opening for a soft opening.

So, Target will be open October 10. They will have an invitation only event the night October 9 (VIG night)