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November 2026 issue · Read it online
Christmas lights by Storm Guard CharlotteStorm Guard · Christmas lightsChristmas lights, hung for you.Commercial-grade bulbs cut to fit your house. The lights are part of the price; you never buy a strand.See what your house would costSee your priceFree quoteThe November 2026 edition of Stroll Ballantyne Country Club is out and free to read online. Inside: the Weeks family on the cover, Jack the shih tzu, Crisis Assistance Ministry and the full PDF download.
Nell Thomas·Nov 1, 2026
Katie and Jason Weeks and their children, Ian and Hanna, ask guests to help support a local organization instead of focusing on presents. The tradition began when the kids were small.
Stroll Ballantyne Country Club·Nov 1, 2026
A woman the column calls Nikki was one step from eviction until Crisis Assistance Ministry paid her rent. The agency helped 44,000 people with $5.6 million last fiscal year.
Stroll Ballantyne Country Club·Nov 1, 2026
Light The Night, the evening lantern walk for Blood Cancer United, returns to Charlotte on Saturday, November 14. Three Stroll neighbors sit on its executive…
Stroll Ballantyne Country Club·Oct 22, 2026
Brian and Katie Galbraith had their eye on Ballantyne Country Club for years. Now they live on Brem Lane with two kids, a rescue pup named Corby and a living…
Stroll Ballantyne Country Club·Oct 22, 2026
Catering To Cats & Dogs has no shelter building. It can care for 70 to 80 cats and 90 to 100 dogs at a time, all in foster homes, and every new foster home lets…
Stroll Ballantyne Country Club·Oct 22, 2026
A retired teacher and coach and his sister run Juiced Fuel Charlotte, which brings gas to your driveway or business. A paid Partner Spotlight.
Nell Thomas·Oct 16, 2026
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Two Charlotte brothers saw a truck clean trash cans at the beach and built Trash Pandas of the Carolinas around family. A paid Partner Spotlight.
Nell Thomas·Oct 15, 2026
Stephen Fogarty grew up on Carmel Road, learned service running restaurants, and came home in 2025 to start a private black SUV car service. A paid Partner…
Nell Thomas·Oct 14, 2026
Emily Ryon got into estate planning after doing her own and feeling the relief of knowing her daughter was protected. Now she helps families who have put it…
Stroll Ballantyne Country Club·Oct 13, 2026
Peyton Ding has run the Kumon center on Johnston Road since 2008. He found the method through his own children, who are now both physicians. A paid Partner…
Stroll Ballantyne Country Club·Oct 12, 2026
Partners Tim Weber and Nathan Grimm took on an established exterior-repair brand and set out to make the Charlotte business feel local and personal. Their…
Nell Thomas·Oct 11, 2026
After 15 years helping build a national dog training franchise, Cranston Blanks came home to Charlotte and started a one-person business that trains the owners…
Stroll Ballantyne Country Club·Oct 10, 2026
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Businesses·Oct 9, 2026
Army veteran and former police officer Nick Stewart started his own roofing company so every homeowner deals with him,…
Businesses·Oct 8, 2026
Two friends kept failing to find clothes they loved at the boutiques they shopped, so they opened one. Aviara & Co sells…
Businesses·Oct 7, 2026
Pita del Toro started by decorating her daughter's birthday in Texas. In Charlotte, friends kept asking, and the hobby…
Businesses·Oct 6, 2026
Two couples who are longtime friends saw porch pumpkin decorating catching on in other cities and asked why Charlotte…
Businesses·Oct 5, 2026
Charlotte's first Wegmans opens at 9 a.m. Wednesday, October 14, at 11550 North Community House Road. What opening day…
Neighbors·Oct 1, 2026
The October 2026 edition of Stroll Ballantyne Country Club is out and free to read online. Inside: the Galbraith family…
