Stroll Ballantyne Country Club

Stories from the print pages of Stroll Ballantyne Country Club, the neighborhood magazine for Ballantyne Country Club.

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Charlotte Rescue Cats and Dogs Wait in Foster Homes

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 the rescue take another animal out of…

Stroll Ballantyne Country Club·Oct 22, 2026

Card: a gray and white cat named Eli looking at the camera, beside the words Precious Pets, Catering to Cats and Dogs, Dozens of rescue cats and dogs, waiting in foster homes for families.

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Light The Night Returns to Charlotte on November 14

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 leadership committee.

Stroll Ballantyne Country Club·Oct 22, 2026

Card: the Charlotte skyline at night behind a park lit with stage lights and event tents, beside the words Making a Difference, Light The Night, Saturday, November 14. White for survivors, red for supporters, gold for those lost.

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The Galbraiths Found Their Place in Ballantyne

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 room that gets pretty competitive during…

Stroll Ballantyne Country Club·Oct 22, 2026

Card: Brian and Katie Galbraith with their son and daughter sitting on a stone wall under autumn leaves, beside the words Meet Your Neighbors, The Galbraith Family, Happily settled on Brem Lane with two kids and Corby, their rescue pup.

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Partner Spotlight: Emily Ryon Estate & Financial Planning

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 off. A paid Partner Spotlight.

Stroll Ballantyne Country Club·Oct 13, 2026

Emily Ryon standing beside an estate planning poster, framed beside the words Partner Spotlight, Emily Ryon Estate and Financial

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Partner Spotlight: Kumon of Charlotte Carmel West

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 Spotlight.

Stroll Ballantyne Country Club·Oct 12, 2026

Peyton Ding with his wife and two adult children on a sofa, framed beside the words Partner Spotlight, Kumon Carmel West

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Partner Spotlight: Balanced Life K9

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 as much as the dogs.

Stroll Ballantyne Country Club·Oct 10, 2026

Five dogs sitting together on a purple training platform, beside the words Partner Spotlight, Balanced Life K9

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Partner Spotlight: The Lorimer Realtor Team

With fourteen homes on the market in Ballantyne Country Club, the Lorimers kept a listing off the public system entirely and found a buyer anyway. A paid Partner Spotlight.

Stroll Ballantyne Country Club·Sep 18, 2026

Card: a large brick home in Ballantyne Country Club under a blue sky, beside the words Partner Spotlight, The Lorimer Realtor Team, A listing kept off the public system, and a buyer found anyway.

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Partner Spotlight: Heddy + Hinton Naturals

An Egyptian-born banker whose experience did not count when she arrived, and the doctor who treated her, now make tallow-based skincare together. A paid Partner Spotlight.

Stroll Ballantyne Country Club·Sep 17, 2026

Card: Heddy Narchi and Dr. Tracie Hinton-Chavez smiling in front of a wooden fence, beside the words Partner Spotlight, Heddy + Hinton Naturals, Tallow-based skincare. The ideas still come from Monday night dinners.

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Around the Neighborhood: A Journey Worth Celebrating

Pita and Omar del Toro say they were two of just twenty candidates selected for an Independence Day naturalization ceremony at the Charlotte Museum of History, and as America marks its 250th they…

Stroll Ballantyne Country Club·Sep 15, 2026

Card: Pita and Omar del Toro holding naturalization folders and small American flags among costumed reenactors, beside the words Around the Neighborhood, A Journey Worth Celebrating, An Independence Day naturalization ceremony, and a second Fourth of July.

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September Business Meetup at the AC Ballantyne Lobby Bar

The monthly mixer for local business owners is on Wednesday, September 16, from 5:00 to 6:30 p.m. in the lobby bar at the AC Hotel Charlotte Ballantyne.

Stroll Ballantyne Country Club·Sep 12, 2026

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Ballantyne Country Club's 2026 Champions, Plus a Hole in One

Rick Kingston made the second hole in one of his life, on the third. Plus ten honors across five championships at Ballantyne Country Club.

Stroll Ballantyne Country Club·Sep 11, 2026

Card: two 2026 Ballantyne Country Club championship winners each holding a plaque, beside the words Club News, The 2026 Club Champions, Ten honors across five championships, and a hole in one on the third.

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Making a Difference: Giving on the Green

Steve Baune set up a table by the fifth hole so passing golfers could take a Bloody Mary. He died in 2014. The tournament his Rotary club built in his name returns to Piper Glen on September 28…

Stroll Ballantyne Country Club·Sep 10, 2026

Card: golfers on a green at Piper Glen, beside the words Making a Difference, Giving on the Green, The tournament in Steve Baune’s name has raised more than $500,000.

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Precious Pets: Meet Cinnamon and Pearl

Two guinea pig sisters needed a new home when another Charlotte family could no longer keep them. Brigid Daley, 11, tells the story of taking them in, renaming them, and learning how much work they…

Stroll Ballantyne Country Club·Sep 6, 2026

Card: a brown and white guinea pig taking a piece of cucumber from a hand, beside the words Precious Pets, Meet Cinnamon and Pearl, Two guinea pig sisters, and the 11-year-old who tells their story.

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Perspire Sauna Studio Residents-Only Open House, Sept. 8

Perspire Sauna Studio is hosting a private open house for Ballantyne Country Club residents on Tuesday, September 8, from 6 to 8 p.m., with complimentary trial sauna sessions.

Stroll Ballantyne Country Club·Sep 2, 2026

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Meet Your Neighbors: Living Fully in Ballantyne

Nicole McAlister and Zachary Sazama have signed up to climb 29,029 vertical feet in 36 hours, the height of Everest. They are, by their own account, not hikers.

Stroll Ballantyne Country Club·Sep 1, 2026

Card: Nicole McAlister, Zachary Sazama and their son Rowan sitting in an autumn field, beside the words Meet Your Neighbors, Living Fully in Ballantyne, They signed up to climb the height of Everest. They are not hikers.

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Monthly Business Meetup at the AC Ballantyne Hotel Lobby Bar

The monthly Community Connections meetup brings Ballantyne business owners together at the AC Ballantyne Hotel Lobby Bar on the third Wednesday of each month, 5 to 6:30 p.m.

Stroll Ballantyne Country Club·Aug 10, 2026

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Around the Neighborhood: Coffee With a Cop

Coffee with a Cop brings neighbors and CMPD officers together over a cup of coffee at Ballantyne Summit Coffee, the second Friday of each month, 9 to 11 a.m.

Stroll Ballantyne Country Club·Aug 8, 2026

Residents with a CMPD officer at Coffee with a Cop

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Stroll Into Wellness at Ballantyne Country Club, Sept. 3

Stroll Into Wellness returns to the Ballantyne Country Club Stephenson Room on Thursday, September 3, 6 to 8 p.m. An evening of local wellness companies, music, networking, raffles and a cash bar.

Stroll Ballantyne Country Club·Aug 6, 2026

Cover of the August 2026 Stroll Ballantyne Country Club

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Making a Difference: Building Bridges Through Education

La Paz Global connects Charlotte and coastal Costa Rica through education. Its Charlotte-based Let's Rock benefit raised more than $22,000 this year for a scholarship program whose graduates have a…

Stroll Ballantyne Country Club·Aug 4, 2026

The Let's Rock fundraiser for La Paz Global

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Precious Pets: Benji and Bruno

Meet Bruno and Benji, the Munford family's German shepherds who followed them from England to Charlotte. Two English gentlemen who trade the countryside for North Carolina hiking trails, in Packers…

Stroll Ballantyne Country Club·Aug 2, 2026

Bruno and Benji, two German shepherds, in an autumn field

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Meet Your Neighbors: The Faces Behind the Pink Bow Campaign

The neighbors behind Ballantyne Country Club's Pink Bow Campaign: more than 20 street captains who line the streets with pink bows every fall as a life-saving reminder to schedule mammograms, now…

Stroll Ballantyne Country Club·Aug 1, 2026

Pink Bow Campaign street captains on the steps at Ballantyne Country Club

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The Latest All Around the Club: Fun Spring Events at BCC

A photo recap of a full spring at Ballantyne Country Club: the Mother's Day Brunch, the Peter Pan Brunch and Masters at Ballantyne.

Stroll Ballantyne Country Club·Jul 5, 2026

Spring events at Ballantyne Country Club

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Resident Recipe: 4th of July Sugar Cookie Bars

A patriotic Resident Recipe for the Fourth: red, white and blue sugar cookie bars topped with strawberries and blueberries. Makes 24 slices, courtesy of Your Cup of Cake.

Stroll Ballantyne Country Club·Jul 4, 2026

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Making a Difference: NothingPink

After a Stage II breast cancer diagnosis at 31 traced to a BRCA2 mutation, Kelly Kashmer founded NothingPink. The Charlotte-area nonprofit supports families facing hereditary breast and gynecological…

Stroll Ballantyne Country Club·Jul 3, 2026

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Precious Pet: Rudy "Roo" Pitt

Meet Rudy "Roo" Pitt, the Maltipoo who has logged more frequent-flyer miles than most people, has a weakness for bananas, and insists on his own seat at the Pitt family table.

Stroll Ballantyne Country Club·Jul 2, 2026

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Meet Your Neighbors: Congratulations to Our 2026 Graduates!

Stroll Ballantyne Country Club celebrates the BCC Class of 2026: two dozen high school graduates and where they are headed this fall, from UNC Chapel Hill and NC State to Saint Bonaventure, Furman…

Stroll Ballantyne Country Club·Jul 1, 2026

Ballantyne Country Club 2026 graduate portraits

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BCC's Sip & Stroll Is Back Thursday May 28

The 2nd Annual Sip & Stroll lands at Ballantyne Country Club on Thursday, May 28, live music, curated local vendors, and a walk-up format that scales with how much time you have.