The September issue of Stroll Ballantyne Country Club is on its way to mailboxes this week, and you do not have to wait for the mail truck. The whole edition is online and free to read right now.
The cover belongs to a family who run the household on a single rule: plan for tomorrow, but do not postpone living today. This month's Meet Your Neighbors introduces Nicole McAlister, Zachary Sazama and their three-and-a-half-year-old son Rowan, who live on Lederer Avenue with a Vizsla and a Rhodesian Ridgeback. This fall that rule has them training for 29029, an endurance event in which participants have 36 hours to climb the same mountain over and over until they have accumulated Everest's 29,029 feet of vertical gain. It is notable mainly because, in their own words, they are not hikers. At all.
A few of the other stories worth turning to first.
Precious Pets this month comes with its own byline. Brigid Daley, 11, introduces Cinnamon and Pearl, the guinea pig sisters her family took in from another Charlotte family who could no longer keep them. Club News carries the 2026 club championship winners and Rick Kingston's second career hole in one, on the third hole. And Around the Neighborhood tells the story of Pita and Omar del Toro, who became US citizens on July 4, 2025, at a special Independence Day naturalization ceremony at the Charlotte Museum of History, selected, they say, from a group of just 20 candidates.
Two dates worth putting in the calendar now. Perspire Sauna Studio opens its doors to Ballantyne Country Club residents on Tuesday, September 8, from 6 to 8 p.m. And Bloody Marys on Five, the Meck South Rotary Club charity golf tournament that has raised more than $500,000 for the community since it began in 2014, returns to Piper Glen on September 28 for what the club counts as its twelfth tournament.
The PDF carries the whole issue. Not everything in it runs as its own story on the site, including the Everyday Law and Health and Wellness columns, the Travel Insider, the resident business guide and this month's Fun and Games page. Partner spotlights on heddy + hinton Naturals and the Lorimer Realtor Team are coming to the site later this month.
And as always, the issue runs on our neighborhood partners. The businesses in the directory are the reason this magazine reaches your door. When you need a contractor, a realtor, a spa, or somewhere to board the dog, start there, and thank them when you get the chance.
Read the full September edition: download the September 2026 issue of Stroll Ballantyne Country Club (PDF).
Catching up? August is online too. Happy September, neighbors.
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