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Register now for Gateway Trail races By Loretta Cozart CENTRAL SCHOOL (Photo by Loretta Cozart)
Upset bid for Central School reaches $909,665 By Loretta Cozart Cleveland County Board of Education ended their second upset bid process for Central School on Monday, January 31, at 4 p.m., with a bid of $909,665 from David Stone. The school board voted to classify Central School at 105 E. Ridge Street in Kings Mountain as surplus property on October 11, and the property has since gone through two
upset bid cycles. The process started with sealed bids and Mike Brown won with an offer of $750,000. The first upset bid cycle ended January 21 at 4 p.m. David Stone offered $825,000, and Mike Brown upset that bid with a second bid of $866,300. The next upset bid cycle ends on Thursday, February 10, at 4 p.m.
Kings Mountain Gateway Trail announces their 5K Walk & Fun Run on March 12 at the trailhead and their 10-Miler from February 28 to March 11. The 5K Walk & Fun Run on March 12 starts at 9 a.m., and race packets are available on March 11 from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the trailhead. Participants should wear a mask and stay 6-feet apart. The 10-Miler Virtual Run is from February 28 to March 11 on Quarry Road to the trailhead, Galilee Church Road, and back. Runners must email their proof of distance and time to starr@finishwelltiming.com before midnight on March 11.
The Gateway Trail 5K Walk & Fun Run draws hundreds of runners to Kings Mountain each year. (Photo provided) To register, visit runsignup.com or call 704.685-3549. Kings Mountain Gateway Trail is at 807 S. Battle-
ground Avenue in Kings Mountain. For more information, visit www. kmgatewaytrails.org. Trail events for 2022
include National Trails Day June 4, Story Walk June-July, and their photo contest in October.
Imperial Lofts opening downtown this Spring Boom Supersonic brings 1,700 Triad jobs Boom Supersonic, the high-profile aviation company building modern supersonic airliners for commercial service, will build its manufacturing and final assembly facility in Greensboro, creating more than 1,750 jobs by 2030, Governor Roy Cooper announced today. The project will bring an investment of more than $500 million through 2030 at a site located at the Piedmont Triad International Airport in Guilford County. “It is both poetic and logical that Boom Supersonic would choose the state that’s first in flight for its first manufacturing
plant,” said North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper. “Like the success of the Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk, this innovative company will succeed by transforming passenger air travel with speed and sustainable energy.” Boom Supersonic is redefining commercial air travel by bringing sustainable, supersonic flight to the skies. Boom’s historic commercial airliner, Overture, is designed and committed to industry-leading standards of speed, safety, and sustainability. Overture will be net-zero carbon, capable of flying on See BOOM, Page 4A
KM man dies after being struck by train By Loretta Cozart Kings Mountain Police Department responded to the area of South Railroad Avenue and Elm Street in reference to a pedestrian on the train tracks being struck
by a train on January 28 just after 4 a.m. Michael Wayne Price died at the scene from his injuries. There were no other victims or injuries reported. The investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective Sgt. P.W. Alexander with the Kings Mountain Police Department at 704734-0444.
By Loretta Cozart Last week, David Stone, of StoneWright Realty, took the Herald on a walkthrough of The Imperial Lofts, upscale living units in the heart of Kings Mountain, where residents can work, live, and play in the heart of downtown. The twostory brick building sits across Mountain Street from the former Griffin Drug Store. Lofts are pre-leasing now, and range in price from The façade of the building maintains the original look, including the marquee, with residential above $1,200 to $1,450 and in the rear, and mercantile below to the front. per month per Photos from StoneWright Realty unit. The Imperial two-bedroom, two-bath eighties, along the alley- planned in the area this Lofts will house six loft apartment, one studio, and way to bring in more ambi- year. style apartments with a three 1-bedroom apart- ent light into the space. “I plan ahead for projmercantile shop below. Ac- ments. The two-bedroom The Imperial Lofts ects like this and have evcording to Stone, “A mod- apartment is 1,060 sq. ft. are Kings Mountain’s erything in place to get the ern day general store has and the 1-bedroom apart- first modern loft / studio job done quickly. When I leased our retail space and ments are each approx- / apartment building in pull the trigger on a projwill open in Spring 2022.” imately 730 sq. ft. The the downtown area. Re- ect, we are fully commitThe second floor has studio is approximately cent development down- ted. We have a timeline been framed-in for six 430 sq. ft. town has brought new and expect to be finished apartments ranging in size This week, Stone plans restaurants and retail, and with the lofts in May,” from 430 sq. ft. to 1,060 to open former windows, City of Kings Mountain’s Stone said. sq. ft. and features one bricked over in the early Streetscape work has been See IMPERIAL Page 4A
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