Welcome to the Ballantyne Breakfast Club
Your Community Information Forum
Celebrating over a Decade of Community Service
"An Informed Community is a Better Community"
Important Notice
Our next Meeting will be on Thursday April 11th at 7PM at the Ballantyne Hotel in the main ballroom
The Ballantyne Breakfast Club has found it necessary to review our meeting schedule and will be shifting some monthly meetings dates to weekday evenings. This decision is being made to make it easier to arrange presentations and guest speakers. It will also allow more people to attend based on increased Saturday activities going into the warmer weather.
Our next meeting which is being cohosted by the Ballantyne Chapter of the Chamber of Commerce will be on Thursday April 11th at 7PM at the Ballantyne Hotel in the main ballroom. Our guest speaker will be CMS Superintendent Dr.Heath Morrison. He will share information on the just announced CMS budget which includes several proposals including some that will expand or add schools in our area.
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Remaining Scheduling Information
Our June meeting may also be an evening meeting as we are making arrangements for a special presentation
related to the Tanger Outlet.
No decision has been made to shift the scheduled Saturday August 10th meeting date at this time.
Please remember that we no longer schedule a October meeting because the Ballantyne Breakfast Club is
a host sponsor of the Annual Ballantyne Festival during that month.
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We started the year with our annual Priorities Meeting which was co-hosted by the Ballantyne Chapter of the Chamber of Commerce. With over 40 civic leaders including elected representatives it was as one lady told me a Shopping Mall for Information. Being able to met them one on one and engage them in conversation is what this meeting format is about. There was some good conversation going on between the public and the officials and in many cases between the officials. In all the turnout was about 200 people and the meeting lasted almost three hours. Special thanks to the Ballantyne Hotel & Lodge General Manager Peter Grills and his staff for their support in hosting our meetings. Below are a few pictures I managed to take I apologize for not having time to take more.
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On Saturday Oct. 6th 2012 our latest count provided by the YMCA indicated that close to 3,600 people attended the day long
2nd Annual Ballantyne Festival
at the Morrison Family YMCA.
The Ballantyne Breakfast Club is proud to be a sponsor and to have helped in developing this community event.
We look forward to seeing the Ballantyne Festival continue to grow and look forward to a bigger and better one in 2013.
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The Ballantyne Festival is FUN for Everyone!!!
In 2011 over 1200 attended and the feedback we received was great. This year there will be more games, music, activities, dancing, demonstrations, crafts and food vendors.
The fun starts in the morning in conjunction with the Candidates Chili Off Event where you can meet the candidates and sample free Chili from 20 different participating organizations including CMS, CMPD, Charlotte Fire Department,
Sheriffs department and many others.
Also on hand for the event will be representatives from the Charlotte City Council, Charlotte Planning Department and CATS to introduce themselves and answer your questions.
Several representatives from CMS will also be attending including Dr.Heath Morrison.
Pictures from the 2011 Ballantyne Festival.
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The August 2012 meeting with Dr. Heath Morrison Superintendent of CMS
was very well attended. Dr. Morrison encouraged us to just call him Heath
He took over an hour answering questions at the conclusion of his presentation.
The media was in attendance to tape the meeting and to interview
both Heath and several residents.
As always our meetings are free and open to the public.
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The Ballantyne Breakfast Club has been committed for over a decade to the belief that
"An Informed Community is a Better Community"
and that it is important to provide a forum for the exchange of information for the betterment of the South Charlotte Ballantyne Area.
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A special thanks to all of you who attended our first ever
"Ballantyne Festival"
Sponsored by the Ballantyne Breakfast Club, Ballantyne Chapter of the Chamber
of Commerce and the Morrison Family Y
Over a thousand residents came out to enjoy the 1st Ballantyne Festival. It was a perfect day and it appeared everyone including the candidates had a great time at the Candidates Forum & Chili Cook-Off event which was a part of the Ballantyne Festival.
See the information posted on www.go-ballantyne.com
About the Ballantyne Breakfast Club
Community Information Forum
Since it was founded in 2001 the goal of the Ballantyne Breakfast Club has been to provide a forum for the exchange of information between the area residents, business leaders, developers, elected officials and services providers.
The founders and supports of the Ballantyne Breakfast Club are committed to this exchange of information so that our area can grow and prosper.
Our meetings are free and open to all wishing to attend and has been described like neighbors meeting
over a cup of coffee to talk about what is new in the neighborhood.
Our meeting on Dec. 5, 2009 was very special for our organization as it was recognized in an official proclamation issued by then Mayor Pat McCrory in his last official act of office proclaiming it as Ballantyne Breakfast Day.
We appreciate and the support of our members, our long list of guest speakers, the Bissell Family of Companies and others including.....the Ballantyne Chapter of the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce. We encourage everyone in the business community to join this local Chapter of the Chamber of Commerce and participate in their meetings and activities.
For more information about the Ballantyne Breakfast Club please contact
Ray Eschert at 704 651-1237 or by email at reschert@aol.com
