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Miami Herald
5 hours ago
- Business
- Miami Herald
Lottery ticket worth $339,000 is sold at North Carolina store. Here's where
A lottery player spent $10 on a ticket — and hit the jackpot in North Carolina. On June 9, the player bought a 50X the Cash ticket that won the game's top prize, the N.C. Education Lottery wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter. The winner scored $339,703 after trying their luck in Cornelius, a roughly 20-mile drive north from uptown Charlotte. The ticket was sold at the Cashion's Quik Stop convenience store on Statesville Road. 50X the Cash is a Fast Play progressive jackpot game that offers $10 tickets. To score a prize, a player must match at least one of their ticket numbers to a number from a winning set, rules show. As of about 1:45 p.m. June 9, the lucky ticket holder hadn't claimed their prize yet. In North Carolina, the winners of Fast Play games have about six months to cash in, a lottery spokesperson told McClatchy News via email.
Yahoo
22-02-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Kernersville Chamber hears downtown business complaints
The Kernersville Chamber of Commerce invited Kernersville business owners and community members for an open dialogue on how the chamber can continue to support downtown businesses. Tim Dixon, the owner of Solve IT and the chamber's vice chair of small business, said the meeting was intended to gather ideas on how to keep Kernersville's downtown thriving. 'We're all on a mission to make downtown Kernersville successful, and we're all on a mission to make downtown Kernersville thrive. We're here because the chamber is really trying to prioritize small business and make sure that downtown is successful. So, we're honestly in the process of reevaluating everything. We're looking at all of our efforts to support businesses and to create opportunities for businesses to be successful under a microscope,' Dixon said. Some of the business owners voiced concerns regarding limited parking for their customers. Julie Barham, the owner of Dermacademy, said the reason her business has beauty schools in two places is limited parking downtown. 'We thought that by bringing 100 students and their clients and my faculty and staff downtown that we would support the businesses and your restaurants and buy gas and buy food and all of those things, but we feel like we've been met with some hostility,' she said. Anna Freiberg, the owner of 119 on North, said that customers have complained that businesses have limited operating hours. 'People complain about the fact that none of us stay open late on a Friday or on any night, and that everybody closes after 5:30, but we don't get the support to stay open late,' Freiberg said. Freiberg proposed that businesses have a special day where their hours were extended to let people experience downtown. 'If everybody would agree to have a 'first Friday' or something, where all the businesses stay open, and then we could push it and advertise it that we're all going to be open, and then maybe close down Main Street and have people walk around and enjoy being in downtown Kernersville,' Freiberg said. Brooke Cashion, the owner of Busy As a Bee, said that the monthly car show downtown hinders their businesses. 'All of us small businesses, we lose business. I'm open, but no one is shopping because they're bringing their own coolers. That group is bringing in its snacks, like including the things that we sell, like cookies and peanuts and Cokes, and they're not shopping, but the streets shut down so people can't even come to our stores. And those are typically because it's during the summer, April, October, those are pretty high-traffic areas for small businesses,' Cashion said. Cashion suggested for the car show to be moved to a different part of downtown. 'I would just like to suggest that the town has a ton of parking in the rotary hut that's open on Saturdays, and the little cars can be lined up over there between the chamber and the town hall,' Cashion said. Cashion also brought up the idea of the town creating a social district, which is an area where people are allowed to walk around with alcoholic drinks purchased from businesses within the district. 'For stores like us who serve alcohol, I don't want somebody to feel like they have to power-drink in my shop, because, I mean, I'm only 600 square feet. It would be nice if they could take it and go up to 119 on North or they could take it and go to Eclection, where those folks are not serving alcohol, but then still be in compliance without feeling rushed,' Cashion said. Dixon said that with the approach of the Spring Folly, which is Kernersville's largest festival, businesses should coordinate with the chamber on tent placements that don't obstruct the visibility of their businesses. 'Communicate with the chamber to make sure that there's a spot in front of your business that is open. Spread the word and let other businesses know that. Let other businesses know that the chamber wants to work with you,' Dixon said. In a follow-up after the meeting, Dixon noted that the concerns will be allocated to the appropriate parties. 'The town of Kernersville has a lot of moving parts. The goal and the mission of the chamber is to advocate for businesses to stimulate the economy, to support and create opportunities for businesses. There were several concerns that were brought up were things that are impacted by the town, whether it's the board of aldermen, zoning and permitting or things like that. We definitely intend on forwarding those concerns to the pertinent parties and making them aware of these concerns,' Dixon said. Another meeting is planned for September. 'We are talking about having a few more members of the aldermen and the city planner at the meeting so they can address these concerns when they come up in the moment,' Dixon said.
