Ballantyne Magazine covers news, events, real estate, restaurants, shopping, health, schools and business in the upscale Ballantyne Area of Charlotte, NC.
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BALLANTYNE | wire kids. Ninety-eight percent of the staff participated. Karas, a Mississippi native who moved here at the suggestion of college friends, is the youngest member of the board of directors of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Restaurant Association. For more information, visit www. karashospitality.com or www.newkscafe.com. Bissell Development Ranks 10th in Local Commercial Space According to the July 25 issue of the Charlotte Business Journal, Bissell Development LLC was 10th among Charlotte's commercial real estate developers with 1,635,073 square feet of developed space. The ranking is based on developed space in the Charlotte area from 2005 to 2009. to promote their brand on Twitter. TweetMyJOBS has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, Businessweek and on radio and television networks, including CNN and NPR. Zukowski, president of TweetMyJOBS, has over 21 years of management, technical and business-development experience working for Fortune 500 organizations, as well as starting his own information technology company, EasySoft Solutions. He is considered an expert in recruiting using social media. Zukowski is also well known locally for his years of volunteer work running the Endhaven Elementary and Ballantyne Elementary chess clubs. To learn more about TweetMyJOBS, call 877-718-1880 or e-mail info@ TweetMyJOBS.com. Ballantyne Corporate Park Wins Top Honor Ballantyne Resident Creates Largest Twitter Job Board In 2009, Ballantyne resident Gary Zukowski founded TweetMyJOBS, which has become the largest Twitter job board in the world. With 9,406 vertical job channels segmented by geography, job type and industry, TweetMyJOBS connects employers and recruiters with targeted job candidates instantly any time a new job is posted to the service. His company also offers TweetMARK, a service that provides companies with a custom Twitter account 18 BALLANTYNE MAGAZINE The Bissell Companies announced that Ballantyne Corporate Park has won the International Suburban Office Park of the Year award from The Building Owners and Managers Association International. Regarded as the most prestigious and comprehensive program in the commercial real estate industry, the award recognizes quality in office buildings and rewards excellence in every facet of office-building management, including community impact, tenant/employee relations programs, energy-management systems, emergency preparedness, building personnel training programs and overall quality indicators. "Since its inception, we have tried very hard to create in Ballantyne Corporate Park a special place for companies and people to locate," says Ned Curran, president and CEO of The Bissell Companies. "In doing so, we have tried to establish an environment where people want to come to work and where employers will therefore want to locate." Currently, Bissell Development is constructing the six- story, 150,000-square-foot Everett Building and is planning for an additional 1.7 million square feet of Class A office space in the Corporate Park. To learn more, visit www. bissellcompanies.com. CELEBR TING TEN YEARS CELEBRATING TEN YEARS 2000- 010000-2010 Manus Named Supt. of The Golf Club at Ballantyne W. Kyle Manus has been appointed superintendent of The Golf Club at Ballantyne. With 10 years of experience in golf-course maintenance, Manus will supervise and coordinate activities of golf-course crews and contractors Kyle Manus charged with preserving the grounds and ensuring that the turf stays in top playing condition. Most recently, Manus was superintendent at The Golf Club at Briar's Creek, a top course recognized by Golf Digest and Golf Magazine in Johns Island, S.C. NOW OPEN! Essex Street Offers New York-Style Deli Choices Essex Street Restaurant and Deli is now serving at the Village at Robinson Farm (Rea Road at Williams Pond Lane). The New York-style deli features classics like corned beef, cabbage and potato pancakes, plus hand-sliced Nova lox, chopped liver and New York bagels. Open 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily. Details: 980- 207-0885. continued on page 20 FALL 2010