BizWorthy

This week's BizWorthy: Despite supply chain issues and inflation, companies are throwing holiday parties again, a proposed boutique hotel in Elizabeth fails to win over the public and how some area churches are reinventing their properties.

Questions arise about how North Carolina hospitals self-report Medicare finances publicly versus federally. Independence Park's makeover is set to restore "the vision of its original landscape architect." And, Bank of America updates its work-from-home policy.

After a 25-year run, a once "state-of-the-art" movie theater in South Park has closed its doors, the oldest Dairy Queen in North Carolina is up for sale and July isn't the only time fireworks fly off the shelves at one South Carolina store.

The rental market in Charlotte is showing signs of softening, and David Tepper's company is trying to offload the 245 acres in Rock Hill that was supposed to be the site of the new headquarters for the Carolina Panthers. WFAE's Woody Cain speaks to Tony Mecia of the Charlotte Ledger business newsletter on these topics and more on the latest BizWorthy.

The ACC is moving its headquarters to uptown Charlotte and a controversial legal fight between the parents of two former students at the Charlotte Latin School and the administration of the institution heads to court. Those stories and more are in this week's BizWorthy.

Developer Beauxwright has plans for the Asian Corner Mall, downtown Matthews is getting a new brunch spot and former uptown insider Tim Newman is released from a South Carolina jail.

If you’re looking for a job change or are just beginning your career, here’s one possibility: cybersecurity expert. According to the website Cyberseek.org, there are more than 714,000 cybersecurity job openings in the U.S.

There will be new housing developments on the properties that were once the sites of two long-standing Charlotte eateries.

Nearly 50 Charlotte area companies land on the Inc. Magazine and a NoDa sandwich shop is readying for a mysterious Hollywood filming.

The Charlotte area does not have a dedicated National Weather Service radar unit. The nearest one is almost 100 miles away. That’s led to long-running concern over whether Charlotte is at risk of having too little warning before storms because of inadequate radar coverage.