Happy Thanksgiving! To me, Halloween is a lot of fun, but Thanksgiving really starts the holiday season. This year I am thankful for my family, health, and friends.

By they way, check out our new survey at the end of today’s newsletter. Each week we will have a new survey, and tell you the results of last week’s survey.

Today's weather: Low clouds with a shower in the late afternoon. The will be high 65.

Tonight: Cloudy with a couple of showers and a thunderstorm, mainly later The low will be 58.

Fit Precast is moving to Gastonia. They plan to build a 154,000 square foot facility on 72 acres off of Hwy 321. The company builds reinforced concrete pipe, precast storm structures, and underground detention storm structures.

They plan on building a $102 million dollar facility, and will create 125 jobs. The jobs will pay an average of $102,168, which well above the Gaston County average of $52,180.

My friend and Gaston County native Jefferson Fortner has just released a new book called ABC Dreary: A Dreadful Alphabet book. Technically it’s an ABC Darium, which is a book to teach children the alphabet….but this one is filled with dark humor. For example “A is for the hidden axe your mother has behind her back”. The book is illustrated by Don Morgan, who has been an exhibiting artist since 1978. He is based in Greensboro.

Fortner will be at Catawba Coffee In Mount Holly on December 13th, 12-4 PM.Catawba Coffee is located at 104 West Charlotte Ave in Mount Holly.

Shout out to Mike & Christina at Piedmont Farmstead. They do intensive ecological farming that results in some of the tastiest and healthiest produce ever! Now that farmer’s markets are over, pretty sure they offer farm pickup only- but you can check them out here.

I have been to the Charlotte Civic Orchestra’s Christmas Extravaganza several years in a row-and I have to say it is fabulous! They have a full orchestra, a high school chorus, professional singers, and dancers, ballet and otherwise…it’s a professional grade feel good, good time! Shout out to my friend Verena Keller, President of the Charlotte Civic Orchestra! Buy tickets here.

Tuesday December 2nd, Belmont, 3 PM

Saturday December 6th, Mount Holly, 3 PM

Saturday December 6th, Kings Mountain, 3 PM

Sunday December 7th, Gastonia, 5:00 PM

Wednesday December 10th, Stanley, 3:00 PM

Thursday December 11, McAdenville, 5:30 PM

Saturday December 13th, Cherryville, 5:00 PM

Saturday December 13th, Ranlo, 1:00 PM

Sunday December 14th, Dallas, 3:00 PM

Please double check the local municipalities’ website or Facebook page for verification.

The Gaston County Board of Commissioners has voted to sell the Mary Ellen Nelson Center on the Dallas Cherryville Highway to Partners Health Management for $2.6 million. Critically, the sale agreement will allow existing tenants Camp Sertoma and the Gaston County Museum of Art & History to remain for a minimum of seven years.

The agreement is an example of an agreement that is beneficial for all the entities involved. The Gaston County Museum of Art & History currently uses a portion of the property to house its archives, which contain a majority of the museum’s more than 83,000 pieces from its total collection.

Camp Sertoma is a nonprofit which has operated a summer camp for disabled youths and adults on a portion of the property for nearly five decades. Much like the Museum, the agreement with Partners Health Management will allow Camp Sertoma to continue providing an important resource for members of the community.

Senior Director, Customer Care, Cox Automotive Cherryville: $144k-$242k

Logistics Manager w/ Stabilus: $110k-$130k

Vice President of Finance w/ Two Kings Casino: $178k-$224k

Last weeks poll: Do you like the Christmas inflatables people have in their yards?

It was pretty evenly divided: 45 % said yes-55% said no.