by Jeff Hamm | Oct 2, 2026
Fall around Lake Norman has a pretty full calendar. Football on Friday nights, festivals on the weekends, and boats slowly heading back to the lift for the season. This October, one more event is back on that list, and it’s been gone long enough that some of us...
by Jeff Hamm | Sep 25, 2026
If you’ve driven past Birkdale Place after dark and wondered about the glowing blue studio above the new Caribou Coffee, you’re not alone. That’s JETSET Pilates Lake Norman, and those lights come from a 15-foot illuminated logo on the ceiling....
by Jeff Hamm | Sep 4, 2026
Cornelius has been collecting restaurants faster than most of us can reasonably eat through them, which means it takes something genuinely notable to get me to clear a Monday night. This one qualifies. Little Mama’s Italian — the Charlotte concept that picked up...
by Jeff Hamm | Jul 31, 2026
We were so happy to welcome Brian Lafontaine as our guest speaker at The Best of Lake Norman Business Network’s July 16th meeting! Brian brought 30 years as a professional actor and speaking coach to the group for a 30-minute masterclass on public speaking....
by Jeff Hamm | Jul 25, 2026
There’s a stretch of late July around here when the lake quietly stops helping. The water goes bathtub-warm. The dock boards get too hot to stand on barefoot. Even the shade feels like it’s running at about sixty percent. That’s usually the week...
by Abigail Smathers | Jul 3, 2026
BANNER ELK, N.C. – July 2, 2026 – Jeff Hamm, the digital content producer and real estate broker behind The Best of LKN – Lake Norman’s #1 podcast and email newsletter – today announced the launch of Banner Elk Living, a hyper-local media platform promoting Banner Elk...
