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for "Charlotte Magazine"
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43808
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"Clifton Settlemyer, president of Historic Elizabeth Neighborhood Foundation and Evan Kettler, vice president of the Elizabeth Community Association are at odds over whether to designate Elizabeth as a local historic district." Historic Elizabeth Neighborhood is located in Charlotte, established in 1891 as one of the city's most fashionable neighborhoods.
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43809
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"As craft beer expands into the 'burbs, shopping center developers are bagging chain restaurants and big box stores for locally owned breweries and taprooms." In Charlotte, Seth Stidham and Collin Ricks directed the construction of Suffolk Punch Punch Brewing's new location at SouthPark Mall.
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Charlotte Magazine
(NoCar F 264.C4), Vol. 28 Issue 8, August 2023,
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43840
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"Charlotte still merits the title 'City of Trees' . But as development downs more of the, city officials and conservationists work to plant seeds of new growth." Currently, the city's primary strategy to push more planting of trees and as well to discourage the needless removal of current ones is the "Unified Development Ordinance".Laurie Reid has been Charlotte's city arborist since 2021.
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Charlotte Magazine
(NoCar F 264.C4), Vol. 28 Issue 9, September 2023,
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43872
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"It's one of the city's most coveted properties. But Neese's Country Sausage has loaded delivery trucks with sausage, livermush, and liver pudding from a little brick building here since the 1940s, and the family-run company intends to stay put." Brothers Thomas and Homer Neese decided they wanted to expand the reach of the business from Guildford County into Charlotte. in 1945. Bill Humble, hired in 1937 oversaw and manged the expansion.
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43881
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"As development swallows Dixie-Berryhill, the county's last rural neighborhood, Mecklenburg County says goodbye to it final frontier." The county's most recent planned development project initiated this past March with planed to transform the riverfront and ultimately the neighborhood within the next few decades. The neighborhood originally comprised two separate townships. It consists of approximately 8,000. Developers Crescent Communities and Lincoln Harris with convert 1400 acres into a mixture of offices, hotels , homes retail and green space.
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43882
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"The Little Sugar Creek Greenway is a streamside path that can take you from NoDa to Pineville and back again--and only on occasion remind you of the booming city on either side." The article is a photo essay.
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"Think all North Carolina wine is syrupy sweet? The state's vintners hope that idea dies on the vine." Prior to Prohibition, North Carolina was the leading wine producing state in the country. that production was exclusively born from muscadine grapes and in particular its subspecies known as scuppernong. Today, only about half of the production is coming from muscadine grapes, with the other half being a hybrid from single varieties of a common grape know throughout Europe and beyond. the article examines Raffaldini Vineyards and Winery and Laurel Gray Vineyards near Charlotte.
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Among those mentioned are restauranteurs Jamie Brown and Jeff Tondandel. the Independent Picture House, Philip Blount, Kevin Siers, Tamika Stafford, Jeremy Wagner, Atrium Health's Virtual Clinics, PFLAG Charlotte and Rolfe Neill.
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Charlotte Magazine
(NoCar F 264.C4), Vol. 28 Issue 12, December 2023,
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43211
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"Yes, hoppy beers get you drunk and leave you in pain--but not for the reasons you might expect. Hops is used by brewers to blance what would otherwise by an overly sweet beer. Dan Wade is co-founder of Wooden Robot Brewery.
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43212
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"The classic suburb's new vision plan maps out a transit oriented lifestyle at the intersection of Main Street and greenway. For many years, Charlotte's Harris Boulevard and North Tryon Street intersection was a rural crossroads. The curret University City Vision Plan is embracing a city center around the JW Clay light rail station with availalbity to the university, the greenway and the hospital.
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43251
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"The members of a historic church in Mint Hill serve their community in the shadow of its history." Dating to 1770, Philadelphia Presbyterian is one of the oldest churches in Mecklenburg County.
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43252
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"Racing built its foundation at small-town tracks like these--which still offer fans a chance to see tomorrow's stars and cars." First openned in 1951, Hickory Motor Speedway continues to host races like the "CARS Tour Throwback 276".
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43253
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"NASCAR, a sport associated with Charlotte since the 1940s, enters another new era-- with updated cars, a refreshed and more diverse fan base, tire tracks in the digital space, and a long and eventful history."
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"The original McCrorey YMCA, a cornerstone of the long-gone Black neighborhood, wins designation as a historic property.' At one time, Brooklyn was the center of Black life in Charlotte.
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"Racing Rock Star Tim Richmond died in 1989 but left a unique public image and--maybe--a private part of himself." Richmond was one of the first drivers to move from open wheel racing to NASCAR stock cars full-time. In 2010, ESPN aired a documentary about his life.
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