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44003
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In this collection of three articles , Charlotte's best writers have been asked to reflect on the pandemic and note how it changed them. first is Patrice Gopo with "Did the Virus Prepare Me For Loss: How I Learned to Grieve", followed by "Inherit The Courtyard by Michael Graff, "Having A Wonderful Time. Glad You're Not Here: An Open Letter to a Dearly Departed Foe" by Kathleen Purvis and "The Un-Googleable Truth: When the Only Honest Answer Is that No One Knows".
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Charlotte Magazine
(NoCar F 264.C4), Vol. 29 Issue 3, March 2024,
p56-73, il, por
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44109
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Not a usual farmers market, the Bulb in Charlotte operates mobile from a truck and brings hourlong farmers markets into 12 underserved neighborhoods. Run by a staff of eight, the Bulb has an interesting pricing policy for its merchandise on the measure of take what you need and give what you can.
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44129
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"While the state treats menstrual products as luxuries, advocates stock schools with essentials." the law in North Carolina classifies period products as nonessential goods. Yet the state generates more than $8 million a year in taxes on these items.
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"At tables cast in light from stained glass windows, diners explore Italian, French, and Mexican flavors in a 19th century church turned restaurant." Gianni and Mona Moscardini are owners of La Cava Restaurant, located in Salisbury.
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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,
p78-85, il, por
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43125
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"The once 'dead' mill town has come back to life with a revitalization strategy similar to Durham's. It is a new antidote to Charlotte's skyrocketing real estate prices." In 1982,California billionaire, David Murdock bought then struggling Cannon Mills and all of Kannapolis. Kannapolis incorporated as a city two years later.
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"Dozens of families once called the cottages surrounding the textile factory on the banks of the Henry River home. Today, the humble tract of houses near Hickory has found new purpose and a promising future." Calvin Reyes is co-owner of the 72-acre Henry River Mill Village. The mill shuttered in 1970 and later burned in 1977. the current owners are working to preserve the history of the village.
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When technology-based research tools began gaining a foothold in American society, experts in fields outside of librarianship started arguing librarians were no longer needed and closing libraries would be economically beneficial. However, with the needs that libraries, particularly public, meet, they are still highly valued community centers for patrons representing the socioeconomic spectrum. This helps justify grand-scale renovations of public libraries such as Charlotte’s main branch.
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The Reynolds family’s intended purpose for their ancestral home was transformed with the Surgeon General’s landmark edict about smoking. From Reynolda becoming more than preservation site for the family’s history, Winston-Salem gained another venue for renown, housed in the former R.J Reynolds headquarters.
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Winston-Salem--Arts; Winston-Salem--Buildings, structures, etc.; Reynolds, Richard Joshua (R.J.), 1850-1918; Winston-Salem--History; Winston-Salem--historical buildings--Reynolda; Winston-Salem--industry--tobacco; Winston-Salem--industry--textiles; Winston-Salem--philanthropists--R. Philip Hanes, Jr. ; Piedmont Opera Theater; North Carolina Dance Theater; University of North Carolina School of the Arts ; Winston-Salem--Arts--Downtown Arts District Association (DADA); Reynolda House (Winston Salem); Reynolda House (Winston Salem)--Collections; Winston-Salem--historical buildings--Reynolda House
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34427
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Dr. Marshall Silverman and Dr. Holly Smith of Signature Healthcare in SouthPark discuss the challenges of population growth outpacing the growth of primary care physicians. Concierge medicine arrived in Charlotte fifteen years ago with the opening of Signature Healthcare, creating an option for patients willing to pay a membership fee for an improved primary care experience. As healthcare and medicine continue to change, a new system for treating the wider population is needed.
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Last year, about four-hundred refugees came to Charlotte, and approximately 17,000 have come here since the mid-1990s. Refugee Support Services, a non-profit organization, helps refugees build self-sufficiency skills and address medical, financial, employment, housing, children, legal and social services.
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The linear park, initiated by the Mecklenburg County Greenway Master Plan, currently covers 47 miles of trails and wildlife habitat. Motives to stretch mileage to 95 miles by 2030 include younger workforce segments wanting connectivity and businesses wanting to build around the greenway. Incentives include a positive impact on individuals’ health and the metro’s economic health. Statistics attesting the impact already made include a 600% population growth since 1998 and 5.1 million square feet of office space planned or under construction in central Charlotte.
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Greenways--North Carolina ; Greenways; Mecklenburg County Greenway Master Plan; Urban development; Trails; Charlotte--Recreation; Charlotte--Development; Sugar Creek--Charlotte; Greenways for Mecklenburg; Nonprofit organizations; Fundraising; Wildlife parks--North Carolina ; Linear parks--North Carolina
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The end credits for the last movie also marked the end of an era for a cinematic landmark in Charlotte. As for how Park Terrace Theatre became a landmark, it was for the usual reason people petition to save buildings that became community institutions. The building helped mark history through personal or collective memory.
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The shift from agrarian to urban, which started to occur over a century ago, is doubling back on itself in the growing number of people who are becoming farmers. As for today’s Davidson College students, many welcome spending as much time outside engaged in farm labor as inside listening to lectures. It’s a departure from the typical 19th century student’s reaction to the farm labor part of Davidson College’s curriculum: rebellion.
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Imagining the end of HIV includes the reality of overcoming challenges related to making the end possible. Challenges Charlotte-based organizations like RAIN address are accessing medications; the complicated treatment of HIV; Mecklenburg County’s HIV cases rate, among the highest in the nation.
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