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43970
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"Comedian and podcast host Jesse Jones wants to raise a glass to Charlotte's whisky scene--and get us sipping his favorite spirit." Jones hosts a weekly podcast, "The Bourbon Showdown" which averages 27,000 listeners per week.
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Charlotte Magazine
(NoCar F 264.C4), Vol. 29 Issue 1, January 2024,
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44067
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"The small city halfway to Greensboro has loads of history, but it's not stuck in the past." Since 2000, the population has increased by 18 percent by more than 36,000 people. Founded in 1755, it's the oldest continually populated city in the western portion of North Carolina. It's also the home of Cheerwine.
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44127
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In 1984, the non-profit center moved from UNC Charlotte to the 57 acre Latta Nature Preserve in Huntersville. Currently, however, the center is starting to outgrow its space. A fundraising campaign has been launched.
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44156
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Two changes that led to the overhaul are China's refusal in 2018 to accept waste from the U.S. and other countries and COVID-19, which changed purchasing habits and therefore resulted in more packaging material ending up in curbside bins and leaving the city's Material Recovery Facility unprepared to handle. Work begins this October on the $26 million retrofit this coming October.
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44160
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"Charlotte officials have an ambitious blueprint for a 'safe and equitable' transportation network--if they can find a way to pay for it." A key component to a Strategic Mobility Plan city council adopted in November 2022 is a "50-50 mode share aspiration," aiming for half all road trips being made in something other than a care, be it bus, rail bicycle or other.
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44159
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"Exit 3A on I-277 is the most hated interchange in Charlotte. It won't improve anytime soon." the roadway was designed more than half a century ago, when the city's metropolitan population was 281,00 as opposed to 2.8 million today.
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Charlotte Magazine
(NoCar F 264.C4), Vol. 29 Issue 8, August 2024,
p60-65, il, map
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44157
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"Gaston County's Development has lagged behind the rest of the region's. But officials are determined to build wealth for businesses and families--and kick its reputation as a local punchline."
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44161
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"The entrepreneur grew up wanting to make money. Now, he gives it away." Thomas started a photography education company, Sankofa Photography. and has served as director of Queen City Hub, which brings together local entrepreneurs with interest in addressing social needs.
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Charlotte Magazine
(NoCar F 264.C4), Vol. 29 Issue 8, August 2024,
p17-19, il, por
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44193
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"Our attempts to destigmatize mental health have made us overanalyze and overmedicate normal teenage angst." At center here is that both parents and kids need to realize that not every unpleasant feeling or rebellion is a symptom of mental illness.
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44295
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White, now 41, began working with the museum in 2022. The Charlotte museum is the second oldest museum in Charlotte, opening 1976. White's efforts are helping the museum expand from it primary concentration on colonial history. The entity will pay off a 20 year debt at the end of 2025. It's current operating budget of $1.4 million has primarily come from grants, memberships and donations. during the summer of 2024, the city allocated $100,000 derived from COVID relief money.
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Charlotte Magazine
(NoCar F 264.C4), Vol. 29 Issue 12, December 2024,
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44296
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The Optimist Park pizzeria got love from the New York Times--and expanded its to-go operation for a rapidly growing customer base. The Times included the restaurant on its list of the 22 best pizza places in the U.S. Nkem and Kerrel Thompson are owners.
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Charlotte Magazine
(NoCar F 264.C4), Vol. 29 Issue 12, December 2024,
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44321
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"For decades, the just retired librarian archived, shared, and made history."
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Charlotte Magazine
(NoCar F 264.C4), Vol. 30 Issue 1, January 2025,
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44331
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A 2023 survey found that 62 % of restaurant operators don't have enough employees to meet customer demand. Charlotte-based Bojangles recently rolled out Bo-Linda, a voice robot that takes drive-thru orders. CEO Richard Del Valle estimates Bo-Linda saves four to five hours of employee labor a day.
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44333
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"JCSU's (Johnson C. Smith University) massive photo collection shines light on a half-century of Black Charlotte history." Peeler was a professional photographer and studies at the New York Institute on the GI Bill. From the mid 1950s until his death in 2004, he took tens of thousands of photos. His daughter donated his collection to JCSU in 2010.
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Charlotte Magazine
(NoCar F 264.C4), Vol. 30 Issue 2, February 2025,
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15.SouthPark's Connected Future by Nelson, Jackie Charlotte Magazine Vol. 29 Issue 11, November 2024
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44371
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"In this era of online shopping and cozy boutiques, Charlotte's signature shopping mall charts its path forward." Owner of SouthPark Mall, SouthPark Community Partners unveiled in April 2024 its SouthPark Forward 2055 Vision Plan. The concept is to offer customers a sense of place with experiences not found elsewhere.
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