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Arts+ Set To Move to Plaza Midwood After Years-Long Search
After a years-long search for a new home, local nonprofit arts education organization Arts+ is in talks to lead the creation of a new cultural campus at the former Plaza Presbyterian Church in Plaza Midwood where it borders Villa Heights. The recognizable property at 2304 The Plaza encompasses three buildings…
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A Guide to Celebrating Charlotte Black Pride Week 2023
Charlotte Black Pride has come a long way since holding its first Pride Week in 2005 to celebrate and recognize diversity within the local LGBTQ+ community. Not only has the organization grown, but after a rocky start to the relationship, Charlotte Black Pride and Charlotte Pride now function as sister…
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Guns Seized, Arrests Made After Chaos During Uptown Charlotte Fireworks
Four guns were seized and over a dozen juveniles arrested following a large brawl that broke out Tuesday night during a Fourth of July celebration at Romare Bearden Park in Uptown Charlotte. The commotion began a little before 9 p.m. at the park, located across from Truist Field, where people…
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A Guide to Charlotte’s Best Markets and Delis
There’s something to be said about a one-stop shop — a place where you can eat, drink and pick up local goods — but what about actually posting up and hanging out there? We’ve compiled a list of Charlotte bodegas, markets and delis where you can do all that, and…
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Nourish Founder Julia Simon Sells Vegan Meal Delivery Service
It’s one thing to believe in the philosophy that wholesome food is better for our bodies and our planet and should be easier to find, but it’s another to make it your life’s work. That’s what Julia Simon has done with Nourish Charlotte — a locally sourced, organic, plant-based and…
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Mecklenburg County Passes $2.3B Budget, Raises Property Tax for FY2024
The Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners approved its $2.3 billion budget on Tuesday for Fiscal Year 2024, which begins July 1. It passed 7-2 with commissioners Pat Cotham and Elaine Powell voting against it. The spending plan is $156.2 million more than last year’s and homeowners are going to feel…
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Local Illustrator Explores What Makes a Hero in Debut Comic Book
As a kid, Batman was everything to Frank Antonio. He would spend hours at a time glued to the TV watching Batman: The Animated Series and looking at comic books starring The Caped Crusader. Whenever his parents allowed him to pick out a new comic book at the store, he…
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Charlotte Chefs and Bartenders Compete in NC Chef Showdown
If you’re a regular on the Charlotte restaurant scene, you no doubt have a favorite chef, perhaps a favorite mixologist as well, but have you ever wondered how they stack up in competition against their counterparts across the city? Or even the state? The North Carolina Restaurant & Lodging Association…
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Neighbors at Odds Over Push for Elizabeth Historic District Status
A few blocks southeast of Uptown’s skyscrapers, in the area surrounding Independence Park and further down East 7th Street, sits a neighborhood at the precipice — at least that’s what it feels like to those Elizabeth residents who for months have been embroiled in debate over a proposed historic designation…
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The Women Behind the Beer at Birdsong Brewing
For more than a century, beer has been overwhelmingly thought of as a masculine product — made by men and for men — due in large part to early marketing campaigns that portrayed beer as the elixir of masculinity. After Prohibition was repealed in the United States, beer was thought…
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VIVA Chicken Celebrates a Decade of Growth
At 11 a.m. on Feb. 20, 2013, VIVA Chicken opened its doors to its very first customer on Elizabeth Avenue in Charlotte. The fast-casual Peruvian rotisserie chicken joint was the first of its kind in the area, and that made co-founder Randy Garcia a little nervous. Would Peruvian food work…
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Vacant Elizabeth Properties Demolished Ahead of Mixed-Use Plan
A slew of long-vacant buildings on East 7th Street in Charlotte’s Elizabeth neighborhood were turned into piles of rubble last week when crews demolished the structures to make way for future development. The work is being spearheaded by Chicago-based Centrum Realty & Development, which opened an office in Charlotte in…
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Every Stave Has a Story at Oaklore Distilling Co. in Matthews
“How do you start a distillery?” Had Matthews neighbors Matt Simpkins and Thomas Bogan been asked that question five years ago, they would have had no idea how to respond. After all, they were just two dads who met at the elementary school bus stop and bonded over whiskey and…
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Mecklenburg County Approves $99M in Second Round of ARPA Funds
The Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners on Wednesday agreed to pay out $99.4 million in pandemic relief money from the federal government to fund 75 local projects and initiatives. The unanimous vote for the spending marked the second round of funding from the $215.7 total Mecklenburg County received as part…
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Fashion Designer and Performer Brandon Hilton Steps into the Limelight
“You can ask me anything,” Brandon Hilton tells me over the phone. “Nothing is off limits and nothing’s gonna offend me.” Hilton was reassuring me after hearing me stumble over my words, trying perhaps too delicately to ask him about his childhood. Earlier in our conversation, the 35-year-old casually mentioned…
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Living The Zero-Waste Lifestyle in Charlotte
Editor’s Note: The following is part two in a two-part series about how our habits impact our current waste management systems and the environment. Part one can be read here, though it is not necessary to understand the following article. Have you looked inside your trash can lately? Your garbage…
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