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5 Things To Know: City Workers Protest Unsafe COVID-19 Conditions
City Workers Protest Unsafe Work Conditions Due to COVID-19 Charlotte Water employees and other city workers will join a Black Lives Matter march this evening in protest of unsafe working conditions during COVID-19, citing several confirmed cases of the virus among the department including an apparent “major outbreak” that shut…
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Gama Goat Building, Food Stalls Set to Open in Camp North End
City leaders and developers gathered at Camp North End on Wednesday morning to announce the Friday opening of the newly renovated Gama Goat Building on the east side of the campus. Camp North End developers ATCO Properties & Management will host a grand opening for the building at the intersection…
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Local Labor Leaders Call on Public to Support HEROES Act
Black frontline workers and labor leaders are calling on Senator Thom Tillis to support the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions, or HEROES Act, and urging people to join them in the call to prioritize Black workers’ physical and financial health. “It’s time to address the economic inequality and…
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What the Fries Food Truck Keeps Rubber on the Road During Quarantine
On March 17, when Gov. Roy Cooper announced that all restaurants would have to shut down dine-in operations due to the growing threat of the novel coronavirus COVID-19, things quickly became dire for the food industry in our state. In one rapidly growing sector of the industry, however, things were…
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RNC in Question as Local Leaders Respond to Trump Threats
As Gov. Roy Cooper’s administration continues rolling out phases of a plan to reopen North Carolina, the World Health Organization warned of a “second peak” in areas where safety protocols are being rolled back. Nevertheless, President Donald Trump kicked off Memorial Day by calling on Cooper to make a nearly…
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Students Evacuate UNC Charlotte with Concerns About Their Future
By 5 p.m. today, UNC Charlotte’s campus will officially be empty of students, and nobody knows when they’ll be coming back. Following Tuesday’s order that residence halls be vacated by Friday afternoon, students have been lugging their things up and down dorm-room staircases throughout the week, and come Monday, classes…
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Glory Days Apparel Finds a Home in South End
As a brand, Glory Days Apparel focuses on the beauty of Charlotte, looking both forward and backward. The company’s founder and owner, JD Harris, strives to create custom designs that represent the Queen City as a thriving one, while implementing the city’s history into each handmade work of art. “I’m…
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HUE HOUSE Partners with Johnson C. Smith for The Block
It’s now been over 10 years since davita galloway and her brother Dion founded Dupp&Swatt, giving a voice and platform to people of color in Charlotte’s creative scene. A year ago this month, local creative David Butler followed in those footsteps by helping launch beSOCIAL, a community space for innovation…
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Brian Twitty Puts Things in Perspective with ‘Visualist’
Brian Twitty began his career in business, diving head-first into the finance world of Charlotte. It wasn’t until six years ago that he realized his heart wasn’t in finance, and that he wanted to take a look at Charlotte through a different lens. He decided that photography was a passion…
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A Complete Guide to Connect with Culture Days 2020
This weekend, Arts & Science Council (ASC) is giving everyone in the Charlotte area a chance to experience a wide range of arts, science, history and heritage for free at its annual Connect with Culture Days, two days of events hosted at museums and other cultural venues throughout the county.…
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