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Chamber
Entrepreneurs
&
small biz vie for $
25
k prize in Chamber’s
2014
Power Up Chapter Challenge
#CLTstartups
Grand finale of Chamber’s entrepreneur challenge to award $
25
k on Nov
14
, and you’re invited
#CLTstartups
Calling all Charlotte business ideas in search of funding,
2
nd
Annual
SHAPE
Charlotte deadline is next week!
Unemployment
Entrepreneurship the answer to black unemployement in
CLT
?
#DNC2012
CLT
+
DNC
= $
163
.
6
million
Reprt shows that the DNC in Charlotte produced an economic impact of $163.6 million
$91 million in direct convention-related spending
Taxes
State Republicans propose eliminating personal
&
corporate income tax in exchange for higher sales tax
higher sales tax would affect, among other things, groceries, lottery tickets, haircuts, dentist visits, housekeeping, lawyers' fees, and real estate
TV
Banshee, the latest
TV
show filmed in Charlotte, premieres Friday @
10
#CLTstartups
Calling all Charlotte startup ideas in search of funding,
SHAPE
Charlotte deadline is next week!
Local competition with up to $15,000 in cash prizes for winning teams
State of Mecklenburg
State of Mecklenburg May
8
th
primary wrap-up
w/ guests Warren Cooksey (Charlotte City Council) and Aisha Dew (Mecklenburg County Democratic Chairman)
Feature
New site launches to help end
&
prevent homelessness
Inspired by Char-Meck's 10 year plan to end homelessness
Launched Wednesday, February 15th
SolvethePuzzleCharlotte.org
A Healthier Charlotte
This week on A Healthier Charlotte: Financial Health
whether psychologically, emotionally, or physically, money is tied closely to health
four financial health experts discuss money's effect on wellness
Why does
NC
have one of the weakest economies in the
US
?
Feature
Photos and audio from first Occupy Charlotte gathering
crowd included as many as 150-200 people
leadership committee formed on-site
marched at Marshall Park, City Hall, Bank Of America Corporate Center, and Time Warner Arena
State of Mecklenburg
Charlotte City Council races heat up, primary begins Thursday!
featuring Chris Miller of WBT, former Mecklenburg Democratic Party Chair Joel D. Ford, Mecklenburg County Republican Party Chair Gideon Moore, and Associate Professor of Politics Michael Bitzer of Catawba College
Feature
Charlotte ranks second highest value city in the
US
Kiplinger, a publisher of economic forecasts based in DC, has ranked the best value cities for 2011
Charlotte comes in second, just behind Omaha, Nebraska, and right ahead of Nashville, Tennessee
CRVA
Feature
NASCAR
CRVA
board fires back at Mayor Foxx and Charlotte City Council
in a letter sent today to the Mayor and members of the City Council, the CRVA board stated that they will be keeping CEO Tim Newman and COO Mike Crum, even though their contracts have expired
#DNC2012
Feature
Fox Charlotte’s “Reboot Charlotte” tells the story of our city in transition
new feature viewable on TV and on their website
stories so far include our local defense industry, impact on education by the DNC, and local broadband
Feature
Celebrate Charlotte’s small businesses and win an Extreme Makeover: Small Business Edition
25 free/low-cost events & activities geared towards helping Charlotte's small businesses improve their operations and grow sales
Feature
Kill the music: Charlotte City Council’s fight against live music
newly proposed changes would severely limit the current allowances that govern outdoor events
Feature
Fareed Zakaria speaks at Blumenthal on the “rise of the rest”
Pulitzer Prize winner, TIME editor, CNN host
"The odd thing about the U.S. is in the early twenty-first century they actually achieved their one historical objective; they globalized the world. They just forgot along the way to globalize themselves."
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