2011 | CLT Blog
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Merry Christmas Crown Town

  • Thanks everyone who supported us this year

This week on A Healthier Charlotte: Holiday stress got you down?

  • stress during the holidays can overtake family-oriented time
  • simple and clinical solutions to dealing with stress during the holidays
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Memphis star Bryan Fenkart reflects upon national tour, coming to Charlotte in January

  • Tuesday, January 3rd through Sunday, January 8th
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Society of Professional Journalists sponsors high school essay contest
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    Plaza Midwood getting $1M makeover

    • City of Charlotte breaking ground on project as soon as January 2012
    • plan includes pedestrian crossings, pedestrian-scale lighting, bicycle parking, tree plantings, public art, and even a mid-block pedestrian path

    CMS, local food, and Harold Cogdell, on the latest episode of 282 w/ Carlton Hargro

    • this week's guests: Mary C. Curtis, Matthew Vincent, and Julie Sheffer

    Video of Amelie’s founder Lynn St. Laurent speaking at the White House

    • from her recent trip to the White House along with other invited entrepreneurs and small business owners around the country
    • video released on the official White House blog a few weeks ago

    Getting enough sleep? Local experts talk sleep medicine on this week’s A Healthier Charlotte

    • sleep disorders affect more than 60 million Americans every year
    • three health experts join us to analyze sleep medicine
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    “The Birth” is Christmas unplugged, opening Dec 12 at Spirit Square

    • performances December 12 – 19 at the Duke Energy Theatre at Spirit Square
    • tickets cost $18, or $28 for the Celebration Event on Dec 17

    Bananas, Occupy, and the NBA in CLT, on the first episode of 282 w/ Carlton Hargro

    • introducing 282, a weekly news roundup w/ host Carlton Hargro, in partnership w/ WTVI, that will air in 2012
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    American Airlines bankruptcy may lead to merger with US Airways

    • what would the merger mean for Charlotte?
    • could AA/US Airways compete with Delta and United?

    Art, wine, music and food at McColl’s Center’s Palate to Palette event this Friday

    • wines paired w/ cheese paired with the art and artists of the McColl Center
    • 7-10pm Friday night
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    Chiquita is already hiring 12 positions in Charlotte, here are the jobs and how to apply

    • my favorite: "Director of Marketing, Bananas"
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    Hornet’s Nest, a film to be released on TNT in 2012, is set in Charlotte, but filmed in Wilmington

    • based on the crime novel by Patricia Cornwell
    • starring Sherry Stringfield (ER) and Virginia Madsen (Sideways)
    Charlotte peels Chiquita from Cincinnati, relocation announced today!

    Charlotte peels Chiquita from Cincinnati, relocation announced today!

    • Chiquita offered as much as $22 million in state and local incentives
    • said to bring 375 jobs by 2014 w/ an average salary of $107k
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    City-backed bike-share during the DNC?
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      Charlotte Douglas to ask for cell signal upgrade
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        Maiden’s Apple datacenter providing only marginal local jobs

          Charlotte Video Project profiles Charlotte’s busiest firehouse: Station 15

            Eating disorders, on A Healthier Charlotte

            • Lynn Dreyer of Melissa's Voice shares her story with eating disorders
            • Southeast Psych, Carolinas Healthcare System and Teen Health Connection join me to discuss the medical perspective