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Arts and Culture Plan
The City of Charlotte and the Arts and Culture Advisory Board have announced additional public engagement events in September and October, and sharing tools that residents, artists, creatives, patrons and funders can use to help inform the Charlotte Arts and Culture Plan. The 10-year plan will determine how resources and...
monkeypox vaccine mecklenburg
Mecklenburg County Public Health is now operating with expanded eligibility criteria for the MPX (monkeypox) vaccine. "This will allow us to protect more people and increase our ability to contain the current outbreak. We are seeing early signs of slowing numbers of new cases and we want to make...
environmental justice
Environmental Justice is a movement to ensure all people have equal access to clean air, clean water, fresh food, and healthy housing, regardless of race, color, national origin, or income. Mecklenburg County is committed to embracing environmental justice and it recognizes the historic environmental injustice of our community.  The...
Discovery Place celebrated Earth Day by unveiling design plans for the reimagining of Discovery Place Nature situated in Charlotte’s Freedom Park.  The new nature haven will be a world-class environmental education center serving the Carolinas and will feature a free public garden filled with wildlife and native plants, inviting...
The Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS), together with the City of Charlotte and eTransEnergy, held an event April 22 celebrating the launch of its Battery Electric Bus (BEB) pilot program. The pilot program electrifies a portion of CATS’ bus fleet, in preparation for a full transition to a zero-emissions bus...
Charlotte has a new Cinergy dine-in theater featuring recline-and-dine cinemas with alcoholic beverages and a menu of chef-inspired American favorites. The location is 5336 Docia Crossing Rd. in Prosperity Village. This marks the eighth Cinergy location, with additional entertainment centers in Texas and Oklahoma. In addition to upscale cinema amenities, many Cinergy...
Tepper Sports and Entertainment made a change in leadership Feb. 1, with several existing executives taking on new roles. Nick Kelly has been appointed chief executive officer of Tepper Sports and Entertainment and Kristi Coleman has been named president of the Carolina Panthers. President of business operations Tom Glick, who...
The Smith Family Behavioral Health Urgent Care (BHUC), a first-of-its-kind facility in Mecklenburg County, is in development and should open in early 2023 in east Charlotte. Mecklenburg County government, the Steve Smith Family Foundation, Alliance Health, Daymark Recovery Services and others have partnered to develop the center, a designated...
By Leona Barr Deep in the mountains of western North Carolina, a local winemaker is trying to figure out how he’s going to handle the problem of stopping the mafia from using bulk wine carriers to smuggle illegal items from Europe to the US. Marshall Craig, M.D. is a retired...
Continuing its efforts to grow renewable energy in North Carolina, Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions, a nonregulated commercial brand of Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK), recently began commercial operation of two major solar facilities in the state. The 50-megawatt (MW) Broad River Solar power plant in Cleveland County The 22.6-MW Speedway...
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