Riders Spend Additional $13M in Charlotte as Lyft Opens Hub Lite in Charlotte

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Lyft has announced its annual Economic Impact Report in Charlotte alongside the news of the Charlotte Hub Lite at 1427 South Blvd. The report measured the benefits Charlotte residents and their communities have seen when it’s easy to get a reliable, affordable ride around their city. In 2018 alone, riders spent an additional $13M in the local Charlotte economy due to the availability of Lyft. As a response to this growth in the Charlotte market, Lyft is also pleased to announce the opening of a Hub Lite location to service its expansive driver community. As the official Charlotte Lyft headquarters for

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Steps We Can Take For A Healthier Lifestyle To Help Reduce Our Risk Of Cancer

No one wants to hear from their doctor that they have cancer, and only six months to live. But these are the words that Dr. Carl O. Helvie heard 44 years ago. While his doctor encouraged him to begin traditional treatment right away, Helvie knew there had to be another way to treat his cancer without the negative side effects of radiation and chemotherapy, or the invasiveness of surgery. After a lot of praying and a good amount of soul-searching, he opted to look for an alternative way to beat his cancer. Today, Dr. Helvie is the longest-living lung cancer

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5 Digital Diet Solutions for Slimdown Success this New Year 

By Merilee Kern, MBA With the recent CES show having debuted multiple diet-focused consumer technologies, including devices that analyze the gases in people’s breath to uncover what diet improvements would be helpful for them, there is much ado about progressive digital solutions fostering slimdown success this New Year and beyond. With that in mind, here’s a roundup of five savvy tech solutions poised to help us shed those stubborn, unwanted pounds easier, more effectively and more sustainably for the long-term: 1. Lumen and FoodMarble Showcased at this year’s CES show, both are pocket-sized devices that users blow into. They pair

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2019 Atrium Health MLK National Holiday Celebration Covers 4 Days of Events

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The Southeast’s largest celebration of the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (MLK) begins in Charlotte Tuesday, Jan. 15, with four days of free, family-friendly events designed to promote inclusiveness in our community. “The MLK weekend is an opportunity to celebrate the growing diversity of our city and county,” said Delores Reid-Smith, chairwoman of the organizing committee for the 2019 Atrium Health MLK National Holiday Celebration. “We will also spotlight the grassroots leaders who continue Dr. King’s legacy by working to address issues of equity and economic mobility in our community.” A full schedule of events is

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Most Adventure-Filled Altitude Trampoline Park in the Country Opens in Gastonia

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Altitude Trampoline Park, the fastest growing trampoline park company in the world, is expanding its popular franchise with its first location in Gastonia, just minutes from Charlotte. To celebrate, the new Altitude Gastonia location will host a grand opening event on Saturday, January 19 at 3940 E. Franklin Blvd. The park will admit the first 100 people in line for free and continue to pump up the crowd all day long. Included with the purchase of jump time, visitors will receive a raffle ticket to enter to win prizes announced throughout the day including a family four pack, free 10 person

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Young Affiliates of the Mint to Host 4th Annual Charlotte YP Mixer Uptown

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The Young Affiliates of the Mint (YAM) will host the 4th Annual Charlotte YP Mixer on Wednesday, January 16 from 6 to 8:30 p.m. on Level Five of Mint Museum Uptown in the Mattye and Marc Silverman Grand Room and new museum Expansion Space. This year’s event will welcome nearly 30 young professional (YP) organizations from the Queen City. This city-wide event has historically brought together more than 700 attendees, making it the largest YP event of the year. We anticipate a similar turnout at this year’s Mixer. YP organizations at the Mixer will have a designated table, where attendees

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Local Company Launches SnapTask App That Helps Eliminate To-Do Lists And Generate Earning Opportunities

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SnapTask is an innovative platform for hiring qualified, peer-reviewed independent workers to complete virtually any task, even on a moment’s notice. Thanks to the innovative SnapTask smartphone app just launched by a Charlotte Area tech company, ticking off a to-do list is a snap. So is getting hired to earn competitive compensation more easily and independently. The new SnapTask smartphone app crowd-sources any task to a peer-reviewed and rated community of skilled workers ready to get the job done fast. SnapTask is a convenient mobile marketplace for people and businesses to outsource tasks to nearby independent contractors. SnapTask helps eliminate

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Breathe Easier in 2019 – Your Guide to the 5 Best New Year’s Resolutions for Lung Health

The start of a new year marks a fresh beginning, and as Americans prepare to ring in 2019, the American Lung Association offers five tips on how to improve your lung health all year long. Quit Smoking: Quitting tobacco is the best thing you can do for your lungs, and your health. Smoking is a serious addiction, and it may take several attempts to successfully quit for good. Set yourself up for success in 2019 with proven quit smoking methods through Freedom From Smoking, and join the hundreds of thousands of Americans who have quit with support from the Lung

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Charlotte Mecklenburg Library Announces Free Make-A-Movie Workshop Series

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Charlotte Mecklenburg Library announces a free Make a Movie Workshop series with 10 workshops from Jan. 12 through May 11 at various Library locations, in partnership with the Charlotte Unconventional Film School (CUFS). Coordinated by CUFS, the workshops are led by industry experts and will offer participants the chance to learn film and documentary making from start to finish including producing, directing, budgeting, scouting locations, and writing scripts. Held on Saturday afternoons the workshops are free, but all participants must register through cmlibrary.org/innovation/make-a-movie-workshop. Beginning in 2019, the Library is piloting innovation programs as part of its new Community Media Strategy,

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Dominion Realty Partners Breaks Ground on New 29-Story Mixed-Use Tower Uptown

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Dominion Realty Partners (DRP) has broken ground on the construction of the new F.N.B. Tower at 401 S. Graham St., its latest mixed-use development in Uptown Charlotte. DRP is partnering with New York Life Real Estate Investors, on behalf of its institutional clienton the $129 million project. F.N.B. Corporation (NYSE: FNB), the corporate parent company of Pittsburgh-based First National Bank, has signed a long-term commitment to become the tower’s anchor office tenant.  This same partnership broke ground in May on a similar 22-story mixed-use tower in downtown Raleigh, NC. “We are excited to begin construction on this project for F.N.B.

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