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Office Depot Foundation Donates 5,000 Sackpacks to Charlotte-Area Kids

For most children, the first day of school is an exciting time complete with new clothes and back-to-school gear. But for kids in families where money is tight, the experience can be just the opposite. To make a difference to deserving children like these at the start of the new school year, the Office Depot Foundation is donating 5,000 colorful new sackpacks containing essential school supplies to nonprofit organizations, schools and agencies in the Charlotte area. The Foundation – the independent charitable giving arm of Office Depot®(NASDAQ:ODP) – made the donations during a special Back-to-School Celebration beginning on Thursday, August 18 (8/18) at Classroom Central,

Scarowinds Seeking Ghouls And Goblins For Annual Halloween Extravaganza

Bored at your current job? Looking for a frightening good time? You can be a part of one of the most terrifying Halloween events in the Carolinas- SCarowinds! Carowinds is currently holding auditions for its “Army of Darkness” massacre. WHO: Monsters 16 years of age and up. WHEN: Auditions are currently being held Sundays and Thursdays from 5 p.m. – 8 p.m. now through October 2. WHERE: Carowinds Employment Office 14523 Carowinds Blvd. Charlotte, NC 28273 *Please Note: Interested candidates need to apply at carowinds.com PRIOR to attending auditions. SCarowinds begins Friday, September 16 and runs Sunday, through October 30 on select nights. Information is

Charlotte Area Home Sales Continue To Cool

The Charlotte Regional Realtor® Association reports on the residential real estate market in this region based on Carolina Multiple Listing Services, Inc. (CarolinaMLS) data. CarolinaMLS July home sales were down 9 percent, with 3,900 properties sold in July 2016 compared to 4,286 properties sold in July 2015. Sales are down 11.9 percent compared to June 2016. The average sales price ($269,426) increased 6.5 percent compared to the average sales price in July 2015 ($252,874). The median sales price ($217,000) increased 8.5 percent compared to the median sales price in July 2015 ($200,000). The average list price in July 2016 ($300,948) increased

Charlotte Pride Announces Entertainment And Events For Festival And Parade, Aug. 20-21

Charlotte Pride, a local non-profit organization which creates programs and activities to enrich, empower, strengthen and make visible the unique lives and experiences of LGBTQ people in Charlotte and the Carolinas, will host its annual Charlotte Pride Festival & Parade, Aug. 20-21, 2016, in Uptown Charlotte. Activities will include a variety of events, including a two-day festival in the PNC Bank Festival Zone, the Bank of America Charlotte Pride Parade on Aug. 21 and two days of local, regional and national entertainment on the Wells Fargo Stage. Charlotte Mayor Jennifer Roberts, who has been instrumental in advocating for local LGBTQ

CPCC Receives $926,000 Grant To Support Work And Learn Program

Central Piedmont Community College (CPCC) has received a $926,000 grant from Charlotte Works, the workforce development board for Charlotte and Mecklenburg County. The monies will be used to support CPCC’s newly created Work and Learn program, a NO COST initiative that helps young adults, ages 16 to 24, gain work experience, enter the job market, complete educational goals and prepare for a career. The program strives to help out-of-school youth, defined as 16- to 24-year-olds who are not attending any school and who have one or more barriers to employment (ex. having no high school credential; having a disability; being

Dentistry of the Carolinas Supports Flossing Every Day

In response to recent news reports that question the efficacy of flossing, Dentistry of the Carolinas continues to recommend daily flossing and has issued the following statement: Dentistry of the Carolinas recommends maintaining good oral health with daily flossing, as well as brushing twice a day with fluoride toothpaste and visiting the dentist regularly. Flossing is an essential part of your dental care by helping clean between teeth to remove plaque from areas where a toothbrush can’t reach. According to Clark Hammock, DMD, P.A., executive vice president/C.B.O. of Dentistry of the Carolinas, “The basis of the news reports highlights the lack of

Laurel Street Residential Breaks Ground For New Senior And Affordable Housing

Laurel Street Residential, Charlotte-based affordable and mixed-income housing developer, and St. Paul Baptist Church will break ground on an affordable senior and multifamily housing development located at 1322 Allen St. in the Belmont neighborhood of Charlotte, on Thursday, Aug. 4, at 6 p.m. The event will take place in the youth sanctuary of St. Paul Baptist Church, located at 1401 Allen St. and will feature several speakers, including George Dunlap, Mecklenburg County Commissioner and chairman of the St. Paul Board of Directors; Mecklenburg County Commissioner Chair Trevor Fuller; Councilwoman Patsy Kinsey; and Gwen Garnett, president of Zechariah Alexander CDC, an affiliate of

Brooklyn Village Developers Launch Outreach Meetings

BK Partners LLC invites public to kickoff meeting on Thursday, Aug. 4 BK Partners LLC, the selected developer for the 17-acre Brooklyn Village project in Charlotte’s Second Ward, announced that a series of community meetings will launch with a kickoff meeting Thursday, Aug. 4 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Government Center in Room 267. In June, BK Partners LLC — which includes Charlotte-based developer The Conformity Corporation (Conformity), The Peebles Corporation and Stantec — was selected to develop Brooklyn Village through an extensive RFP process by Mecklenburg County. Open to the public, the first community meeting will

Southern Women’s Show In Charlotte Convention Center Aug. 26-28

One of the Charlotte area’s most anticipated annual events returns for three days this August. For the fourth consecutive year, the Southern Women’s Show will be held at the centrally located Charlotte Convention Center. Guests have really responded to the not-so-new-anymore uptown location, said Tish Atkins, executive show manager. “Moving uptown was a great decision for us and our guests,” she said. “Some guests stay at the show all day – and even return the next day. But plenty of guests like to come and then explore uptown – especially the Levine cultural campus – while they’re here.” As always, guests

Residents Asked To Monitor Tree Health, Report Issues

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Summer storms taking down trees and limbs in record numbers Violent summer storms over the past two weeks have generated a record-breaking 512 service requests to Charlotte Landscape Management for downed tree and limb removal. Crews have been working around the clock to clear roads, with priority placed on major thoroughfares and access points for hospitals, fire departments, police stations and emergency shelters. Road-clearing and cleanup continues on secondary and neighborhood roads and should be complete today. Charlotte’s aging tree canopy, located in many of Charlotte’s older neighborhoods, has been affected the most by these storms, resulting in property damage to homes,