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Artisans & Makers
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Farmers Markets
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Food Festivals
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Food Trucks
Today's cravings, today's locations — find your next favorite meal.
Mobile Services
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Performers
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Pop-up Shops
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Recent Newsletters

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CMS scrutiny, a bigger DMV + Charlotte’s race weekend 🏁

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Plus the Excelsior Club’s next chapter, Confluence Music Fest, BookPalooza and the Bank of America 400.

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Skilled to Build, Groundwork Grants and a Weezer weekend 🎸

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Plus up to $200K for Charlotte nonprofits, a next phase for Hoskins homeownership and your full first weekend of October.

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Free CATS rides, Festival in the Park and Frank's 🐶

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Plus 8 new crossings on Arrowood, a $150M South Charlotte arts plan and your full weekend lineup.

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Charlotte's Big Bets: Data Ban, $70M Roadblock, Uptown W Hotel & Startup Shakes Up Bosses

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Big data debates, $70M road issues, W hotel debut, 9/11 meal drive, startup shakes up bosses!

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Latest Articles

Recent posts & guides from around Charlotte.

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Upcycle Arts Is Turning Charlotte’s Leftover Craft Supplies Into Something Useful

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Inside Upcycle Arts, Charlotte’s creative reuse center turning donated craft supplies into affordable materials, workshops and less waste.

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Latta Place Breaks Ground on a New Chapter in Mecklenburg History

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The Huntersville historic site is being rebuilt around a fuller account of the people who lived and worked there

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Corvid Plans $95M Mooresville Expansion and 423 New Jobs

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The Lake Norman-area defense and engineering company is adding a 400,000-square-foot advanced manufacturing facility

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CLT Beyond Would Bring $2.1B in New Airport Upgrades

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The proposed airline agreement includes a larger Concourse C, a passenger tunnel and nearly a dozen projects across Charlotte Douglas

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