July | 2012 | CLT Blog
5 - UNC Charlotte Uptown - capacity 156 - Trade and Tryon - capacity 197 - 7th Street Public Market - capacity 168 - Levine Ave of the Arts - capacity 159 - Tryon and Third - capacity 10 - yu3UZ9 - Tryon and Third - capacity 1010 - 4th and College - capacity 1111 - Trade at Arena - capacity 1512 - Convention Center - capacity 1413 - Government Center - capacity 1514 - Bland Street Station - capacity 1515 - Kings Drive CPCC - capacity 1516 - East West Boulevard Station - capacity 1517 - Metropolitan - capacity 1318 - Elizabeth Ave Presbyterian Hospital - capacity 1319 - Carolinas Medical Center - capacity 1320 - Freedom Park - capacity 22 - iMBt220 - Freedom Park - capacity 221 - Johnson C. Smith University - capacity 92 - Gateway Village - capacity 153 - 6th and Pine - capacity 74 - Tryon and 7th - capacity 13

Charlotte B-cycle bicycle rental system live Aug 1 @ 7 AM, photos of all 20 stations

  • kickoff event w/ 200 riders taking the bikes to their docks for the first time set for July 31, 7 PM @ Trade & Tryon
  • yearly membership only $65!
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City of Charlotte considering a plan to convert Eastland Mall into TV & movie studios (UPDATE: approved!)

  • UPDATE: Council voted unanimously to approve
  • with recent Hollywood interest in Charlotte by way of productions such as Homeland and Hunger Games, the Charlotte City Council considers the film industry one of the city's targeted areas for growth
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Kickstart “The Heroes Doc”

  • Documentary about local business Heroe's Aren't Hard to Find
  • longest running and one of the largest independent comic book conventions in the US
  • Great rewards including custom art from local artist

Communities In Schools transforming one life at a time

  • CIS serves over 6,500 CMS students annually who are most at-risk for dropping out
  • Lashonda Perry, who personally benefited from the program, is one CIS alum who is paying forward in a very big way
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Charlotte’s own Promising Pages featured on HLN