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Curing meat @ L’étoile in Charlottesville, VA



Curing meat @ L’étoile in Charlottesville, VA




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EPA Awards $24,867 Grant to University of North Carolina at Charlotte for Innovative Technology Projects

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (February 20, 2020) - Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded the University of North Carolina at Charlotte with a $24,867 People, Prosperity and the Planet (P3) grant.




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The Redbud Group to Represent Zillow as it Buys and Sells Homes in Charlotte

Zillow will also be partnering with RE/MAX Executive, Century 21 Vanguard, Stephen Cooley Real Estate Group - Keller Williams and IDEAL Realty when Zillow Offers launches in Charlotte this year




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Destination of the Week: Charlotte, N.C.

This Southern town has plenty of arts, local food and outdoor recreation. And a green-minded mayor, too.




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Edra Charlotte Bogle, PhD, Presented with the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award by Marquis Who's Who

Dr. Bogle has been endorsed by Marquis Who's Who as a leader in the fields of library science and higher education




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Parks Heating & Cooling Partners with the Charlotte Checkers

Parks Heating & Cooling is proud to announce that they have become an official partner of the Charlotte Checkers minor-league professional ice hockey team.




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Venture X Expands in North Carolina With Opening if its First Charlotte Location




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Alsco Celebrates Second Nascar Xfinity Series Alsco 300 at Charlotte Motor Speedway

Phil Ford of North Carolina basketball fame will serve as grand marshal




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The Wellington CBD – Elevates Wellness in The Charlotte Plaza

The Wellington Focuses on Education and Wellness in the Queen City!




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Charlotte-based Sports Biz Cares Announces Two $25,000 Scholarships

Nonprofit Gifted $50,000 By Checkers Owner, Michael Kahn and His Family Foundation




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The Organic Maids Cleaning Service of Charlotte Announce Their New Improved Website

Online bill payment features, expanded services and more





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Charlotte Figi, 13-year-old Coloradan who inspired CBD reform, dies after family suspects she contracted coronavirus

Charlotte Figi, the young Colorado Springs girl whose battle with Dravet syndrome inspired changes to medical marijuana laws, has died. She was 13 years old.




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North Carolina governor OKs NASCAR to race at Charlotte

The governor of North Carolina said Tuesday that NASCAR can go forward with the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway without fans in attendance at the end of May unless health conditions deteriorate in the state.




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Charlottetown Confederation Bridge Cap Pele 113km Total 4962km

SPAl final hasta las 10 no he salido del hostal ya que habia desayuno incluido. De ahi por la carretera transcanadiense directamente hasta el puente. Un seor puente 13 km de largo hubiese sido divertido recorrerlo en bici pero esta prohibido y




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Princess Charlotte personality: How these three qualities make Charlotte a ‘true princess'



PRINCESS CHARLOTTE only recently turned five years old but is already exhibiting the traits of a "true princess", according to a body language expert.




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Vice President Pence’s daughter Charlotte Pence announces her engagement

The Pences' middle child shared the happy news on Instagram: "I said 'yes.' "




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AT#277 - Travel to Charlottesville, Virginia

The Amateur Traveler talks again to Jason and Janie about their hometown of Charlottesville, Virginia. Charlottesville was has deep historic roots and the homes of Presidents Jefferson and Madison with the home of Monroe close by as well. Charlottesville is also the home of the University of Virginia and Thomas Jefferson was more proud of founding the institution than of being president. The area is now the home to numerous wineries and numerous restaurants and hosts a thriving food culture. Charlottesville is also a gateway to the Shenandoah Valley as well as other areas for hiking and outdoor activities.




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Charlotte Watts

Programme Coordinator, Energy, Environment and Resources Programme

Biography

Charlotte joined Chatham House as a programme co-ordinator in the Energy, Environment and Resources (EER) department, contributing to the successful delivery of several projects including the annual Waddesdon club, the IUU fishing forum and the AFRICAP programme.

Prior to joining Chatham House, she worked in project management for an international development consultancy, managing the delivery of the UK government’s Prosperity Fund projects. 

Before this, she programme managed large scale youth programmes across 3 regions for a UK-based charity; delivering and building relationships with top executives at multinational companies. Her voluntary experience has taken her to Nicaragua, where worked on a DFID funded WASH project, assisting fellow Nicaraguan volunteers.

Charlotte has a BA (Hons) in Geography from the University of Sussex, and has completed an MSc in Population and International Development, where she focused particularly on the relationship between people and the environment, specialising in disaster risk reduction, sustainable livelihoods and climate resilience.

Areas of expertise

  • Climate resilience
  • Population growth and environmental pressures
  • Disaster risk reduction (DRR)
  • Social and cultural geographies

Past experience

2018-19Consultant, Project Manager and Prosperity Fund Coordinator, IMC Worldwide
2017-18MSc in Population and International Development, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
2016-17Programme Associate Manager, The Challenge
2011-14Ba (Hons) in Geography with a focus on international development, University of Sussex




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Charlotte Watts

Programme Coordinator, Energy, Environment and Resources Programme

Biography

Charlotte joined Chatham House as a programme co-ordinator in the Energy, Environment and Resources (EER) department, contributing to the successful delivery of several projects including the annual Waddesdon club, the IUU fishing forum and the AFRICAP programme.

Prior to joining Chatham House, she worked in project management for an international development consultancy, managing the delivery of the UK government’s Prosperity Fund projects. 

Before this, she programme managed large scale youth programmes across 3 regions for a UK-based charity; delivering and building relationships with top executives at multinational companies. Her voluntary experience has taken her to Nicaragua, where worked on a DFID funded WASH project, assisting fellow Nicaraguan volunteers.

Charlotte has a BA (Hons) in Geography from the University of Sussex, and has completed an MSc in Population and International Development, where she focused particularly on the relationship between people and the environment, specialising in disaster risk reduction, sustainable livelihoods and climate resilience.

Areas of expertise

  • Climate resilience
  • Population growth and environmental pressures
  • Disaster risk reduction (DRR)
  • Social and cultural geographies

Past experience

2018-19Consultant, Project Manager and Prosperity Fund Coordinator, IMC Worldwide
2017-18MSc in Population and International Development, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
2016-17Programme Associate Manager, The Challenge
2011-14Ba (Hons) in Geography with a focus on international development, University of Sussex




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The weekend / Charlotte Wood.

Domestic fiction.




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UK's Princess Charlotte celebrates her fifth birthday

Britain's Princess Charlotte, daughter of Prince William and his wife Kate, celebrates her fifth birthday on Saturday - an occasion marked by the release of four new photographs of the young royal.




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Princess Charlotte photographed delivering meals for those in need to mark fifth birthday

Princess Charlotte's fifth birthday has been marked by the release of photographs showing the young royal helping to load a van with food and delivering meals for those in need.




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Princess Charlotte's fifth birthday celebrated with adorable picture captured by Kate Middleton

A new photograph of Princess Charlotte has been released by Kensington Palace to mark her fifth birthday.




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5 times Princess Charlotte took a leaf from the Duchess of Cambridge's style book

Happy birthday Princess Charlotte!




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Princess Charlotte rocks the oversized collar trend in fifth birthday pictures

Happy Birthday Princess Charlotte!




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Our royal team on Kate's photography project and Princess Charlotte's birthday

In this week's Royal Rota, our team discuss the Duchess of Cambridge's latest volunteer work and Princess Charlotte birthday celebrations.




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Prince George and Princess Charlotte's close relationship with royal cousins revealed as Mike Tindall gives rare insight into family life

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's children have been chatting to family members on...




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GMB's Charlotte Hawkins shares rare picture with husband Mark and daughter Ella Rose to mark VE Day

Good Morning Britain's Charlotte Hawkins delighted fans on Friday as she shared a very...




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Kate Middleton reveals what Prince George and Princess Charlotte are learning at school

The Duchess of Cambridge revealed that her eldest children, Prince George and Princess...




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Attorney General Holder Speaks at the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department’s Graduation

"Today, I’m pleased to welcome the 51 new members to our nation’s law enforcement community and to our shared work. Though this community spans every state and county, and across all levels of government, in many ways we are, like this class, one team."




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Former Employee of Charlotte, North Carolina-Based Bank Pleads Guilty for His Role in Falsifying Bank Records Involving Proceeds of Municipal Bonds

According to charges filed today in U.S. District Court in New York City, Brian Scott Zwerner engaged in a conspiracy to falsify bank records related to the marketing profits for an investment agreement and other municipal finance contracts, including derivative contracts.



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New Kind of Growth Emerging for Charlotte

I have been coming to Charlotte for 25 years, consulting for the likes of Crosland and Faison Enterprises, and have observed in Charlotte one of the most remarkable metropolitan transformations in the country. The economy has obviously changed, becoming one of the largest concentrations of U.S. financial institutions, thanks to the likes of Hugh McColl, Bank of America and Wachovia.

Your town has seen the metropolitan edge grow into South Carolina and up past Davidson. This sprawl is balanced by the splendor of uptown, or Center City, partially a benefit of McColl's focus on your downtown.

I returned to Charlotte two weeks ago, courtesy of the Charlotte Region Civic By Design Forum, sponsored by AIA Charlotte, to see what has happened since my last visit and to give a speech about the structural shift in how the country is building its built environment. As I mentioned in a column in the Observer before I came (March 8, "Charlotte, walk this way"), the metro areas are changing from just offering the Ozzie and Harriet version of the American Dream and adding a "walkable urban" Seinfeld version as well.

So what did I see in Charlotte?

First, I saw the beginning of the end of sprawl. Like much of the rest of the country, the over-production of automobile-driven suburban development at the fringe of your metropolitan area has reached its limits. The combination of outrageous commutes, high gas prices, and the increasing number of consumers preferring a walkable urban way of life have combined to end the geometric increase in land consumption.

The sub-prime crisis has just accelerated an underlying trend. That trend demonstrates that a lifestyle predicated on cheap gas, subsidized infrastructure and long commutes could not last.

Walkable, urban places

But what is emerging to take its place?Metro Charlotte seems to be following a national trend in creating and growing high-density, walkable urban places. The opening of the Lynx light rail line to the south is showing the way. It starts in a re-energized Center City with the one-of-a-kind performing arts center, museums, high-rise temples of commerce, sports venues, a convention center, high-end hotels, the central library, among other regionally significant treasures. There is now a "there there" in Center City.

However, housing is the true sign that a downtown is viable. For years, the few urbanites in Charlotte found refuge in the Fourth Ward, one of the special places in the South. However, resilient, safe and racially and socially integrated housing districts have emerged in the First, Second and Third Wards, as well as the beginning of luxury high-rise living in the heart of Center City. There even are small grocery stores and some of the best dining in the region. You are seeing the emergence of a Big City.

But it definitely is not confined to Center City.

Downtown-adjacent places such as Southend, arts-focused places like NoDa, and emerging Elizabeth Avenue and Midtown all are providing rich options. Each of these places has its own character. These places offer a somewhat lower density, but still walkable urban, alternative to Center City.

There is going to be a major hurdle to transforming SouthPark into what it wants to be, an upscale walkable urban place like Winter Park in Orlando or Bethesda near Washington, D.C. It was built for the easy movement and storage of the car, and a decision will have to be made as to whether it wants to be a drivable place -- or a walkable place. Right now, it is trying to be both, is neither fish nor fowl, and this will fail. The fact that there are no plans for rail transit nearby is just one of many signs that it is a very confused area.

Metro Charlotte's future

Regardless of whether SouthPark figures out what it wants to be when it grows up, there will be 8-10 regionally significant, walkable urban places to develop in Metro Charlotte over the next two decades. Each will have a unique character and different density. What they will have in common is that they are walkable (also bikable) for most residents' everyday needs and maybe even employment.

Only four or five have begun to germinate so far. SouthPark should be on that list but won't be until it solves its identity crisis. Where will the others emerge? Best bet is to follow the rails. Most will be anchored by a transit station.

I think I have seen the future of Charlotte. Continue to build out the light-rail system and encourage mixed-use, high-density zoning around the stations. You will find that your extraordinary growth of the past generation will continue but in a new and different manner since the market demands different options. You will also find that this new kind of growth will be economically, financially and environmentally more sustainable.

Publication: The Charlotte Observer
      
 
 




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Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something...Green? Ritz-Carlton, Charlotte Delivers Eco-Friendly Weddings

As more eco-conscious couples take their walk down the aisle, a growing green wedding industry has responded in kind. Enter "Something Green," a new service introduced by The Ritz-Carlton, Charlotte. "We are constantly looking for




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Closed or open kitchen? Charlotte Perriand's design is the best of both worlds

Lessons from the kitchens at Le Corbusier's Unité d’Habitation in Marseille.




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Charlotte Bonnie

It is with broken hearts that our family tells you that our darling Charlotte Bonnie died suddenly yesterday morning. Though we only had two days with our beautiful girl, she has left the mark of a lifetime. We ask for … Continue reading




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Charlotte McKinney stuns in black lace bustier and diamond necklace at LA premiere of Fantasy Island

McKinney, 26, paired the lingerie-style top with black tailored flares and pointed toe silver heels.




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Charlotte McKinney keeps safe in surgical gloves while shopping for groceries amid COVID-19 pandemic

The model, who rose to fame after starring in a Carls Jr. Superbowl ad in 2015, wore surgical gloves on Tuesday while shopping at Erewhon in Los Angeles.




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Charlotte McKinney puts on a very racy display as she poses topless with fedora hat

The actress and model, 26, put on a daring display as she posed topless on her balcony, using a black fedora hat and her hands to protect her modesty for a photoshoot on Wednesday.




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Mum of Princess Charlotte lookalike reveals strangers stop her in the street to comment on likeness

Gemma Culverwell, 35, from Sheffield, South Yorks, is mum to daughter Marcy, five, who is often likened to Princess Charlotte by strangers. She says people regularly do a double take.




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Princess Charlotte's purse! Eagle-eyed royal watchers spot an adorable £4 Beanie Baby wrist bag

Princess Charlotte, four, enjoyed a day out at the polo with her family on Wednesday. Eagle-eyed royal watchers spotted she was carrying a little sequin unicorn Beanie Boo purse, which costs just £4.




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Kate Middleton praised for response to cheeky Princess Charlotte

Parents have praised the Duchess of Cambridge's reaction after Princess Charlotte, four, stuck her tongue out to crowds at the star-studded King's Cup regatta at Cowes, Isle of Wight, yesterday.




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Princess Charlotte starts school at Thomas's Battersea on September 5

Princess Charlotte, accompanied by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince George, will attend her first day of school at Thomas's Battersea on Thursday September 5.




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Princess Charlotte smiles on first day of school different to brother Prince George looking nervous

Arriving at Thomas's Battersea, where her brother George is two years above, four-year-old Princess Charlotte clung to her mother's hand and was sure to keep her manners in check.




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Princess Charlotte arrives at private school St Thomas's with sequin pink unicorn key ring

Giving Princess Charlotte a touch of sparkle on her way to school in London this morning was a pink, sequined unicorn head key ring seen dangling from her bag.




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Prince William reveals Princess Charlotte 'loves unicorns' and calls them 'very cool'

Prince William, 37, revealed Princess Charlotte, 4, 'loves unicorns' and declared the mythical creatures were 'very cool' during a royal visit to Harcombe House in Devon yesterday




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Kate Middleton reveals Princess Charlotte is 'pretty good with heat' as she discusses royal's taste

Kate Middleton, 37, made the confession while visiting the Aga Khan centre in London yesterday, and revealed all about her family's preferences when it comes to spicy foods.




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Princess Charlotte has asked for a pony for Christmas

Princess Charlotte has asked for a pony for Christmas, according to new reports.