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FREE FESTIVAL CELEBRATES AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURE AND HISTORY

FREE FESTIVAL CELEBRATES AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURE AND HISTORY               CHARLOTTE, N.C., June, 9 2021 – Celebrate Charlotte’s Black history and culture with the free African American Heritage Festival, hosted by The Charlotte Museum of History, June 7-12. This year’s festival is a combination of virtual and in-person events.…
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Area Girl Scouts earn top recognition with prestigious Gold Award

Exceptional youth leaders earn Girl Scouts’ highest award despite pandemic CHARLOTTE, NC (May 24, 2021) – Today Girl Scouts Hornets’ Nest Council announced this year’s Gold Award Girl Scouts.  The prestigious Girl Scout Gold Award represents the highest achievement in Girl Scouting and challenges girls ages 14 to17 to initiate meaningful, sustainable change locally, nationally, and even globally through their own unique ‘Take Action’ projects.…
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PRIDE MAGAZINE – BEST OF THE BEST 2021

Recognizing outstanding professionals in our community sponsored by Atrium Health and Novant Health. There are well over 400,000 people in the Charlotte workforce, with future job growth expected to be around 42% over the next ten years. With numbers like these, it is sometimes difficult to give great employees the accolades they deserve.…
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HOW TO RESTORE A HISTORIC HOME, SOUP TO NUTS

Learn how to preserve a historic home from the Charlotte couple who restored the 1790 Sloan-Porter house CHARLOTTE, N.C.,  – Learn the ins and outs of preserving a historic home from a Charlotte couple who restored one of the city’s oldest houses, largely on their own.…
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PEEP Is Being Reborn

By Alicia Benjamin and Kaycee McGee When Pride Magazine featured the story, “Who Will Save Our Children,” in a 2006 issue that told the daunting story of how many Black children in the Charlotte area were severely neglected, Dee Dixon, Pride Magazine’s CEO and Publisher was motivated to do something to help the children.…
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NXT | CLT Helps Small Businesses Succeed

By Angela Lindsay It can be challenging for minority-owned businesses to get off the ground, let alone remain sustainable for generations. While full of potential, too often these enterprises aren’t given the opportunities necessary to grow to the next level. Recognizing this challenge, business accelerator NXT Charlotte (NXT | CLT) has stepped in to give these companies a step up.…