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The Great 28: Black Charlotteans who are shaping Charlotte
WEBFeb 22, 2021 · This Black History Month, QCity Metro is celebrating Black excellence by acknowledging Charlotte residents who have used their power, platforms and influence to make our city a better place. In our first edition of The Great 28, we pay homage to local entrepreneurs, educators, activists, nonprofit executives, government employees and …
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The Park Church breaks ground on affordable housing for seniors
WEBDec 13, 2021 · The Park Church CDC holds groundbreaking on Dec. 11 of Gilfield Park, a new affordable senior apartment complex coming to 1519 Beatties Ford Road. (Photo: Sarafina Wright) More than four years after The Park Church first committed to building affordable housing for seniors, church and city leaders gathered Saturday under a gray …
GEST Carts: a new rideshare option rolls into Uptown Charlotte
WEBDec 22, 2021 · A new rideshare company wants to get you and your friends around Charlotte’s entertainment hubs for free. GEST Carts, which stands for Green Easy Safe Transportation, launched on Dec. 17 in Charlotte, offering free rides throughout uptown and South End. The small, battery-powered vehicles can be hailed using a dedicated app, …
With gentrification pressing in, Black neighborhoods demand …
WEBMay 12, 2021 · CBAs are legally binding documents negotiated between community groups and real estate developers, often with a nudge from city government. Under such agreements, developers often pledge to provide specific amenities in return for neighborhood support of a proposed project.
Charlotte’s Black Chamber of Commerce wants to be a funding …
WEBOct 6, 2021 · In response to the devastation, the Chamber used funds — $200,000 from the city of Charlotte and $50,000 from a private investment — to assist some of the Black businesses that closed or were in jeopardy of closing.. Twenty-two businesses received about $5,000 — some got more — to go toward things such as operating costs, …
Cuzzo’s Cuisine announces plans for University City opening
WEBJan 16, 2020 · Cuzzo’s will move into the former Black-owned franchise location of Burgerim, a fast-casual gourmet burger restaurant that found it difficult to gain traction in the area. Burgerim’s former location in University City. Shiniqua Lee, who operated Burgerim with her husband Jay, said the partnership with Cuzzo’s came right on time.
Chime Solutions, a Black-owned firm based in Georgia, will bring …
WEBJun 17, 2020 · Chime Solutions, a Black-owned business based near Atlanta, is bringing 250 jobs to Charlotte, part of a city initiative to grow the local economy. The company will hire life and health insurance agents earning wages of $16 an hour with potential for bonuses, according to the company. Chime made the announcement Tuesday, along …
Mary Alice Jervay Thatch, publisher of The Wilmington Journal, …
WEBDec 29, 2021 · Mrs. Thatch was the proud daughter of publisher Thomas C. Jervay Sr. and the granddaughter of founder R.S. Jervay, a Black printer who started The Journal originally as the Cape Fear Journal in 1927. “T.C.” Jervay, as her father was known, made The Journal a centerpiece of the civil rights struggle in Wilmington “without fear or favor,” so …