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	<title>Charlotte Real Estate, Development, and Construction News: Mecklenburg Times &#187; Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority</title>
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		<title>CRVA names 3 new board members</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2011/07/20/crva-names-3-new-board-members/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2011 16:03:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority announced today that it has three new board members. Chuck Allen is the Charlotte-based managing director of government and community relations for US Airways. Will Miller, who helped Charlotte with its bid for the 2012 Democratic National Convention, is executive director and founder of Social Venture Partners Charlotte and a partner [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Queen City tries to extinguish the Cigar City’s allure&#160;</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2011/07/12/the-queen-city-tries-to-extinguish-the-cigar-city%e2%80%99s-allure/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2011 14:37:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Boykin, staff writer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Editor&#8217;s note: Part four of a five-part occasional series on the top cities that Charlotte competes with.) This year, Charlotte and Tampa, Fla., got some major convention news. The Queen City found out that it is going to be the site of the 2012 Democratic National Convention, while the GOP picked the Cigar City to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tim Newman to keep CRVA job without contract</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2011/07/06/breaking-news-tim-newman-to-keep-crva-job-without-contract/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2011 21:32:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tim Newman will remain CEO of the Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority without a contract, CRVA board members said today in a letter to Mayor Anthony Foxx and other city officials. Until today, it was unknown what would happen to Newman, the head of an agency that has been the subject of much criticism, particularly in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority given only $2.5M in face of concerns about agency</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2011/06/28/charlotte-regional-visitors-authority-given-only-25m-in-face-of-concerns-about-agency/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 16:54:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Charlotte City Council has decided to award $2.5 million, rather than $10 million, to the Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority, in a blow to the embattled tourism-booster group. The council is expected to vote July 25 on the remainder of the funding. The CRVA was seeking $10 million, but instead council members approved $1.7 million [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Foxx blasts CRVA over report</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2011/06/08/foxx-blasts-crva-over-report/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 19:36:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mecklenburg Times staff reports</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mayor Anthony Foxx today said he is not pleased with a Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority report based on a consultant&#8217;s review. In April, the CRVA board hired PricewaterhouseCoopers for $25,000 after criticism arose over Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association bonuses paid to a CRVA staff member. CRVA spokespeople could not be immediately reached for comment this afternoon, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority chooses Eric Mower and Associates as new ad agency</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2011/05/20/charlotte-regional-visitors-authority-chooses-eric-mower-and-associates-as-new-ad-agency/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2011 15:16:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority today said it has inked a one-year contract with Charlotte-based advertising agency Eric Mower and Associates, replacing Charlotte-based ad agency BooneOakley. Chosen through a request for proposals process that began in February, EMA will develop advertising campaigns to promote Charlotte as a destination for conventions and other business travel and leisure travel. Six [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nashville, with its music scene, and Charlotte, a bank town, compete for convention biz&#160;</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2011/05/13/nashville-with-its-music-scene-and-charlotte-a-bank-town-compete-for-convention-biz/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 20:41:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Boykin, staff writer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although more than 400 miles and the Great Smoky Mountains separate Charlotte and Nashville, the two cities have a lot in common. For one, they are about the same size. Second, they are examples of progressive &#8220;New South&#8221; cities. As Harrison Campbell, associate professor of geography at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, puts [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NASCAR hall marketing hits a speed bump&#160;</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2011/05/03/nascar-hall-marketing-hits-a-speed-bump/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 15:11:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Boykin, staff writer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Already falling well short of attendance and revenue projections, the NASCAR Hall of Fame was dealt a blow in January when the Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority sliced the hall&#8217;s budget by $4.7 million. Part of the cuts included an $826,292 reduction in the hall&#8217;s advertising budget. For the struggling $195 million uptown attraction, which celebrates [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Still waiting for the acceleration&#160;</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2011/04/29/still-waiting-for-the-acceleration/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2011 12:42:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Boykin, staff writer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bruce Stewart was expecting more. When the NASCAR Hall of Fame opened nearly a year ago, he thought business at his diner, Lola&#8217;s, would hit the gas pedal. After all, Lola&#8217;s, on South Brevard Street, is across the street from the hall, so if anyone&#8217;s business should have benefited from the attraction over the past [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Local 322 helps Charlotte buck state trend&#160;</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2011/04/26/local-322-helps-charlotte-buck-state-trend/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2011 01:08:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bea Quirk, contributing writer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics announced unionization rates for each state in January, North Carolina was once again dead last with a rate of 3.2 percent. Yet it is a union &#8212; Local 322 of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees &#8212; that is the oldest arts organization in Charlotte, dating back [...]]]></description>
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