By Mecklenburg Times staff reports
Published: June 8,2011
Mayor Anthony Foxx today said he is not pleased with a Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority report based on a consultant’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, [...]
By Mecklenburg Times staff reports
Published: May 20,2011
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 [...]
By Sam Boykin, staff writer
Published: May 13,2011
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 “New South” cities. As Harrison Campbell, associate professor of geography at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, puts [...]
By Sam Boykin, staff writer
Published: April 22,2011
During the first weekend of May, about 1,500 people are expected to convene in Charlotte for the New South Swimming’s Long Course Invitational. The three-day event, hosted by the Charlotte-based NSS and held at the Mecklenburg County Aquatic Center in uptown, is expected to draw nearly 500 preteen swimmers who will compete in races, said [...]
By Sam Boykin, staff writer
Published: March 25,2011
(Part one of a five-part occasional series on the top cities Charlotte competes with) Shortly after moving to Charlotte in 1993, Mark Vitner was talking to a female friend when he mentioned that he was originally from Atlanta and had graduated from the University of Georgia in Athens. “She was very surprised,” said Vitner, a [...]
By Sam Boykin, staff writer
Published: December 7,2010
Coming off their NBA playoffs debut, the Charlotte Bobcats are in the midst of their sixth season, with basketball legend Michael Jordan as the majority owner. In February, Jordan bought a majority stake in the team from Robert Johnson, who in five years lost millions of dollars in revenue and alienated the business community and [...]
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