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CRVA names 3 new board members

By Mecklenburg Times staff reports
Published: July 20,2011

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 [...]


How we won it: What it took for Charlotte to bag the 2012 DNC (access required)

By Sam Boykin, staff writer
Published: February 23,2011

The 2008 Democratic presidential primaries took a crucial turn May 6 when North Carolina voters chose then-Sen. Barack Obama over then-Sen. Hillary Clinton by almost 15 percentage points, giving him an edge in a tightly contested campaign. Obama would go on to win the election, edging out John McCain in North Carolina by a razor-thin [...]