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By Tara Ramsey While Charlotte’s population has not quite doubled in the past two decades, in less time than that, University City — home to the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Concord Mills mall and racing facilities — has ...

The University of North Carolina at Charlotte is scheduled to break ground on a $45 million football stadium next spring, with the first game scheduled for August 2013. But the UNCC football team is not expected to be a moneymaker ...

Across the country, many people have been fuming over the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico by holding protests and boycotting their local BP gas stations. Not so much in Charlotte. BP station owners here say their customers have ...

Leaving the office to go home after a long workday is a welcome feeling. Sitting in stop-and-go traffic for half an hour or more, less so. “After work, all I want is to get home to the couch,” said Eric ...

By Caitlin Coakley Leaving the office to go home after a long workday is a welcome feeling. Sitting in stop-and-go traffic for half an hour or more, less so. “After work, all I want is to get home to the ...

By Tara Ramsey Across the country, many people have been fuming over the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico by holding protests and boycotting their local BP gas stations. Not so much in Charlotte. BP station owners here say ...

By Sam Boykin The University of North Carolina at Charlotte is scheduled to break ground on a $45 million football stadium next spring, with the first game scheduled for August 2013. But the UNCC football team is not expected to ...

By Sam Boykin “Business networking events blow,” says Patrick McLean, a Charlotte author and copywriter. Given his distaste for such events—“everyone is just trying to sell you something,”—he was excited about being the first guest speaker at the inaugural Ignite ...

By Sam Boykin In addition to a one-time fee of $12,000, Sherry Francis and her husband pay $245 a month for their membership at The Point Lake and Golf Club in Mooresville, which entitles them to use the swimming pool, ...

By Caitlin Coakley Since she was 10 years old, Tricia Kovacs remembers being sick and not knowing why. “It was documented that I was going to doctors seeking treatment for joint pain and things like that,” she said, “and no ...