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Legal aid available for nonunion Democratic National Convention workers
With all of the controversy over union labor and the 2012 Democratic National Convention, a group is offering free legal aid for nonunion workers who are forced from jobs during […]
Meck code enforcers brace for DNC rush
By next summer, with the 2012 Democratic National Convention around the corner, Jim Bartl and his staff at the Mecklenburg County Code Enforcement Office are likely going to have their […]
Denver DNC put construction firm ‘on the map’
In late 2007, the Democratic National Convention awarded Alvarado Construction the contract to lead the construction team for the 2008 DNC in Denver. It was a $13 million job that […]
Convention Tension
On April 28, former Charlotte Mayor Harvey Gantt stood behind a podium at the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art, addressing the crowd that had gathered for the press conference. The […]
Video entrepreneurs aim to fill void, cash in on Democratic National Convention
When Tommy Nichols told his friends he was quitting his information technology job at Central Piedmont Community College to start his own company he got some strange looks. “They asked […]
CRVA names 3 new board members
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, […]
For businesses breaking zoning laws, Charles Witherspoon is the man to fear
Detective Charles Witherspoon usually doesn’t get involved until things get really bad, and the situation last year at Vox Sports Club on Wilkinson Boulevard in west Charlotte was about the […]
Democratic National Convention kickoff highlights opportunities for small businesses
The job of the host committee for the 2012 Democratic National Convention is to make sure Charlotte’s small-business community is aware of the opportunities to make money with the convention. That was […]
Foxx: 2012 DNC will focus on minority-owned businesses
Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx and former Mayor Harvey Gantt said it will be important to make sure that minority businesses aren’t overlooked when the Democratic National Convention comes to Charlotte in 2012. […]
Nonprofits expect to profit from convention
Just hours after the Democratic Party announced that Charlotte would host its 2012 national convention, the Levine Museum of the New South got a phone call. A national organization wanted […]
Thanks to convention, Charlotte’s dot on the map gets much bigger
On Feb. 1, I took a very seldom-taken day off to tend to my sick 8-year-old son. By midday, I found out we had been awarded the Democratic National Convention […]
To land DNC contracts, businesses turn to good old networking
Many Charlotte-area businesses are turning to the national Democratic Party in hopes of landing work during its September 2012 convention in Charlotte. But for savvy business owners in the hospitality […]
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