**Is the Uptown Condo Market Overbuilt? Find out at the next Center City Chapter meeting on October 23rd, featuring an expert panel moderated by Michael Smith, Charlotte Center City Partners. Participants include: Maia Williams, BSI; Jim Donnelly, Emerson Joseph; and Tony Skillbeck, Novare Carolina Group. Register online today at www.charlottechamber.com/events.
**The last few weeks of the campaign are critical and your support is needed to get the vote out! Now you can help support the Vote Yes for Bonds Campaign with a donation online to help push for passage of the three county bonds on the ballot. Just go to www.meckbonds2007.com and click on the "Support/Contact" tab. The "Donate" button is located at the bottom of the page.
**Please join the North Carolina Chamber at one of the Grassroots Network Area Meetings to let them know what matters most to you and your business. The Charlotte reception will be held on October 23 at the Charlotte City Club from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. For more information or free registration online, visit www.ncchamber.net/areameetings. For a list of all of the area meetings, click here.
**The Committee for Economic Development, Smart Start, and the Charlotte Chamber invite you to a business-led forum on the economic promise of investing in early education for all children. The forum is free and will be held on Friday, October 26, at the Marriott Center City from noon to 2 p.m. Featured speakers include Robert Greczyn, Blue Cross Blue Shield; Ashley Thrift, Smart Start; Louise Stoney, Early Childhood Finance; Ronnie Bryant, Charlotte Regional Partnership; Kit Cramer, Charlotte Chamber; and Jocelyn Sargent, W.K. Kellogg Foundation. For more information or to register, contact Laura Oldanie at laura.oldanie@ced.org.
**Charlotte will once again be in the national spotlight when Dave Price of the CBS Early Show broadcasts live tomorrow morning from the U.S. National Whitewater Center. Come join in on the fun. The broadcast begins at 7 a.m.; suggested arrival time is 6:15 a.m. If you are interested in participating in this exciting Early Show series event, please RSVP to reserve your spot at: cbsallaccesscharlotte@gmail.com.
**What does it take to be a best place to work? Find out November 1st at the Charlotte Business Journal's Best Places to Work Celebration at the Charlotte Convention Center. This event brings together a mix of the area's top companies in many different industries. For tickets visit www.charlottebusinessjournal.com or call 704.973.1143.
DID YOU KNOW???
By 2017, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools must build 41 elementary schools, 14 middle schools and 13 high schools to accommodate growth and eliminate portable (mobile) classrooms.
71% of the transit tax revenue is allocated to the bus system, with 14% for rail and 15% for other transit improvements. No rail system can efficiently operate without working in tandem with a solid bus system - just like an urban freeway system doesn't work without local streets. The bus system does now and will continue to benefit greatly from the transit tax.
**The last few weeks of the campaign are critical and your support is needed to get the vote out! Now you can help support the Vote Yes for Bonds Campaign with a donation online to help push for passage of the three county bonds on the ballot. Just go to www.meckbonds2007.com and click on the "Support/Contact" tab. The "Donate" button is located at the bottom of the page.
**Please join the North Carolina Chamber at one of the Grassroots Network Area Meetings to let them know what matters most to you and your business. The Charlotte reception will be held on October 23 at the Charlotte City Club from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. For more information or free registration online, visit www.ncchamber.net/areameetings. For a list of all of the area meetings, click here.
**The Committee for Economic Development, Smart Start, and the Charlotte Chamber invite you to a business-led forum on the economic promise of investing in early education for all children. The forum is free and will be held on Friday, October 26, at the Marriott Center City from noon to 2 p.m. Featured speakers include Robert Greczyn, Blue Cross Blue Shield; Ashley Thrift, Smart Start; Louise Stoney, Early Childhood Finance; Ronnie Bryant, Charlotte Regional Partnership; Kit Cramer, Charlotte Chamber; and Jocelyn Sargent, W.K. Kellogg Foundation. For more information or to register, contact Laura Oldanie at laura.oldanie@ced.org.
**Charlotte will once again be in the national spotlight when Dave Price of the CBS Early Show broadcasts live tomorrow morning from the U.S. National Whitewater Center. Come join in on the fun. The broadcast begins at 7 a.m.; suggested arrival time is 6:15 a.m. If you are interested in participating in this exciting Early Show series event, please RSVP to reserve your spot at: cbsallaccesscharlotte@gmail.com.
**What does it take to be a best place to work? Find out November 1st at the Charlotte Business Journal's Best Places to Work Celebration at the Charlotte Convention Center. This event brings together a mix of the area's top companies in many different industries. For tickets visit www.charlottebusinessjournal.com or call 704.973.1143.
DID YOU KNOW???
By 2017, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools must build 41 elementary schools, 14 middle schools and 13 high schools to accommodate growth and eliminate portable (mobile) classrooms.
71% of the transit tax revenue is allocated to the bus system, with 14% for rail and 15% for other transit improvements. No rail system can efficiently operate without working in tandem with a solid bus system - just like an urban freeway system doesn't work without local streets. The bus system does now and will continue to benefit greatly from the transit tax.
