Joel Ford announced a free “Energize Charlotte: A Community Conversation About Energy, Opportunity, and Workforce Readiness” to be held Thursday, Sept. 18 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at the NASCAR Hall of Fame Museum, 400 E Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Details here. A press release is here. Ray ... Continue Reading →

Jackie Edwards Walton announced that the Sept. 16 and Sept. 23 Forums would be devoted to N.C. House and N.C. Senate candidates. Alicia Brooks announced that Shirley Fulton will sponsor a reception for Brooks’ campaign for District Court judge on Tuesday, Sept. 16 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the ... Continue Reading →

The scribe was absent. The following announcements were sent in: Kim Roseboro sent in a reminder of the KIPP Charlotte Back to School Festival on Saturday, Sept. 20 from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. at the school at 931 Wilann Dr. Details here. Curtisia Jarrett passed along an invitation from Alpha ... Continue Reading →

Materials passed out at the Forum Tuesday included a palm card on the pro-sales tax campaign, and a CMS issues document on the same subject. Robert Hillman announced the Wadsworth Foundation’s 3rd annual free Book Fair on Saturday, Oct. 4 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Little Rock Cultural Center at ... Continue Reading →

Next week: County commissioner district candidates. Presenters Tuesday shared a flier on the city bond issues; an oversized Arts & Science Council broadside on the Cultural Vision Plan and, inside of it, a flysheet with additional information on the sales tax proposal; and a flier from ... Continue Reading →