Fact Friday

Fact Friday 6 - NBA All-Star Weekend in Charlotte

Fact Friday 6 - NBA All-Star Weekend in Charlotte

We recently highlighted  that for the first time since 1991, Charlotte landed the NBA All-Star Game, which will be held right here at home in 2017! WFAE recently uploaded an interesting post...

Fact Friday 6 - NBA All-Star Weekend in Charlotte

We recently highlighted  that for the first time since 1991, Charlotte landed the NBA All-Star Game, which will be held right here at home in 2017! WFAE recently uploaded an interesting post...

Fact Friday 5: Stay Cool at Independence Park

Fact Friday 5: Stay Cool at Independence Park

  As a native or new Charlottean, you may have visited serene Independence Park at the corner of Hawthorne Ln. and 7th St., just across from one of my favorite...

Fact Friday 5: Stay Cool at Independence Park

  As a native or new Charlottean, you may have visited serene Independence Park at the corner of Hawthorne Ln. and 7th St., just across from one of my favorite...

Fact Friday 4 - Seven (and) Eleven

Fact Friday 4 - Seven (and) Eleven

  Seven. Eleven. Two numbers 4 singular digits apart that garner different immediate reactions depending on who you talk to. For some, their first thought may be of one of...

Fact Friday 4 - Seven (and) Eleven

  Seven. Eleven. Two numbers 4 singular digits apart that garner different immediate reactions depending on who you talk to. For some, their first thought may be of one of...

Fact Friday 3 - Charlotte & Banking. Happily Married?

Fact Friday 3 - Charlotte & Banking. Happily Ma...

Lawyers and bankers. Two professions that haven’t always inspired warm and fuzzy feelings inside. Visions of busts, bubbles, bailouts, and the infamous “R” word (recession) still linger about in our...

Fact Friday 3 - Charlotte & Banking. Happily Ma...

Lawyers and bankers. Two professions that haven’t always inspired warm and fuzzy feelings inside. Visions of busts, bubbles, bailouts, and the infamous “R” word (recession) still linger about in our...

Fact Friday 2 - The Bronze Connection

Fact Friday 2 - The Bronze Connection

Most are aware that our city was inspired by and named after the wife of King George III (of Great Britain and Ireland), Queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. And if you’ve...

Fact Friday 2 - The Bronze Connection

Most are aware that our city was inspired by and named after the wife of King George III (of Great Britain and Ireland), Queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. And if you’ve...

Fact Friday 1 - History of the 704 Area Code

Fact Friday 1 - History of the 704 Area Code

704, pronounced 7-“oh”-4 locally, is one of the original 86 area codes assigned by the Bell System in 1947, when it covered the entire state of NC. Today, it is the main...

Fact Friday 1 - History of the 704 Area Code

704, pronounced 7-“oh”-4 locally, is one of the original 86 area codes assigned by the Bell System in 1947, when it covered the entire state of NC. Today, it is the main...