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CLT + DNC = $163.6 million

  • Reprt shows that the DNC in Charlotte produced an economic impact of $163.6 million
  • $91 million in direct convention-related spending

Charlotte Bureau of Awesome to offer delegate concierge service

  • Such is the welcoming mantra of the QC's smallest and perhaps oddest convention hosts.
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Free pedal busses to offer healthy uptown transportation during the DNC
    Charlotteans gather to listen to President Roosevelt at Memorial Stadium. Picture from Haywood Robbins Collection, Special Collections, UNCC.

    When #DNC2012 guests have questions, @CLTAnswers

    • join us in using #CLTFAQ to answer the questions of the visiting DNC population this September

    Charlotte rocks, Tampa sucks: CNN City Smackdown ends TODAY

    • get your stories, photos and travel tips could be featured in a CNN story
    • submissions due today!
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    City-backed bike-share during the DNC?

      Video recap of #DNC2012 kick-off event

      • Democratic National Convention Committee CEO Steve Kerrigan: "We are going to include Americans in ways that no convention has done before"

      Fox Charlotte’s “Reboot Charlotte” tells the story of our city in transition

      • new feature viewable on TV and on their website
      • stories so far include our local defense industry, impact on education by the DNC, and local broadband
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      Video: CLT on CNN, on why the DNC will be good for Charlotte

      • check out the product of CNN's visit to Charlotte last week