Plus: Huge Ballantyne development approved; Steele Creek YMCA drops Gill name; Longtime Charlotte restaurant Carpe Diem says goodbye; TV reporter alerted ABC to brewery's reindeer-sex beer cans
Jun 10, 2020
Today is Monday, June 8, 2020, and this is a WEB EXTRA of The Charlotte Ledger, an e-newsletter with business-y local news.
Jun 8, 2020
Plus: Sports teams drop CPI Security as sponsor; Liquor sales strong for third straight month; Covid business photo essay; City Council votes on huge Ballantyne development tonight
Plus: Tim Newman calls from jail to respond to Ledger article; Peaceful protest in Ballantyne; What did Charlotte read during quarantine?; New data shows widespread job disparities
Jun 6, 2020
Plus: Cooper hints at a Phase 2.5 that could open gyms and bars; RNC keeps its official business in Charlotte but moves Trump party elsewhere; Charlotte Symphony cellist holds concerts in his backyard
Jun 5, 2020
Plus: Trump tweets that RNC will pull out of Charlotte; Another night of protests; Rezoning sought next to Suffolk Punch
Jun 3, 2020
Plus: Readers slam Ledger on UNC, Gaston County and health projections; Grocery-store bars reopen; May rezonings; Governor extends eviction moratorium; Braxton Winston arrest video
Jun 1, 2020
700 apartments in University City; Mixed-use development on 70 acres near Highland Creek; Townhomes near Plaza-Midwood; 600+ single family/apartments on University City Boulevard
Plus: Protestors smash windows and throw rocks at police in west Charlotte overnight; Braxton Winston arrested for 'failure to disperse'; Photo essay on social distancing; Ron Rivera house sold
May 30, 2020
Plus: Event venue holds prom for S.C. teens but bars slow-dancing; Novant draws attention with PPE-delivering drones; American flights more than 1/2 full; Gyms and strip club owners sue to re-open
May 29, 2020
Plus: Charlotte home sales bounce back; Beer flows again at breweries; Matthews gym holds defiant workout; RNC could head further south; Charlotte on TMZ; CMS to start classes early: Aug. 17
May 27, 2020
Plus: Something big in the works in Eastover?; How to launch a book in a pandemic; Breweries say they are not bars; The Manor's opening movie in 1947 was about an abandoned chicken farm
May 22, 2020
Many of the industries most devastated by the economic shutdown prepare to spring back to life — but how soon will customers return?
May 20, 2020
Plus: Dilworth neighbors blast Atrium; Ideas for pro-mask ad campaign; Yard waste collection to finish by Friday; Covid foodie photos; 4-hour waits for haircuts across the border in S.C.
Plus: Myrtle Beach in a 'crawl-walk' phase for Memorial Day travelers; N.C. releases guidelines for sleep-away camps; New N.C. Covid cases still rising; Charlotte Symphony tunes up for August concerts
May 18, 2020
Plus: Sign shop adapts; Eastland and Atrium rezoning hearings on Monday; Blue Ridge Parkway reopens; Is Gov. Cooper growing a mullet?
May 16, 2020
Plus: What S.C. border restaurants are open and when?; Huge apartment complex planned in UCity; Data shows traffic on the rise; UNC leader re-elected despite questions; Covid deaths bottom out
May 15, 2020
The Ledger conducted an informal poll of 15 restaurants across the South Carolina border to see which are open for indoor or outdoor dining.
Plus: Answers on delayed yard-waste pickup; Airport plans 'Destination District'; Ballantyne adds affordable housing to big development; ALE unleashes K-9 unit on Gentleman's Club dressing room
May 13, 2020
City Council critics appear won over by 'great deal'; approval of massive development looks likely next month
May 11, 2020
Plus: Troubles with Mecklenburg's Covid forecasting; Historic designation proposed for part of Camp North End; Recalling Little Richard's Charlotte show from 1956; Communion slots fill on SignUpGenius
Plus: South Carolina to allow dine-in restaurants to open Monday; Hispanics make up 1/4 of Mecklenburg's Covid-19 cases; Retailers reopen; SouthEnd hair salon combats gray with DIY color kits
May 9, 2020
Board of Governors chairman Randy Ramsey is praised as a ‘common-sense’ leader. But he won’t answer questions about the monument controversy or his educational background.
May 8, 2020
Plus: Sports programs reopen as 'day camps'; Hospitals can handle mid-summer Covid surge, top Atrium doc says; Carowinds might require reservations; Scooters return to Charlotte streets
Coronavirus uncertainty prompts backyard building boom; ‘Energy outlet’ for home-bound families
