First of all, how the heck can it be May already?! Our time in North Carolina is quickly coming to an end, and we’re still checking things out. We will leave much to come back and do.
The other night on the news, which is based out of Charlotte, we saw a story that covered the approval of a Social District, in Gastonia, North Carolina, a satellite city of Charlotte, with a population of about 80,000. The city is trying to revive business in the downtown sector and has created a six block Social District, which will allow adults to buy a drink (in a special cup) at a participating bar/restaurant, and then walk with it throughout the designated district. The designated hours for the district are from 11 am to 11 pm daily, except for Sunday when it ends at 10 pm.
We began our stroll around the district about noon, not to participate, but just to see what the area had to offer. We had a lovely walk on a beautiful day, but there didn’t seem to be much foot traffic, and really very few open businesses. Only one retail shop that we saw, otherwise, just a few bars and restaurants, but hopefully, the effort (and the construction of residential units underway) will attract new businesses.
as well as one of two unique cars that we saw.
that is also part of the Social District
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