Welcome to North Carolina’s largest city, Charlotte! Charlotte has grown leaps and bounds over the past 20 years and is becoming one of the nation’s most successful cities in the south. To people who live in the area it will often be referenced as the QC.

In the past Charlotte was known for its business expertise but has evolved dramatically in the past 10 years to include more tourist attractions such as the NFL Team, the Carolina Panthers, Carowinds, CIAA and National White-Water Center just to name a few. Charlotte is also the home of NASCAR, Hornets NBA Team, Charlotte Knights (AAA Baseball) and Charlotte 49ers who represent UNC-Charlotte.

Charlotte is also home to several major corporations including:

• Bank of America

• Duke Energy

• Sonic Automotive

• Lowe’s

• Family Dollar

The weather is something that is a draw for a lot of people, with its mild winters and long summers, Charlotte give you a taste of all four seasons. Because of the weather, you will be hard pressed to find someone who is from Charlotte as it’s become a ‘transplant’ city full of New England and Midwesterners. The people you meet who are from Charlotte can remember a time when Charlotte’s main focus was finance, transportation and the center city was called Downtown. Over the years Charlotte has broken down into multiple districts:

• Uptown Charlotte

• NoDa

• South End

• Plaza-Midwood

• Meyers Park

• Dilworth

• SouthPark

• Elizabeth

• University City

• East Charlotte

• Ballantyne

• West Charlotte

• Steele Creek

• North Charlotte

• Cotswold

• South Charlotte