Brian Belcher : Charlotte Real Estate : REMAX

There are two new businesses that are relocating to the Charlotte area - an oil refinery, that will move to chester county and a marketing firm that will target nascar teams.  The NASCAR business is a marketing firm that wants to help racing companies get their names and brands out to the public....

The EpiCentre will be Charlotte's newest hotspot for dining, drinking and entertainment.  Strike City Lanes has just opened up in the new development in uptown Charlotte. The whole venue is designed to make uptown Charlotte more inviting and more appealing to city dwellers. The city is not devoid...

The Charlotte Business Journal reports that the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, part of the North Carolina University system, is opening up its ticketing program to the public. They are selling personal seat licenses to people who want to see their school play football in 2013. Footbal...

In a sign of changing times, and even more importantly, a changing economy, North Carolina is considering a statewide ban on smoking in restaurants and bars. That is big news because of the economic history of the state. Tobacco played a huge role in the economic development of North Carolina and...

So the Superbowl is coming up tomorrow. Are you ready? Everyone seems to have their own way of celebrating. It also seems like it is a cultural holiday. People make elaborate plans and they have a ritual about what they do each year.  I think it is about past time for you to buy a TV and set it u...

Charlotte also has a busines publication in addtion to the regular Charlotte Observer Newspaper. It focuses, as its name suggests, on business news and probably goes into more detail and depth than the Charlotte Observer does. Or at least it thinks it does.  The Charlotte Observer also has a busi...

Charlotte's hospital system, called Carolina Healthcare has extended its reach even further out of the Charlotte region.  It has the most advanced hospital in the region in Charlotte, but also owns clinics and smaller hospitals throughout the Charlotte Metro area and the state. Recently, they ann...

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University squared off in Raleigh today. The Tar Heels beat State by about 20 points. Things got heated in the last few seconds when State's Ben McCauley hit the Heel's Mike Copeland with a really hard foul with 1.9 seconds ...

The Dublin Philharmonic Orchestra is coming to Charlotte. Dublin, Ireland that is. A cursory internet search turned up some interesting information. The Dublin Orchestra is not like the London Philharmonic or the Berlin Philharmonic, it disbanded after World War II and is finally making a comebac...

The Charlotte Observer is the newspaper serving Charlotte, NC. I'm not going to make any pronouncements about what I think about its coverage of certain events, but I will tell you a little about the paper. It is a McClatchy owned paper which means that it is owned by the same company that owns t...