Most delegates are visiting the city this week merely to check out the area for next year's convention. Maryland Democratic Party chair Yvette Lewis has an extra reason: She was born and raised in Charlotte.
The Carolina Regional Minority Partnership Coalition is working to ensure minority businesses are able to equally participate with the 2012 DNC Convention.
It was a tale of two visions of government. And when politicians from both parties came through Charlotte with plans on what it’s going to take to get the country back to work, the difference was stark.
Both the DNC and host committees are establishing the credibility of the Carolinas with one activity that incorporates the culture and another that aims to "leave behind" a mark.