Agenda for Wednesday April 29: Dating in Charlotte

Does your job define you? I was grabbing a steak burrito bowl with a new Charlottean yesterday who just moved here from New York City. She said, “One of the biggest changes from New York to Charlotte is that nobody asks me about my job. In New York, it’s the first thing people ask when you meet them.” She didn’t say whether she thought this was good or bad, just an observation.

VITALS

Today’s Weather: 62. Cloudy and 60% chance of rain.
Today’s Stat: 3,000. Number of Knights lightsaber hats that were given away last night. Agenda Instagram.
Today’s Job: Graphic Designer at accounting firm Dixon Hughes Goodman. Go.
Today’s Charlottean: Charles Thomas, Executive Director of QC Forward, for supporting social entrepreneurship in our city.

ORIGINALS

Confessions of a Charlotte Date-a-Holic
Anonymous submission by “The Last Single Girl in Charlotte.” This story is amazing, hilarious and insightful about the single life in our city. And, the GIFs are incredible.

In defense of Charlotte’s unstoppable growth
Katie Levans defends our growth trajectory and drops some super nerdy historical facts like a “game changing cabin” from 1753. Nerd out Katie, I’m digging it.

City Smart: Sale tax redistribution to Cafe Monte
6 news nuggets from Amy and Elizabeth: Charlotte surprising wins in NC tourism to a pilot pretrial justice program.

CLT Playlist: Agenda’s live music picks for April 28 – May 4
I don’t really go to concerts because they’re loud, but Danny is obsessed with live music and keeps yelling at me about how I need to go. So, I forced him into writing an intense weekly rundown of live music in our city.

4 feelings for your first time – at Jeff’s Bucket Shop
Like an idiot, I did some Jagerbombs here one night in my youth. Katie Toussaint walks us through what it’s like downstairs and some karaoke rules.

Intricate, entrancing, and moody art by Anna Kenar @809
View Anna’s work and see how it makes you feel. We love supporting this CPCC art teacher and local artist.

#OverheardinCLT: Chipotle bowls to Bojangles’ IPO
We listened to Charlotte this week and here’s what people were saying on the streets of your city.

TALKING POINTS

Chelsea will play Paris Saint-Germain on July 25th. This friendly will be held at Bank of America Stadium. Bring out your futbol scarf.

Bad Daddy’s ownership just crushed it, likely to be acquired for $21 million.Agenda Briefing. They should have a free tot night in celebration. Paco’s Tacos and Midwood Smokehouse were not part of the sale.

Harvard Business Review ranked the “Top 50 Companies That Get Twitter.”Bank of America’s group led by Chris Smith is #11 and Duke Energy’s group led byLisa Stryker is #13.

Man coming from Liberia is being treated for symptoms similar to Ebola at CMC Main. Observer reports that his Ebola test results came back negative.

Have an impactful Wednesday and don’t judge Picante as a JV Chipotle without trying it first – Agenda Instagram.