Briefing for Friday September 18th: Scarowinds monsters to Queen’s Park renderings
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I love effort. I love Charlotte startups. I love Charlie, the co-founder of a local beer delivery startup called BrewPublik. For tailgaters at Sunday’s Panthers game, the BrewPublik team is delivering cold craft beer and fried chicken. On demand. Details: Available sizes are 6 cans ($20 craft, $15 domestic), 12 cans ($40/$30) or 24 cans ($60/$45) and Price’s Chicken Coop bird ($6 per person). All prices include delivery, but not tax. Place your order using their site, tell them the cross-street you are on, and they’ll send a pedicab roaring your way with beer, chicken and whatever else.
You have to respect this local activation effort. Good luck, Charlie.
VITALS
Today’s Weather: 86. Sunny. 10% chance of rain.
Today’s Stat: 600. People expected for the Rock ‘N Read 5K race this weekend supporting the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library.
Today’s Job: Brand Manager at Snyder’s Lance. Apply.
Today’s Internship: Archivist Intern at Duke Energy. Apply.
Today’s Charlottean: Nick Karres and the undefeated Myers Park High 1965 football team, which is being honored tonight.
ORIGINALS
Will Queen’s Park be Charlotte’s hottest neighborhood in 2018? [Thomas]
Queen’s Park is the area just below Sedgefield that includes OMB, Sugar Creek Brewing, Red Clay Ciderworks, Doc Porter’s (coming soon), Great Wagon Road Distilling (coming soon) and the Scaleybark Station. Wait, what’s the Scaleybark Station? It’s a massive mixed use project (view renderings and get the stats).
Riding a helicopter over Charlotte with my husband [Bomar]
Seven photos from takeoff to way above our city. $300 for 30 minutes of airtime. This looks unreal.
A new Mediterranean restaurant is coming to East Boulevard and it’s a sneaky big deal [Dunn]
Going in at the cursed location next to Showmars on East (Formerly Tijuana Flats, Sole, Italian Pie, etc). What’s different? Martin Sprock is the restauranteur – he’s a big deal (co-founder of Moe’s and behind concepts like Mama Fu’s, Planet Smoothie, RuRu’s, Leroy Fox, etc). Oh, and he owns the building. View construction photos. Opens around Thanksgiving.
Behind the Scarowinds Scenes: A Fright to Remember [McKenzie]
Last night, the Agenda was invited to the Scarowinds dress rehearsal. Scarowinds opens today (tickets start at $28.99). Stats: 15th year, 450 monsters, 24 makeup artists (2 of which dedicated solely to prosthetics. Scariest attraction: Slaughter house. Get the details.
Have you been to Cars and Coffee? If not, here’s what you’re missing [Peters]
I had no clue that thousands of people drink free coffee and get nerdy over cars at the Music Factory on the first Saturday of each month. View photos of 17 fancy Charlotte cars on display. Car nerds unite!
Google Fiber could jump-start Charlotte’s start-up community [Dunn]
Cable is being laid right now and sign ups should begin in September of 2016. It’s not just about the faster video downloads, it’s the second level effects that get cool. Get the scoop from last night’s GigWow event.
More than books in a birdhouse: Here’s how Little Free Libraries promotes reading [Beck]
Ever seen those birdhouses with books? This is the backstory on how this “take a book, leave a book” concept was born and why it matters. Love this.
12 ways to make the most of tailgating at a Panthers game [Long]
Get ready for our first Panthers home game of the season (Sunday at 1 p.m. against the Houston Texans). Get the scoop on the PantherFanz Tailgating Club to Bojangles’ to E-Z Parking.
9 questions with the creator of Charleston Bloody Mary Mix [McLamb]
Bartender at Draught told me “This is a very popular mix for us.” My personal second favorite, behind Zing Zang.
TALKING POINTS
The Fresh Market in Dilworth has set its grand opening date – November 11th [Agenda/Insta]. It’s behind the Outback Steakhouse (shoutout to the Outback Caesar dressing that stays in your mouth for 48 hours). Parking and turning in/out will be painful, but this store will explode.
Six parklets going up on Tryon Street for one day only, today [Agenda/Insta].Setup will begin at 7 a.m. and they will be available all day. Location: Tryon between 7th and Levine Avenue of the Arts. Teams creating the parklets: Gensler, ColeJenest & Stone, Perkins + Will, U.S. Green Building Council Charlotte Chapter, LandDesign and Stantec. Winner gets $500 gift card to an Uptown Charlotte restaurant.
The Kyle Busch Foundation announced its first group of five couples that will receive $47,000 in total for fertility treatments to have children [Garloch/Observer]. Love that this local couple decided to speak up about their experience and are giving back to our community through their Bundle of Joy Fund.
Bank of America contractors are getting a pay cut [Peralta+Roberts/Observer].Sounds like this will affect IT contractors and will include furloughs as well.
The Charlotte Independence might host a home soccer playoff game and you can place a $5 bet to score a $25 reserved ticket [Independence]. Even if they don’t make it, the $5 will be credited for a later date. It’s like the “hit the green to double your money in the pro shop” contest at golf tournaments.
Dominate your weekend and did you know that we are home to the Carolinas Aviation Museum? It’s sneaky cool. Hours: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (Monday through Friday); 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday; and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. Adults cost $12.87 and children < 5 are free.