🎢 Carowinds will hire more than 2,500 seasonal employees for the 2025 season, according to a press release. People may apply, interview and be hired the same day during a week-long hiring event from Feb. 15-22. Hourly pay is up to $16 per hour. Opening day is March 15.
🛒 Mezzo Market, a Mediterranean market in the former Segan Food Mart space, will open at 2212 The Plaza in March. The market will sell frozen meals, dried pasta, beer and wine and will have a restaurant with a Mediterranean-focused tapas menu. (Unpretentious Palate)
🍷 Charlotte Wine + Food Week is returning this year from April 23-27. Tickets go on sale in March, according to a press release.
DetraPel, Inc., a chemical manufacturer that gained recognition from its 2018 "Shark Tank" appearance, is relocating its headquarters and advanced manufacturing operations to southwest Charlotte, where it'll add more than 30 new jobs, per a press release.
🛍 Employees at Belk's corporate office will have to work in-office three days a week after being allowed to work remotely since March 2020. (Charlotte Ledger)
🚧 Work begins Monday to widen one of Charlotte's most congested roads — N.C. 150 near Lake Norman. (Observer)
