Charlotte Douglas International Airport. Photo: Katie Peralta Soloff/Axios
✈️ Charlotte Douglas International Airport contributed $40 billion to the economies of North and South Carolina in 2023, according to a new study conducted by the Institute for Transportation Research and Education at North Carolina State University. (CLT)
CLT saw 53.45 million passengers in 2023 and supported 184,400 jobs, per the report.
💰 Equitable Financial Life Insurance Co. in Charlotte and pharma company BestCo in Mooresville both failed to meet the requirements for receiving certain financial incentives from the state. (Observer)
🛍️ Nordstrom Rack will open a new 25,000-square-foot store in the Sycamore Commons shopping center off Independence Boulevard in Matthews on March 27. (🔒 Charlotte Ledger)
⚽️ Carolina Ascent FC, Charlotte's professional women's soccer team, will have all of its road games televised by Cox Media Group's TV 64 (WAXN-TV) and its Spanish language station, Telemundo Charlotte. (🔒 CBJ)
The channels will show a combined seven matches beginning March 8.
🏆 LaToya Evans, owner of LEPR Agency in Charlotte, is one of six industry professionals who will be inducted into the North Carolina Journalism Hall of Fame in April. LEPR is one of the largest independent Black-owned PR firms in the U.S. (UNC)
