At 8:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 29, join millions of people from around the globe in celebrating Earth Hour 2014 by turning off your lights for one hour. The City of Charlotte is partnering with Mecklenburg County, Duke Energy, Envision Charlotte, Center City Partners and Sustain Charlotte to encourage local businesses and residents to participate in this great event, and show our commitment to positive environmental action.
As you celebrate this year, share your photos and experiences using #MeckEarthHour and #Power2CLT on Twitter. Join our Facebook event, and let us know you’ll be participating. For more information about Earth hour, click here.
Have fun, and lights out!
Nominations are being accepted for the 35th Annual Police Community Relations Awards sponsored by the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Community Relations Committee (CRC).
An annual feature of Charlotte’s Law Enforcement Week celebration, the award recognizes officers and work teams from the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department for building positive, problem-solving relationships with individual citizens and neighborhood groups.
Click here to nominate a team online. You may also write to:
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Community Relations Committee
600 E. Trade Street
Charlotte, NC 28202
(Call 704-336-3056 to request a nomination form)
Deadline for nominations is Tuesday, April 1.
For more information, visit the CRC Newsroom.
Join Keep Charlotte Beautiful by participating in the nation’s largest annual community improvement program. From March 31 to May 31, local communities are encouraged to organize their own cleanup events, and Keep Charlotte Beautiful will provide supplies.
Click here to register an event and request supplies.
Connect with Keep Charlotte Beautiful on Facebook and Twitter for future events and updates.
This April, thousands of local high school students will attend Charlotte Career Discovery Day, a district-wide career exploration event hosted by the Mayor’s Youth Employment Program and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools.
Scheduled to be held at The Park Expo on April 9, Career Discovery Day will provide youth the opportunity to interact with Mayor Patrick Cannon and local government officials, business executives and leading professionals in various industries.
For more information about Charlotte Career Discovery Day, clickhere or contact Stephen Wood at swood@charlottenc.gov.
Solid Waste Services is excited to announce that residents can now recycle restaurant pizza boxes as a part of the Recycle it! program. Previously, pizza boxes were not accepted due to contamination caused by grease and cheese residue. With changes to preparation and packaging methods, pizza boxes now have less food contamination than in the past.
Click here for more Recycle it! program news and information.
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