What's Trending August 15, 2024

It’s a SNAP at the Farmers Market: SNAP/EBT and the SNAP Double Bucks program is now accepted at area’s largest farmer's market. Go to the Charlotte Regional Farmers Market on Yorkmont Road. Customers can start at the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Food Policy Council table, swipe their EBT card, receive wooden tokens to use as cash, and shop at participating SNAP-qualified vendors. This is a pilot program available every other Saturday from Aug. 10 through Oct. 19. The program is a partnership with Mecklenburg County Public Health, Charlotte Regional Food Policy Council, and the Charlotte Regional Farmers Market.
Improving Fred Alexander: Park and Recreation is reopening Fred Alexander Park this week after extensive improvements. The 6-acre park now has outdoor workout equipment, game tables, and a pump track. Swings and a half basketball court were added to the existing playground and full court. There is reopening celebration this week. Renovations were carried out with funding allocated by the Board of County Commissioners to improve ten Mecklenburg County parks.
Carolina Ascent Descends on Memorial Stadium: Mecklenburg County’s historic American Legion Memorial Stadium will host Carolina Ascent FC’s opener. Carolina Ascent FC is the only women’s professional sports team in Charlotte-Mecklenburg. The team will play its home soccer matches at the iconic stadium, which seats 10,500 fans and offers a striking gametime view of the Charlotte skyline. Memorial Stadium first opened in 1936 and honors Mecklenburg County soldiers who fell in World War I.
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It’s a SNAP at the Farmers Market: SNAP/EBT and the SNAP Double Bucks program is now accepted at area’s largest farmer's market. Go to the Charlotte Regional Farmers Market on Yorkmont Road. Customers can start at the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Food Policy Council table, swipe their EBT card, receive wooden tokens to use as cash, and shop at participating SNAP-qualified vendors. This is a pilot program available every other Saturday from Aug. 10 through Oct. 19. The program is a partnership with Mecklenburg County Public Health, Charlotte Regional Food Policy Council, and the Charlotte Regional Farmers Market.