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October 2026 issue · Read it online
Christmas lights by Storm Guard CharlotteStorm Guard · Christmas lightsBook your Christmas lights now.Storm Guard installs through October and November and takes everything down in January. Free quotes across Charlotte.See what your house would costSee your priceFree quoteLight The Night, the evening lantern walk for Blood Cancer United, returns to Charlotte on Saturday, November 14. Three Stroll neighbors sit on its executive leadership committee.
Nell Thomas·Oct 22, 2026
Brian and Katie Galbraith had their eye on Ballantyne Country Club for years. Now they live on Brem Lane with two kids, a rescue pup named Corby and a living room that gets pretty competitive during football season.
Nell Thomas·Oct 22, 2026
Catering To Cats & Dogs has no shelter building. It can care for 70 to 80 cats and 90 to 100 dogs at a time, all in foster homes, and every new foster home lets the rescue take another animal out of a shelter.
Nell Thomas·Oct 22, 2026
A retired teacher and coach and his sister run Juiced Fuel Charlotte, which brings gas to your driveway or business. A paid Partner Spotlight.
Nell Thomas·Oct 16, 2026
Two Charlotte brothers saw a truck clean trash cans at the beach and built Trash Pandas of the Carolinas around family. A paid Partner Spotlight.
Nell Thomas·Oct 15, 2026
Stephen Fogarty grew up on Carmel Road, learned service running restaurants, and came home in 2025 to start a private black SUV car service. A paid Partner…
Nell Thomas·Oct 14, 2026
Emily Ryon got into estate planning after doing her own and feeling the relief of knowing her daughter was protected. Now she helps families who have put it…
Nell Thomas·Oct 13, 2026
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Peyton Ding has run the Kumon center on Johnston Road since 2008. He found the method through his own children, who are now both physicians. A paid Partner…
Nell Thomas·Oct 12, 2026
Partners Tim Weber and Nathan Grimm took on an established exterior-repair brand and set out to make the Charlotte business feel local and personal. Their…
Nell Thomas·Oct 11, 2026
After 15 years helping build a national dog training franchise, Cranston Blanks came home to Charlotte and started a one-person business that trains the owners…
Nell Thomas·Oct 10, 2026
Army veteran and former police officer Nick Stewart started his own roofing company so every homeowner deals with him, from the first call to the estimate. A…
Nell Thomas·Oct 9, 2026
Two friends kept failing to find clothes they loved at the boutiques they shopped, so they opened one. Aviara & Co sells online and at pop-ups, with pieces made…
Nell Thomas·Oct 8, 2026
Pita del Toro started by decorating her daughter's birthday in Texas. In Charlotte, friends kept asking, and the hobby became a balloon and draping business. A…
Nell Thomas·Oct 7, 2026
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Businesses·Oct 6, 2026
Two couples who are longtime friends saw porch pumpkin decorating catching on in other cities and asked why Charlotte…
Businesses·Oct 5, 2026
Charlotte's first Wegmans opens at 9 a.m. Wednesday, October 14, at 11550 North Community House Road. What opening day…
Neighbors·Oct 1, 2026
The October 2026 edition of Stroll Ballantyne Country Club is out and free to read online. Inside: the Galbraith family…
Businesses·Sep 25, 2026
Violinist Irena Benak met her future husband at a concert in Serbia, came to Charlotte to visit him and stayed. Now she…
Businesses·Sep 18, 2026
With fourteen homes on the market in Ballantyne Country Club, the Lorimers kept a listing off the public system entirely…
Businesses·Sep 17, 2026
An Egyptian-born banker whose experience did not count when she arrived, and the doctor who treated her, now make…
