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 Seats for Forklifts Charlotte - Charlotte, nicknamed the Queen City, is the biggest city within the state of North Carolina and the seat of Meckenburg County. It has a population of approximately 700,000, making it the eighteenth largest city within the US. In 2008, the city was selected the "Best Place to Live in America" by relocate-America.com. It was likewise number eight amongst the 100 "Best Places to Live and Launch" by CNNMoney.com. Prevention also rated the city 4th best "Walking City" within the country and the best within the state of North Carolina.
There is a strong base of arts and culture within the city. Every year there are approximately 70,000 performances and events, comprising arts education programs and festivals, which is supported by the Arts and Science Council of Charlotte-Mecklenburg and its twenty-seven cultural organizations below it. It is home to many museums, like NASCAR Hall of Fame, the Second Ward Alumni House Museum, Mint Museum of Craft + Design, Mint Museum of Art and Bechtler Museum of Modern Art (guide tourists through ever-changing exhibits featuring some of the globe's finest collections), Light factory, McColl Center for Visual Arts, Levine Museum of the New South (shows among the most captivating collections of post-Civil War Southern history including its award-winning centerpiece exhibit, Cotton Fields to Skyscrapers), Harvey B. Grantt Center for African-American Arts & Culture, Historic Rosedale Plantation, Discovery Place (showcases over three hundred exhibits comprising a live rain forest), Charlotte Trolley Museum, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Fire Education Center and Museum, Billy Graham Library, Charlotte Nature Museum and Carolinas Aviation Museum. For performance arts, Charlotte provides excellent opera, ballet and Broadway shows and productions at the Knight Theatre and NC Blumenthal Performing Arts Center's Belk Theatre.
The city boasts of many parks for everyone to enjoy. People who love to take their dogs out for walks can go to Frazier Park has sections for small dogs and large dogs. This dog park has a public water supply for doggie drinks. Swaney Pointe K-9 Park is situated at Ramsey Creek Park where there are two separate fenced-in secure parts for small and large dogs. Barkingham Park is located at Reedy Creek Park. It is a fenced-in, four-acre, off-leash place meant for dogs. In addition, Charlotte also has Ray's Fetching Meadow and Davie Dog Park. For people who would like to see Mother Nature at its best, they can go to Mecklenburg County Nature Preserves, Latta Plantation, McDowell and Copper Head Island, Reedy Creek, Evergreen, Cowan's Ford, Flat Branch, RibbonWalk, Auten, Rural Hill, Stephen's Road, Gar Creek, Bracket Bluff, and Shuffletown Prairie.
Following New York, Charlotte is the second largest banking center within the US. It is currently a major U.S. financial center, with Bank of America as the largest financial institution located within Charlotte city. The city of Charlotte likewise boasts of the numerous Fortune 500 businesses headquartered within its metropolitan area: Lowe's in suburban Mooresville, Bank of America, Duke Energy, NUCOR (steel producer), Sonic Automotive, Family Dollar, Goodrich Corporation, and SPX Corporation (industrial technology). The city of Charlotte is likewise the hub of the U.S. motorsports business, like for instance NASCAR. During 2007, more than 3,500 new energy sector jobs were announced in the city, that made the city of Charlotte the base of energy-oriented groups. At present, it is referred to as "Charlotte USA - The New Energy Capital."
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