I recently went on a Yelping tour of this town. It's just at the NC/SC state line. There's a unique…read moremixture of new and old here. The more modern businesses are just off of the interstate. The older ones are what I considered to be Main Street. A somewhat busy railroad track runs parallel to the main drag. Of all the places here I visited and did Yelp reviews on I found a hardware store that was actually more than that. It was interesting and the store person was very knowledgeable and accommodating. The store is exactly split in half. One side is strictly hardware and the other side is a convenience store. How cool is that! This is a nice place to visit! A great combination of old vs. new!

Best recruiters around I went to the Charlotte location and spent 2 1/2 year wasting my time with…read morepaperwork that didn't really need to get done only for a certain person to deny me because personal preference not professional fact. Soooooo I made the best choice of my life be prior service I went to the rock hill location with my packet and bam they went through it and found all sorts of stuff I was forced to do as a waste of time fixed my packet too all the crap out I didn't need from the Charlotte office and bam 1 week later.....active duty thank you guys so much for your hard work and dedication to actually caring about me and my families needs and getting me back on track for a great career and letting me serve our great country God bless you all!

Another bank conversion...another delivery of food that was over ordered for the day…read more For this visit, it was later toward the evening so I wasn't sure if I'd be able to deliver. I was buzzed in and was immediately helped and told someone would be at the kitchen door to receive my items. 2 full bags of food from Einsteins & Dean and Deluca and hopefully an additional blessing to those people using the shelter. These folks do a great service to the community and I'm glad I can help them out when able....hence the additional star.

I flew in from Seattle Washington on a family emergency. With no other place to turn Mens Shelter…read moreof Charlotte offered me an accommodation due to an emergency. Thank you Mecklenberg County, Chris, Jerard , Cheryl, Ray, Asina ,and all of the shelter staff. Decided to pay my way by volunteering and discovered so many wonderful programs that I may return once all of my personal issues are resolved.

A volunteer fire department is such a selfless and wonderful thing. These firefighters risk life…read moreand limb without pay. I stopped by here today hoping to get a couple of pictures of their fire trucks. No such luck as the bay doors were closed shut. This station is located directly behind the old town hall building.

SPOT ON!!! Fantastic training facility! Facility is very modern and set up for multimedia…read morepresentations. I'm thrilled to know cadets in Charlotte are receving training at such a great facility!

Blacksburg, S.C was christened a town in the year 1888. It's been around a lot longer than that…read morehowever. This is a small town of 1800 residents more or less. They actually came into existence as a town due to a railroad station with a set of tracks that parallels Main Street. There was a discovery of iron ore in the immediate area in the late nineteenth century. Hence the nickname of Iron City was born. Mostly just good southern folks reside here. There's a variety of small shops and stores. I enjoyed my leisurely stroll downtown this morning. Beautiful, laidback place!

This marker is located on Franklin Blvd in front of the Loray Mill building, which has been…read moreconverted from manufacturing to offices and lofts. Back in the day, it was once the largest factory under one roof in the world. The marker recalls a specific incident. It reads, "Loray Strike. A strike in 1929 at the Loray Mill, 200 yards S., left two dead and spurred opposition to labor unions statewide." Online there is detail on those deaths (one, the chief of police) and information on the backers of the union. "The National Textile Workers Union, widely acknowledged to be under Communist influence, exploited the situation by sending activist Fred Beal and others to Gastonia... The strike dragged on through the summer and fall of 1929. Moderate labor leaders denounced the NTWU and some workers returned to the job. Still, violent incidents increased. O. F. Aderholdt, Gastonia's chief of police, was shot and killed in June. Ella May Wiggins, ballad singer and union sympathizer, was killed in September. Beal and several fellow Communists were convicted of Aderholdt's murder, but there were no convictions for the assaults on union backers. The strike and associated violence dealt a setback to union efforts, bolstering anti-union sentiment both locally and, owing to the wide press coverage, across the state and region." [Review 12616 overall, 2408 of 2019.]

Boy has this place changed since I was a kid. I remember coming here as a little girl and getting…read moremy hair done at the beauty salon upstairs and buying snacks from the store on the first floor now it's just a plan ol government building. On this visit I came to get a copy of a birth certificate. The vital records office is upstairs. It is a very easy I process to get the certificate. There were about 4 people working in the office this day. Follow the posted directions and you have nothing to worry about. There is also an area downstairs for taxes. I'm not sure what else is offered in the building but I know that different offices have different hours. During my visit the vital record office was open but the tax office wasn't. Make sure you check their website for correct hours of operation.