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		<title>Belmont Goal: &#8220;Tree City USA&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 01:18:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
Adrian Miller, a planner with the City of Belmont, forwarded names to city council for a newly formed &#8220;Tree Board&#8221;. Three community members, Carolyn Sly, Chad Hutcheson, and Renee Shook, were appointed by council to serve as a committee to oversee city planning ordinances regarding plantings and the overall look of Belmont.
We applaude the appointment [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=belmontfrontporch.wordpress.com&blog=796522&post=1025&subd=belmontfrontporch&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Belmont Concerts in the Park</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2008 22:54:27 +0000</pubDate>
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The first of four concerts in the park was held this past Saturday evening, with the Center City Groove band, entertaining a relatively sparse crowd based on past history.

The Center City Groove is a 5 piece cover band, doing music from the 60&#8217;s, 70&#8217;s, and 80&#8217;s. Of course, the obligatory &#8220;Electric Slide&#8221; too.
The band did [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=belmontfrontporch.wordpress.com&blog=796522&post=1017&subd=belmontfrontporch&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Discovery Place eyeing Belmont for children&#8217;s museum</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 03:04:15 +0000</pubDate>
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Even though the concept is old news &#8217;round here, when the Gazette picks it up, it must be important.
We think this is a great reuse of the inactive mills, it helps from a destination place viewpoint, and it keeps the Discovery Place program in the forefront of children&#8217;s programming.
Our wholehearted endorsement of this program is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=belmontfrontporch.wordpress.com&blog=796522&post=1009&subd=belmontfrontporch&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rough Draft Band Rocks Downtown Belmont</title>
		<link>http://belmontfrontporch.wordpress.com/2008/05/31/rough-draft-band-rocks-downtown-belmont/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 May 2008 15:05:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Rough Draft band from Charlotte rocked downtown Belmont last night during the second installment of the 2008 Friday Night Live! series.
Disco hits of the late 70&#8217;s and early 80&#8217;s were mixed in with pop tune covers throughout both sets. Of course the obligatory, &#8220;Electric Slide&#8221; was played for the female (and the few male) [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=belmontfrontporch.wordpress.com&blog=796522&post=1006&subd=belmontfrontporch&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Blowing (in) with the Wind: Myrick legislative works</title>
		<link>http://belmontfrontporch.wordpress.com/2008/05/30/blowing-in-with-the-wind-myrick-legislative-works/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 15:01:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[US Representative, Sue Myrick, has introduced legislation to open drilling activities off the North Carolina Outer Banks region. “Some may say my legislation is controversial. So be it.&#8221;
Duh.
Representative Myrick points to a recent Gallup poll that says 57% of Americans support drilling for offshore oil. Does she represent the 9th district of North Carolina or the oil [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=belmontfrontporch.wordpress.com&blog=796522&post=1001&subd=belmontfrontporch&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rough Draft TONIGHT! Friday Night Live!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 14:38:51 +0000</pubDate>
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Rough Draft will be performing tonight on Main Street in downtown Belmont. This is the second of the Friday Night Live series sponsored by the downtown merchants association. 
Festivities begin at 6:30 PM. 
Bring your dancing feet!
 
 
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		<title>RE: Belmont&#8217;s Busy Weekend</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 16:36:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, a big weekend has come and gone in dear old Belmont.
Some of the more progressive realtors in town were able to piggyback on the weekend that drew thousands of visitors to Friday Night Live!, the Garibaldi Festival, and the Belmont Women&#8217;s Club Home Tour. There were multiple &#8220;open houses&#8221; for homes that were for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=belmontfrontporch.wordpress.com&blog=796522&post=989&subd=belmontfrontporch&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Newcomer Investment Good for Belmont</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 15:44:22 +0000</pubDate>
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Only a short walk to work awaits Belmont neighbor Chad Hutcheson after the purchase of Emporium On Main and the conversion to The String Bean Fresh Market and Deli.
Hutcheson and his wife, Katy, recently purchased and renovated the Younts home on Main Street, and not only fell in love with Belmont as residents, put their [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=belmontfrontporch.wordpress.com&blog=796522&post=984&subd=belmontfrontporch&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Belmont Theater Scene Alive and Well</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 14:13:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Belmont, most recently known for it&#8217;s thriving downtown and restaurants, has been an active theater town for a number of years. The Abbey Players would regularly present interesting and sometimes quirky works a couple of times per year.
Keith Taylor, the long time drama instructor at South Point HS left after the last school year to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=belmontfrontporch.wordpress.com&blog=796522&post=977&subd=belmontfrontporch&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Community Blood Center to open Belmont Office</title>
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Monday, May 5 Grand Opening and ribbon-cutting at 10 a.m. for the Community Blood Center of the Carolinas new Gaston County Donor Center in Belmont. 
 

The location is 1212 Spruce Street in the CaroMont Health Building.  This is the CBCC’s first satellite office. 
 

It will collect whole blood and platelets. 
 

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