Jul 07, 2010

Center City Green Market brings back Walking Tours

After a successful run last summer, The Center City Green Market will bring back free walking tours beginning this Saturday, July 10th.

The walking tour will leave from “The Square” at Trade and Tryon at 10:30am Saturday morning and last approximately 1.5 hours. The tour starts on the North side of Trade Street (aka Bank of America territory) and weaves through Historic Fourth Ward. After a brief stop back at the Green Market for water and to pickup those wishing to opt-in for the 2nd half, the tour will continue on the South side of Trade Street (aka Wachovia territory….I mean Wells Fargo territory) through the new Cultural Campus and past the NASCAR Hall of Fame. The tour will be complete at approximately Noon and those walking the entire tour should wear comfortable shoes and plan to walk about 1.5 miles. Below is an excerpt from a Blog post I wrote last July providing some highlights of the tour.

The walking tour participants range from all ages, backgrounds, and home towns. The majority are not from Charlotte. They either heard about the tour from the Uptown hotel where they are staying for the weekend, or they are visiting friends who live in Charlotte and have asked to see what downtown Charlotte has to offer. I typically have visitors from the West coast (usually bankers that decided to extend their business trip to Charlotte for the weekend) and at least one couple from overseas. I was very surprised last year how many foreign visitors we have pass through Charlotte. And now with US Airways extending the international flights to/from Charlotte and the opening of the Cultural Campus, I expect even more visitors from the likes of Paris, Rome, and Germany. Last summer, I even had a former neighbor from South Charlotte come up from the burbs and to his surprise, the converted suburban to urban-guy was leading the tour.

Categories: Charlotte Center City Partners, Urban Living