Charlotte will host the republican national convention in less than a month but there s concern that efforts for the city to look its best could force people living on the. Project tent city supplies angel bags 1 8. Project tent city handed out 200 bags to those in need on saturday.
The city of charlotte with its 50. Tent city has been a wake up call to many in the way that the brutal murder of george floyd awakened people to police violence against black people. Residents living in charlotte s tent city claim city officials are forcing them to move from college and 12th street ahead of republican national convention meetings late august.
A property owner recently filed a lawsuit and wants a judge to order all of the tents belonging to the homeless community there be removed. Wbtv an area in uptown charlotte along north tryon street known as tent city is in question. The encampment called tent city is a refuge for people displaced by coronavirus economic fallout in north carolina s largest city randall hitt chief engagement officer for nearby homeless shelter the urban ministry center told wcnc last may.
