Less Me, More You

Hi friends,

Less me, more you. I said this during Sherrell’s talk Thursday night and I mean it. #WeLoveCLT has come a long way and I’m excited to open it up and put more people in front of it. Read on to see how you can get more involved.

Come to the Speaker Series

Go beyond the hashtag. For #WeLoveCLT that starts with getting people in the room for the speaker series and having them have IRL conversation. Each and every month the speakers continue to outdo each other. Sherrell killed it. What she shared was incredibly honest and personal. It was awesome. We should have the audio ready over the next few days. Stay tuned.

Get ready. Next up is Andrew Jenkins on August 20. RSVP today. Space is limited. You can also read his “Have You Met?” from a while back right here.

Introduce Someone in Have You Met?

The “Have You Met?” for the week are S am White and Hannah Levinson. You’ll notice something different about Hannah’s introduction. It wasn’t me that made the intro. It was Tori Karlek. That’s right! I’m opening it up.

Know someone awesome and want to introduce them to all of WeLoveCLT? Let’s make it happen. I’ve laid out the instructions and guidelines here. To be honest I’m a bit nervous about this. I don’t want to be an editor so I’m trusting that when you submit someone it’s ready to go. I’m sure they’ll be awesome!

Tell Us Why You Love CLT?

I’m excited to announce a new collaboration between designer Sam White and #WeLoveCLT. Have you seen our new homepage image? That’s handwritten by Sam herself. Each week we’ll be rotating one Charlotteans 3-5 word reason for loving Charlotte on the homepage. Tell us why you love Charlotte here. Be creative. Be awesome.

Use #WeLoveCLT on Insta

Each week I select one Instagram photo tagged with #WeLoveCLT to be featured at the top of my weekly update. This weeks pick by Alyssa Sharpe came via her WeLoveCLT takeover. Her day was filled with Charlotte, children enjoying themselves and education. Easy pick.

Take Over Our Instagram

Takeover time! If you’re interested in taking our Instagram over please go to weloveclt.com/adventures, read the guidelines and fill out the form. I added a calendar that has the available days. So much easier and less back and forth. Here’s the awesome people that did takeovers this past week.

Kent Youngstrom. The pictures are awesome but please read what he wrote along with each one.
Chelsea Cote. Move Loot, self defense training and more.
Alyssa Sharpe. All the Kids having a blast and smiling. Love it.
Amy Herman. Summer Vintage Market… and chickens.
Jen D. Today! Flywheel instructor. 24 hours of booty!

Get Out In Charlotte

You’ll find me at Amy Herman’s Summer Vintage Market today (Saturday). You should definitely check it out. It’s an awesome collection of local artists, craft and more. Details here.

Did you know that today is National Dance Day? Remember Julie Grosse who I intro’d a little ways back? She works out at PoleFit. They’re having an open house/showcase today (Saturday) and will be teaching the official dance for NDD at noon. Definitely check it out. Details here.

That’s it. You have lots of ways to get involved now. Let’s do it. Be awesome.
-Garrett