CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Street vendors in the NoDa neighborhood will soon have to pay a fee and get a permit to operate. Charlotte City Council will plans to vote on a pilot program to expand the areas where street vendors need a permit to sell goods soon.
Blu has been selling jewelry and clothes on the streets of NoDa and Plaza Midwood for at least four years.
“It’s just very important for me. This is my livelihood,” Blu said. “It gives me the opportunity to not work a traditional 9 to 5.”…