- The social district permits customers to purchase alcoholic drinks from participating businesses and consume them in common outdoor areas.
- Local businesses report seeing new visitors from outside the community since the district opened.
- WATCH: Charlotte’s social district attracts new visitors to downtown businesses
I visited downtown Charlotte to see if the social district has brought new business to town since it opened in the fall.
The outdoor area allows people to buy an adult beverage from participating businesses and drink it while walking or sitting in certain common areas outside of the establishment, or take it down the sidewalk to some other restaurants and bars.
“Lately we’ve had quite a bit of people come in, from all over that haven’t been here,” Eaton Pub and Grille employee Hannah Salbaugh said.
Salbaugh tells me she continues to hope the district will drive more people to town and believes it’s been a success. She says it’s already brought in more business and visitors…