100 Rocking Chairs Scattered Across Charlotte In New City Program

CHARLOTTE, NC — Wednesday, Charlotte became a rocking city, all thanks to a new initiative celebrating the Queen City’s public spaces. The City of Charlotte has installed 100 rocking chairs throughout the city as part of it’s Placemaking Program.

“We chose rocking chairs as a symbol of the city’s charm, encouraging people to stop and take in the environment, and celebrate their public spaces,” said Monica Holmes, placemaking manager for the city’s Urban Design Center. “We want to build on the city’s welcoming reputation while encouraging Charlotteans to explore the possibilities of shaping our community together.”

The campaign mirrors seating strategy at Charlotte Douglas International Airport, which has been wildly popular with air travelers.

The city said it hopes that residents will sit and relax in the new chairs, and maybe even share ideas about how to transform underutilized public spaces into vibrant, useful places for everyone. Each chair will have the program’s website painted on it, with the hope that lounging will lead to visits to the online portal for neighborhoods and businesses to find funding opportunities, emerging artists and tools to implement public space projects.

The chairs will remain in place through the end of the year, the city said.

Here’s a map of where chairs are located:

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Have you seen the latest addition around town? Rocking chairs will be placed around Uptown and other areas until the end of 2019. Click the link in our bio to find the closest rocker to you! #RockWithCLT
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