Dear heavens, I cannot make this stuff up.
In case you forgot about the $32 million National Whitewater Center built with loan guarantees from local government, here comes the $32 million National Whitewater Center to invite you for lunch.
Yes, ladies and gentlemen, the one-of-kind National Whitewater Center will soon be in the food biz, along with thousands of other wholly privately-backed operations. The Eddy Restaurant & Bar is supposed to open at the end of the month.
Wait! There’s more. The National Whitewater Center also has its own retail arm. A “pro shop” that is “Charlotte’s Premier Whitewater Outfitter.”
Charlotte’s non-subsidized sporting goods stores must be thrilled!
If anyone ever doubted that this thing was a clubby little playground for some wired banker-boys, let’ s move on.
