How many of us have either grown up in a town or moved to a new town and took the time to look into the history of that place? My guest for this episode of my podcast IT'S A MIX does just that. Doctor Tom Hanchett came to Charlotte NC in 1981 to document older neighborhoods for the Charlotte Mecklenburg Historic Landmarks Commission. I got to meet him when I interviewed him for my cable access TV show Small Town Stories. He was working as the staff historian at the Levine Museum of the New South. He worked there for 16 years. We will chat about his background, Charlotte old and new, and his book sorting out the New South City: Race, Class and Urban Development in Charlotte 2nd edition. He chose to call his episode "Making History In Charlotte." Thanks for checking out It's A Mix. I'm your host Della Freedman.

 Website with the "Food From Home" eating tips as well as the walking tours:  www.HistorySouth.org   And a couple of other excellent Charlotte history websites:   Carolina Room of the public library:  CMstory.org Historic Landmarks Commission: LandmarksCommission.org Dr. Tom Hanchett, Community Historian  www.HistorySouth.org  

Host/Producer:  Della Freedman

Audio Engineer:  Leah Smith

Original Music:  Pete Freedman/Mindy Barker of Smile Decay