CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Leaders in North Carolina's largest city are ramping up efforts to land the 2012 Democratic National Convention.
Officials are talking about turning the city's center into a political "Olympic village."
The Charlotte Observer reported Friday that city boosters have hired a consultant who helped choose Denver, Colo., as host of the 2008 convention.
A site selection committee is expected to visit Charlotte later this month.
The Democratic National Committee last month named Charlotte as a finalist for the convention along with Cleveland, Minneapolis and St. Louis. Republicans will nominate their 2012 presidential candidate in Tampa, Fla.
Mayor Anthony Foxx says the convention would have an economic impact of up to $200 million. He says no public money is going to the organizing effort.
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