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Stay in the Know—Matthews Pulse delivers local events, history, food, coffee, business spotlights, and bookkeeping training every week.
🏛️ Discover Matthews’ Hidden Time Capsule
What if the history of Matthews could still surprise you?
Just steps off Trade Street, a beautifully restored 1879 home holds stories of how our town grew—from the days before electricity to the arrival of the railroad and the voices of neighborhoods long overlooked.
Step inside the Matthews Heritage Museum and you’ll see everyday life from early Matthews come alive through rotating exhibits, local artifacts, and projects preserving the people who shaped our town.
👉 Take a peek for yourself: MatthewsHeritageMuseum.org
👀 What’s Happening…
📅 10/7 National Night Out - Come support our Waxhaw Police Department on National Night Out on Tuesday, October 7th at 5 p.m. We'll be there with the HERO trailer with fun and games! This event is free and open to everyone.
🧑🍳 10/8 Little Cooks With Fun Books - (Waxhaw) It’s the perfect mix of reading, creativity, and hands-on fun for little learners.
🍞 10/9 Knead and Read - (Indian Trail) A cozy combo of baking and story time at Indian Trail Town Hall!
🚚 10/10 Beats and Bites - Get dinner from an eclectic group of area trucks, relax in the park, listen to good music, and enjoy the downtown vibe!
🍂 10/11 Date Night Theatre - Taking live theatre to unexpected places (The Gin Game)
🚗 10/12 Car Show Marshville - Come check out some awesome classic and modern cars, meet fellow car fans, and have a great time. Everyone's welcome!
🍂 Area Farmers Markets
🅿 Parking in downtown Matthews
Downtown parking may be changing. Here’s what you need to know…
❓ Did You Know…
Matthews is one of the nation's "Bee Cities." It was one of the first cities in the United States to be designated as a "Bee City USA," an honor recognizing its promotion of safe habitats for pollinators like bees. The town has a variety of popular green spaces, including community gardens and miles of greenway trails.
☕ Coffee Corner
The Collective Cafe - A cozy cafe and coffee shop with a great space for working, relaxing, or catching up.
The Collective Cafe is proud to be a part of the Nexus Project, an exciting and innovative approach to creating spaces that engage and benefit the local community.
🏢 Local Lens: Business Spotlight
The Exchange Pizza Depot - Small but mighty. Their flavor is bigger than their shop!
The original EPD was housed in a very small building in Matthews NC, on the patio of Seaboard Brewery. The structure was built in 1954 as a telephone exchange, holding the dial up equipment for the phone company. This explains their name, and why their logo is a telephone with a pizza inside for the dial.
➕ Training for QuickBooks Online
Understanding how the chart of accounts works in QuickBooks Online
😁 Fun Fact… It was once called “Fullwood”
After “Stumptown,” the settlement took the name Fullwood (after postmaster John Miles Fullwood). But when the railroad arrived, the name changed to Matthews (honoring a railroad director).
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