Meet Marc Friedland
This is the website of Marc Friedland, 2009 candidate for Charlotte City Council in District 7, delegate to the 2008 Democratic National Convention and former owner of Talley’s Green Grocery in Charlotte, NC.
Marc knows the South Charlotte community where he’s lived for 19 years raising 2 children with his wife Jyoti. As a socially conscious small business owner, he knows how to manage budgets and deliver the best customer service. These are the skills our city sorely needs in these troubled economic times.
Marc was born in Philadephia, PA and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a bachelor’s degree in history.
In 1991 when Marc Friedland opened Talley’s Green Grocery, his intention was to expose Charlotte for the first time to a full service natural foods supermarket. Talley’s was a pioneer in it’s promotion of vegetarian and organic food and over the years these foods have become available all over the city. With Talley’s mission accomplished, Marc decided to take on another challenge… politics!
Marc and Jyoti are also currently in preparations to open a vegetarian restaurant.
Marc’s personal interests include gourmet vegetarian food (his wife Jyoti is a chef), organic and locally grown food, healthy living, and yoga. He also designed and manages this website.
On this site you will find information Marc’s thoughts on the economy and other important issues and a chronicle of his experiences as a candidate for Charlotte City Council and a delegate at the 2008 Democratic National Convention.
Post #1 from July, 2008:
How To Get Involved In Politics Without Really Trying
First, your wife gets involved in a presidential campaign, you join her at a few meetings, then attend a local party precinct meeting, send in an application to apply to be a delegate to the national convention, stand on the street holding signs supporting the candidate before the local primary, close your business after 17 years, attend county party convention, attend district party convention and get elected as a delegate to the national party convention…
This happened to me! Stay tuned to my blog page for the rest of the story.
