Novant Health is a not-for-profit, integrated healthcare system based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Novant serves patients and communities reaching from Virginia to Georgia. Novant was formed July 1, 1997 by the merger of Carolina Medicorp of Winston-Salem, North Carolina and Presbyterian Health Services of Charlotte, North Carolina. The system has 13 hospitals, seven philanthropic foundations, one senior residential facility and more than 500 physicians clinics, outpatient surgery, imaging and diagnostic centers, rehabilitation programs and community health outreach programs.
Charlotte Independence are an American soccer team based in Charlotte, North Carolina. They play in the United Soccer League, the second tier of the American soccer pyramid. They are affiliated with the Major League Soccer (MLS) team the Colorado Rapids. They play their home games at Mecklenburg County Sportsplex in Matthews, North Carolina.