This article offers a perspective from Charlotte, North Carolina, on public/private partnerships. Highlights Charlotte’s use of partnerships to create a variety of public facilities such as an NFL stadium, a performing arts center, a hotel, and a university campus. Describes a council-approved urban economic policy that drives the partnership strategy. Provides advice to municipalities for creating and managing partnerships. Offers a private-sector perspective on the benefits of such partnerships from James Hance, Jr., vice chairman and chief financial offer at the Charlotte-based Bank of America.