About Clarke Allen
The Clarke Allen Group is an organization comprised of four award winning/ vertically integrated entities. Each brand was developed to operate on its own yet and each brand is interrelated; Charlotte Arrangements, Creatrix, CenterStage@NoDa, and Legacy Charitable Partners (LCP); The Clarke Allen Group allows us to provide the most comprehensive approach to your hospitality, event, design, and fabrication needs. Charlotte Arrangements is the area's only full-service destination management company providing events and meetings, design and production, transportation and tours. All of our talented professionals are dedicated to the success of your event. You have one contact, your account executive, who manages and double-checks all of the arrangements, timetables, confirmations, personnel, and various details. Our job is to make your job easier and more manageable.
Creatrix Design was founded in 1997 and has been amazing clients with artistry, innovation, originality, service, and value through the southeast and the US. Companies such as Microsoft, Fox TV, and Hendrick Motorsports have turned to CREATRIX DESIGN time and time again for permanent and temporary design. We also design web applications and implement social media into events for our clients.
CenterStage@NoDa is the most exciting venue in Charlotte and the Carolinas. It combines atmosphere and energy with a level of convenience and ease never before available to clients in the Charlotte region. Our CenterStage @ NoDa managers are there to help you whether it is your first big event or you are a seasoned professional.
Legacy Charitable Partners mission is to support and strengthen Non-Profit Organizations by providing counsel, expertise, and engagement that helps build and sustain success. You can get hands on assistance with larger events, sponsorships, and other fundraising activities.
Through our brands, Clarke has had the opportunity to build client relationships with companies such as Belk, Lowes Home Improvement, Siemens, American Tire, and Joe Gibbs Racing. Of Clarke’s many projects, he was most honored to design and produce Dr. Maya Angelo’s 82nd birthday celebration at her home. Clarke is a certified DMCP and our company participates in ISES, CAHA, NACE, MPI, ADME, HSMAI and HTA.
Clarke has had many successes over the past years. In 1999, he was nominated for Entrepreneur of the Year and was a finalist for that award in 2001. Charlotte Arrangements received an EVIE, a Special Event Industry Award of Excellence, in 2001 and another in 2006. Charlotte Arrangements has been named as a top 25 DMC by Special Events Magazine for two consecutive years; and in 2006, was recognized as the inaugural Services Partner of the Year by Visit Charlotte, part of the Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority. Clarke has been acknowledged for his support of the Arts and Science Council and for his work on Classroom Central and Business Through a Child’s Eyes – projects of the Center City Area Council of the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce.
Dr. Maya Angelo dubbed him a “giver of joy”. He knew that no matter where his professional ventures might lead him, he wanted this title to be the guiding core of his work. Of his many roles and activities, Clarke considers his most important and treasured role to be that of “Dad” to his two sons. It was an entrepreneurial spirit infused with restless creativity that propelled Clarke from a hotel sales manager to start his own event planning company, Charlotte Arrangements, in 1994. Soon after came Creatrix Design, a full-service design and production house; CenterStage@NoDa, a unique and sought after rental venue; and Legacy Charitable Partners (LCP), a consultative group that assists non-profits with their event and fundraising strategies. Today, all of these businesses operate under the multi-million dollar parent company, The Clarke Allen Group.
