The Myrtle Beach Chamber is set up in Charlotte for the DNC.
From police officers to politicos, dozens are heading or have already arrived in Charlotte, North Carolina for the Democratic National Convention.
Thirteen Myrtle Beach police officers left Saturday. Captain David Knipes says motorcycle and radio patrols will mostly serve as escorts. They do this as part of a metro agreement with the city of Charlotte.
"So then, if we need it for a weekend like Bikefest, some Charlotte police officers might come down to Myrtle Beach to help us out," Knipes said.
The Myrtle Beach police are a small part of security at the DNC. According to the Charlotte Observer, the city has received a $50 million grant from the federal government for convention security. The city plans to spend $25 million on its police force.
Eight representatives from the Myrtle Beach Area Chamber/CVB have been in Charlotte, some as much as a week. They are promoting the crowd with sand sculptures of the Grand Strand skyline and president Barack Obama.
"We saw this as a great opportunity. Over 1.3 million visitors came from the city of Charlotte alone to the Myrtle Beach area. Over 4 million from the state of North Carolina came to Myrtle Beach in 2011," media communications manager Nora Battle says.
Delegates from Horry and Georgetown counties are already in Charlotte, and an additional charter bus full of democratic supporters plan to leave Thursday morning at 9:00a.m. from Bethel AME church in Conway.
The DNC is expected to draw more than 35,000 visitors to the Queen City in all.
