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ANSON
John Chesser
March 28, 2013
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Boundary change boosts Charlotte metro population

In January, the Charlotte metro area population was 1.8 million people. In February, the metro area population was 2.3 million. Where did the half-million people come from? New boundaries were drawn for metropolitan statistical areas.   In February 2013, new MSA definitions* took effect. The changes, based on commuting ties among counties,

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John Chesser
Keith Waters
March 17, 2013
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John Chesser
Keith Waters

Population changes in the Carolinas 2010-2012

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Mary Newsom
March 13, 2013
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Contest: Show us the places you love

Photo contest
What places in our region have a hold on your heart? Is there a building or a patch of woods so special to you that you’d lie down in front of a bulldozer to save it? We want to know about it. To celebrate our first anniversary, PlanCharlotte.org is sponsoring a photo contest to let our readers show us what places in this area they consider

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November 01, 2012
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Members of Farm and Food Council for Anson, Montgomery and Stanly counties

Members of the Farm and Food Council for Anson, Montgomery and Stanly counties: Anson County Farmer: Gary Sikes, heritage turkey farmer, Bountiful Harvest Farm. Government: Charles Dunevant, resource conservationist. Public Health/Medical: To be determined. Education: Stuart Wasilowski, vice president, South Piedmont Community College.

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Corbin Peters
November 01, 2012
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A new champion for the region’s farmers

Farm and Food Council launches in Anson, Montgomery, Stanly
Just west of the Yadkin-Pee Dee River, a start-up farm and food council is emerging with a vision to fill small farmers’ wallets with money and the Charlotte region’s plates with local food. The collection of farmers, elected officials, health professionals and educators held its official inaugural meeting last week at Stanly Community

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John Chesser
October 02, 2012
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Charlotte population growth: A clearer picture

  The Charlotte metro was definitely a hotbed of growth for the state during the past decade. From 2000 to 2010, the Charlotte metro area’s population grew by 32 percent, compared to the national growth rate of 9.7 percent. The pattern within the metro region is uneven, however, with of much of the strongest population increases

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John Chesser
Keith Waters
September 26, 2012
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John Chesser
Keith Waters

How Charlotte area school districts scored on the SAT

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Zach Szczepaniak
John Chesser
September 12, 2012
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Zach Szczepaniak
John Chesser

Education and economic recovery: Charlotte USA

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John Chesser
August 08, 2012
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Home values in region: Clusters of highs, lows

How much are homes in your neighborhood worth? The era of upside-down mortgages and foreclosures has left homeowners across the country anxious about home values – their own and their neighbors'. In the midst of this housing market upheaval, explosive growth in the Charlotte region has reshaped residential patterns. Clusters of higher-

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Amanda Albright
June 14, 2012
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Anson tries again for countywide zoning

Anson County is reigniting efforts to complete a contentious enterprise that has been in the works since a 2005 ordinance: countywide zoning. The issue has re-emerged due to concerns about disorganized residential areas and about development in underused parts of the county. Countywide zoning is a difficult undertaking because many people do

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ANSON COUNTY

Learn more about Anson County and its relationship to the Charlotte region at the UNC Charlotte Urban Institute’s Anson County page.

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