Tuesday, June 18, 2013
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Mary Newsom
June 05, 2013
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A game of homes (and jobs, farms and more)

“Smart Growth was an intellectual fetish of a self-selected liberal Eastern elite.” Robert J. Grow, president and CEO of Envision Utah, a public-private collaboration in the Salt Lake City region, told about 400 Charlotte region residents that his Western region calls what it does “quality growth.”  “It was our

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Melissa Currie
May 31, 2013
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CONNECT-ing to a regional vision of growth

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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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Elizabeth Workman
Claire Apaliski
March 28, 2013
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Elizabeth Workman
Claire Apaliski

Commuting in Charlotte region: Where do people work?

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 153,015 individuals who worked in Mecklenburg County commuted from another county in the Charlotte MSA – among the highest number of county-to-county commuters in the U.S.   When deciding where to live or work, a primary consideration is commute time. A shorter commute time allows more time at home

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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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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
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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John Chesser
Mary Newsom
April 03, 2012
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John Chesser
Mary Newsom

A region by many other names

Recent headlines have trumpeted the U.S. Census finding that between 2000 and 2010, the Charlotte “urbanized area” was the nation’s fastest growing among areas with 1 million or more people, at 64.6 percent. But the statistic also highlighted the inconsistent, even chaotic, differences in how the so-called Charlotte region gets

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chester County

CHESTER COUNTY

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

HEADLINES

Environment
For Charlotte trees, one step forward, two steps back?
Environment
Group aims to restore shrinking city tree canopy
Planning
Is there a ‘right’ density? One expert says no
Environment
Prevent pollution? There’s an app for that
Planning
Imagining a trail of parks through South End

 

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chester County

 

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