Wednesday, June 19, 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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Mary Newsom
May 15, 2013
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Changing times, changing city growth

Using Twitter to report Tuesday's public lecture
[View the story "Growing in smarter ways" on Storify]

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Mary Newsom
April 24, 2013
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Contest-winning photos evoke sense of place

When PlanCharlotte.org decided to hold a photo contest to celebrate our first birthday, we expected we’d receive plenty of snapshot-caliber photos. We were delighted to be wrong. Among a number of strong photos evoking a powerful sense of place, Kevin J. Beaty’s photos took top honors. To see a photo gallery of the best of the

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Mary Newsom
April 17, 2013
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Regional cooperation at risk?

Analysis
The implied threat Monday from Charlotte City Council members, to withdraw support for the proposed Monroe Bypass, is more fallout from an increasingly fractious local political battle over control of Charlotte’s airport.  And now, that battle might be putting at risk some long-nurtured regional cooperation. Civic leaders in the

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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
March 07, 2013
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Charlotte region full of great places

APA-NC is sponsoring "Great Places in N.C." contest. Voting ends March 15.
Concord's Union Street, downtown Belmont and Charlotte's First Ward and Plaza Midwood neighborhoods have all been nominated for "People's Choice" awards in this year's "Great Places in North Carolina" contest. North Carolinians are being asked to vote. Polls are open until March 15. North Carolina residents can

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GASTON COUNTY

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