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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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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
March 20, 2013
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Charlotte metro: Still high-growth, still strong at core

Of metro areas with more than 1 million people, Charlotte ranked ninth nationally in population growth from 2011 to 2012. That growth was strongest at the center of the metro area, in Mecklenburg County, which outpaced the suburban counties in the region for the second year. Charlotte’s ninth rank in growth came from a list of million-plus

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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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Melissa Currie
February 28, 2013
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HOT lanes: A hot topic at Huntersville meeting

HOT (High Occupancy Toll) lanes proposed on I-77 are a red-hot topic, and residents were vocal about their concerns Wednesday at a public information meeting at Huntersville Town Hall. Jim Trogdon, chief financial officer for the N.C. Department of Transportation, introduced a group of experts to meet with citizens and answer questions. “The

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John Chesser
February 14, 2013
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Is the Charlotte region ready for another boom?

Times have been tough in the local economy, but it looks as if we’ve finally turned the corner. If growth is starting to make a comeback, exactly where will it be? Is your county ready?   In the 2000s growth in the Charlotte region was surging, with the Charlotte MSA* the sixth fastest in population growth in the country during that

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Melissa Currie
November 15, 2012
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Is Gen Y really breaking up with the car?

Mecklenburg bucks national trend of driving less
The Baby Boomer generation redefined the lifestyle, consumption patterns, and values of each new life stage they entered.  Wherever Boomers flocked, prices rose and businesses changed in response to meet their needs.  Will the GenY/Echo Boom/Millennial generation do the same? A flurry of articles citing new reports about Echo Boomers

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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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HEADLINES

Planning
Imagining a trail of parks through South End
Transportation
New name, new money plan for streetcar
Planning
Jane Jacobs walkers explored Charlotte’s trendy, and not-so-trendy areas
Transportation
Anthony Foxx charlotte mayor secretary transportation
Environment
Resilience: Many cities, many meanings

 

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