In the Carolinas, only Charlotte’s metro area tops 2 million people. Raleigh is roughly half Charlotte’s size at 1.2 million. These two metros have pulled away from the pack of the other Metropolitan Statistical Areas in the Carolinas...
Thursday, May 23, 2013
John Chesser
Senior Analyst
UNC Charlotte Urban Institute
Contact John Chesser
jchesser@uncc.edu
Phone: (704) 687-1192
BACKGROUND
John analyzes regional demographic trends for the Charlotte area and supports web communications and technology for the Institute. His work at the institute has included: research and project management, GIS, public process development, facilitation, data systems implementation, remote training and support, and specialized curriculum development in technology training. He has 20 years experience in consulting services. Until 2008, he managed the institute’s project office for the Transportation Information Management System (TIMS), for western North Carolina. This long-term program through the N.C. Department of Public Instruction provides state-of-the-art GIS based tools to all N.C. public school systems for transportation and planning. Through this program, he has extensive operational planning experience in public school transportation, student assignment and redistricting. He also chairs the Davidson, N.C., Planning Board and Board of Adjustment.
M.A. Geography, UNC Charlotte, urban and regional analysis concentration
B.A. Geography, UNC Chapel Hill
Urban development and demographic change; geographic information systems (GIS); web communications; school redistricting, pupil assignment; pupil transportation and school operational planning
MOST RECENT POSTINGS
Thursday, April 18, 2013 - 09:56
The UNC Charlotte Urban Institute has partnered with MeckEd to provide a series of interactive maps that allow the public to do their own...
Thursday, March 28, 2013 - 12:01
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. ...
Wednesday, March 20, 2013 - 09:30
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...
Wednesday, March 13, 2013 - 15:13
Which neighborhoods use the most water in Mecklenburg County? Or electrical power? Digging deeper into the Quality of Life data reveals that patterns of water, natural gas and energy usage vary greatly across the county, with complex...
Thursday, March 7, 2013 - 11:55
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....
Thursday, February 28, 2013 - 16:00
Local perceptions may not have caught up with the new reality in the Charlotte region’s manufacturing economy. Even before the recession began in 2007, declines in the textile and furniture industries were changing the structure of...
Monday, February 18, 2013 - 15:16
The new Quality of Life Dashboard is designed to assess the health of neighborhoods in Charlotte and Mecklenburg County.
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Thursday, February 14, 2013 - 13:14
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...
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