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Turning to a board game for insights on planning Charlotte’s growth

It isn’t quite “Risk” or “Monopoly” or even “Settlers of Catan.” But city officials are using feedback from a new board game called “Growing Better Places: A More Equitable and Inclusive Charlotte,” as they craft the comprehensive plan and unified development ordinance that are meant to guide the next two decades of growth. 

Thoughts on a journey through small-town America

Authors James and Deborah Fallows, who’ll appear in Charlotte on Nov. 13, talk about their travels through America and what they discovered about civic revitalization.

New way to learn what Charlotte-Mecklenburg thinks: YourVoiceCLT

Join YourVoiceCLT to add your voice to a new community panel, a method for administering surveys in a representative way while overcoming obstacles today’s surveys confront, such as fewer people answering their phones. 

Study: Charlotte region lags in food economy, farmers markets

A new report finds Charlotte and its region are underperforming in many measurements of its local food economy. 

Uptown art to ‘Edge City’ growth: Learn Charlotte on foot

Charlotte neighborhoods all have stories to tell, and a great way to hear them is to go on a City Walk. They’re free walking tours throughout May. Here’s how to register.

What’s a UDO? A Place Type? Summit aims to improve public understanding

Saturday, interested members of the public can attend a free workshop to hear more about the initiative to improve and clarify the ordinances that govern development in Charlotte.

Visiting planning expert talks about the need for a city vision

As Charlotte works to create a new, unified development code, a top national planner talks about how a city vision can lead to new ordinances.  

Five Points, like Belmont, to get taste of tactical urbanism

Another neighborhood, this time in West End, will showcase its potential with a day of pop-up improvements.

9 ways (and more) Charlotte could be a better city

What would famous urban observer Jane Jacobs advise Charlotte in 2017? We asked local planners and city thinkers.

Housing proves a hot topic in Charlotte

Charlotte readers snapped up a chance to hear best-selling author Matthew Desmond in September. Here’s how to get on the wait list.