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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.
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