Impact 704 Academy: why does land use in Charlotte matter?
On Thursday evening, several dozen community members gathered for Sustain Charlotte’s Impact 704 Academy’s third and final session of 2022 to discuss local land-use chall...
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Impact 704 Academy: Why does land use In Charlotte matter?
On Thursday evening, several dozen community members gathered for Sustain Charlotte’s Impact 704 Academy’s third and final session of 2022 to discuss local land-use chall...
We joined with the SELC to ask North Carolina to invest in smarter transportation options
Photo credit: Gov. Roy Cooper/Twitter At the beginning of December, Sustain Charlotte joined eight local organizations in signing a letter organized by the Southern Envir...
Charlotte pilots new phone app to improve street safety (Spectrum News)
A new phone app designed to prevent crashes is rolling out across several cities in North Carolina. The TravelSafely app aims to make streets safer for drivers, walkers a...
Sustain Charlotte: 5 things we’d like to see the new CATS leader work on (Charlotte Observer)
On Nov. 30, Charlotte Area Transit System CEO John Lewis resigned. He served at CATS for seven years, a time that included pandemic-related challenges for public transit ...
City of Charlotte’s preferred silver line route would skirt uptown (WSOC-TV)
The city of Charlotte is pushing for the LYNX Silver Line to skirt uptown rather than go through the heart of the center city and share tracks with the Blue and Gold Line...
North Carolina could be wasting millions on widening roads without fixing traffic (Axios)
The bipartisan infrastructure law will distribute billions of dollars for road construction across the U.S., including $100 million to widen I-85 in Gaston County from si...
City sticks with uptown route for the Silver Line (Charlotte Ledger)
When cities apply for federal funding for new transit projects, ridership is perhaps the most important criteria. The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) wants to know: ...
North Carolina could be wasting millions on widening roads without fixing traffic (Axios)
The bipartisan infrastructure law will distribute billions of dollars for road construction across the U.S., including $100 million to widen I-85 in Gaston County from si...
Urbanists have big-city dreams. Charlotte has a car-centric reality (Axios)
An urbanist movement is sweeping the nation as residents of fast-growing cities fight to make them more pedestrian friendly. In recent years, with the ear of politicians,...
Here’s how you can give to Sustain Charlotte to help support our mission
A family attends Sustain Charlotte’s Walk CLT event. During this season of giving, we invite you to consider the powerful gift of investing in a sustainable future. Susta...
Sustain Charlotte spent 2022 advocating for Mecklenburg County greenways and parks
We believe that greenways, parks, and nature preserves are fundamental to a healthy, vibrant, equitable community. That’s why we spent 2022 advocating for Mecklenburg Cou...