CDOT and Sustain Charlotte partner on Vision Zero event
Last year, 21 people were hit and killed while walking in Charlotte, and 2 people lost their lives while riding their bicycles. In the Queen City (and across the country)...
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A new mindset: Developing more sustainable practices (Charlotte Business Journal)
Our Executive Director Shannon Binns recently moderated a panel on the topic of sustainability hosted by the Charlotte Business Journal. Read the article here.
Congressional action on transit funding could transform economic opportunity in North Carolina (Press release)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, Charlotte, NC (July 28, 2021) – A new report released today by the Alliance for a Just Society shows that if Congress acts this summer to fully fun...
Meet the intern: Shivani Kotikalapudi
My name is Shivani Kotikalapudi and I am currently a rising senior at Marvin Ridge High School. I grew up in Stamford, Connecticut before moving to Waxhaw, North Carolina...
Ensure glass bottles & jars are recycled properly: find a big yellow bin!
Glass is difficult and costly to effectively separate from other recyclable materials like cardboard at recycling centers. Therefore, Mecklenburg County Solid Waste prefe...
Why Charlotte desperately needs mobility transformation to survive (Charlotte Stories)
Charlotte Stories shared Sustain Charlotte’s recent statement about the importance of investing in the Transformational Mobility Network. “Expeditious development of the ...
Mobility transformation is needed sooner, not later
Our Challenge Charlotte’s explosive growth continues. We support sustainable growth that ensures the Charlotte area is a great place to live and work for all. But our tra...
Meet the Intern: Kate Pottle
My name is Kate Pottle, and I am a rising junior at Davidson College. I am majoring in Environmental studies and potentially minoring in Public Health. I was born and rai...
Meet the Intern: Lilliana Sandoval
¡Buenas! My name is Lilliana Sandoval, I am a rising junior at Davidson College in North Carolina. I am majoring in Environmental Studies on a Natural Science Track and m...
City council adopts policy to end exclusionary single-family zoning in new comprehensive plan (Press release)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, Charlotte, NC (June 29, 2021) – At the Charlotte City Council meeting on June 21 in a 6-5 vote, Council approved the Charlotte Future 2040 Comprehe...
Back to work conundrum: Where to park? (WFAE)
UNC Charlotte Urban Institute’s Ely Portillo wrote about how workers returning to in-person are handling the parking situation. Shannon Binns, executive director of Susta...
Charlotte adopts groundbreaking comprehensive plan
On June 21, 2021 the Charlotte 2040 Comprehensive Plan was approved by Charlotte City Council by a 6-5 vote with all of the critical policies and goals we were advocating...