Uptown Charlotte Cyclelink debuts after years in the making
The protected bike lane spanning all of downtown Charlotte that Sustain Charlotte and supportive residents first petitioned the City to build in 2016 is officially open! ...
Development and Housing
Our final UDO series post: help Charlotte’s neighborhoods grow sustainably
Welcome back to our UDO series! If you’ve missed our previous blogs, no worries, we got you! To catch up, you can start with our introductory blog where we talk about wha...
We’re asking NC to invest infrastructure funds equitably + sustainably
Sustain Charlotte recently signed on to a letter with 18 local, statewide, and regional organizations to Governor Cooper calling for NCDOT to follow USDOT guidance to inv...
How Charlotte’s new development rules will support sustainable transportation
Welcome back to our blog post series about the UDO, Charlotte’s first and only Unified Development Ordinance that will define our city’s development for the next several ...
Key details on the new development rules and how they will impact the environment
Welcome to our series of UDO series! If you’re not familiar with the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO), no worries! Earlier we published an introductory post discussing...
We’re sharing key details of the rules that will guide Charlotte’s growth
Welcome to our series of blog posts about the Unified Development Ordinance (abbreviated as UDO)! Perhaps you have heard that in October of 2021, the city released the fi...
Changes approved for future Silver Line Light Rail Alignment
Throughout the years Sustain Charlotte has voiced our support for the expansion of public transit. The implementation of a new light rail line connecting Mecklenburg Coun...
Will new development guidelines make it easier to travel without a car?
The new CTR Guidelines will make it easier to walk, bike, and ride transit to new developments. (Photo: City of Charlotte) In the absence of a robust plan to manage traff...
Action alert: weigh in on the future of your neighborhood!
Images: Charlotte Future 2040 Comprehensive Plan Policy document The City of Charlotte has released a first draft of The Charlotte Future 2040 Policy Map and the Charlott...
Passive House 101
This is a guest post by our Gold Partner, Insight Architects. Passive House is an internationally operated performance-based energy certification program with a goal of m...
Our perspective on parking in Uptown
The comments below were presented to Charlotte City Council at their October 11, 2021 meeting by our Urban Design Specialist Eric Zaverl and Charlotte Mecklenburg Climate...
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...