2024 Sustain Charlotte giving campaign
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How to support a cooler, more resilient city
Last night, more than 70 people gathered for our first Impact 704 Academy session of 2024 at Charlotte Urban Design Center, sponsored by South End. This free 3-part series is […]
City of Charlotte begins work on strategic energy action plan 2.0
In 2018 the City of Charlotte adopted the Strategic Energy Action Plan, an ambitious climate action plan with two timebound goals. First, for the City’s vehicle fleets and buildings to […]
Tree Canopy Action Plan 2.0
The City of Charlotte’s Planning Department’s staff has announced that they will be working on updating the Tree Canopy Action Plan to version 2.0 in 2025. The objective is to […]
Take the pledge: Day Without Driving
Sustain Charlotte, Charlotte Regional Transportation Coalition (CRTC), Mecklenburg County Air Quality, Charlotte Office of Sustainability and Resilience, Charlotte Department of Transportation (CDOT), and Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS) invite you […]
2024 Voter Guide: See where county commission candidates stand on climate
To help our followers better navigate the local election scene and understand where each candidate stands on a range of important issues that affect local sustainability, in partnership with the […]
How can the City make progress on Vision Zero? New audit offers concrete steps
On July 25, the City of Charlotte Internal Audit Department released a Vision Zero Audit. The audit was conducted to find out what exactly the city is doing to make […]
Action Alert: Critical greenway & Uptown CycleLink connection in peril
At a public hearing on May 20, Rezoning Petition 2024-031 was presented to Charlotte City Council. The rezoning would allow modifications to the Panthers practice fields and construct a fieldhouse […]
Dangerous by design: Unsafe streets lead to dramatic increase in pedestrian fatalities
The Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia metro area ranks 47th out of the 101 largest U.S. metro areas for the rate of people killed by vehicles by walking. 277 people lost their lives while […]
FY2026 and FY2025-29 CIP: Together, we made a difference!
On Tuesday, June 4, the Board of County Commissioners voted unanimously to approve the proposed FY2025 annual budget and FY2025-2029 Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) project list. We have been advocating […]