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September 2, 2021

Biketoberfest is oh, so Charlotte: Explore the city by bike, then go to a brewery (CharlotteFive)

Sustain Charlotte’s Biketoberfest event is back and will be held on Oct. 24 this year,…
August 30, 2021

CITYLYNX Gold Line streetcar officially up and running (WBTV)

This morning, WBTV interviewed our Executive Director Shannon Binns about the newly opened Phase 2…
August 18, 2021

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…
July 28, 2021

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…
July 20, 2021

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…
June 29, 2021

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…
June 28, 2021

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…
June 2, 2021

Scoop: Memo shows top city staff at odds over comprehensive plan (Axios)

Axios reporters Michael Graff and Katie Peralta Soloff wrote about an exchange of memos between…
June 2, 2021

In an unusual dispute, two Charlotte leaders at odds over 2040 plan (WFAE)

WFAE reporter Steve Harrison covered the memos exchanged between key city staff just weeks before…
June 1, 2021

Memo reveals Charlotte economic development director’s big concerns with 2040 plan (Charlotte Business Journal)

Charlotte Business Journal’s Ashley Fahey reported on two of Charlotte’s top-ranked staff members recently exchanging…