Morning buzz (Charlotte Business Journal)
WBTV reports Sustain Charlotte, led by founder and executive director Shannon Binns, has launched a petition in hopes of convincing Norfolk Southern to change its stance ...
Press mentions
What kind of Charlotte do we want? (QC Metro)
Every now and then we have an opportunity to demonstrate who we are, or at least, who we want to become. A chance to live our values by shaping the place we live. The Cha...
Charlotte 2040 plan stuck on single-family zoning issue (WFAE Charlotte Talks)
Hear Shannon Binns, executive director of Sustain Charlotte speak about Charlotte’s 2040 Comprehensive Plan. Two years in the making, it became a hot topic when it came b...
Group petitions Norfolk Southern to change policy to get Lynx Red Line project back on track (WBTV)
Sustain Charlotte started this petition to try and change the prospects. In just a few weeks it gained more than one thousand signatures. “We can’t fit all those cars on ...
Sustain Charlotte launches petition urging Norfolk Southern to let CATS build Red Line (Charlotte Stories)
Sustain Charlotte launched a petition four days ago, which has already been signed by more than 400 people, urging Norfolk Southern CEO Mr. James Squires and North Caroli...
‘Change is happening’: Discussion on Charlotte’s 2040 plan continues ahead of public hearing (Charlotte Business Journal)
In the past several weeks, groups that include community organizations, real estate development groups and neighborhood homeowners associations have come out with strong ...
Unlikely allies. Developers, community advocates want big Charlotte growth plan delayed (Charlotte Observer)
Shannon Binns, founder and executive director of nonprofit Sustain Charlotte, which supports the plan, said the ”disproportionate” influence developers have had in Charlo...
Community coalition calls for delay in Charlotte 2040 comprehensive plan process (QC Nerve)
With the deadline for a vote on the Charlotte Future 2040 Comprehensive Plan rapidly approaching, discussions about certain elements of the plan have ratcheted up in rece...
Don’t let charlotte’s 2040 plan get derailed by a vocal, politically-connected minority (Editorial)
Letter to the editor, written by Shannon Binns: Charlotte City Council members and others are pushing back on the city’s 2040 plan, designed in part to make the city less...
Sustain Charlotte launches an effort to gain public support for a train to Lake Norman (Axios)
Red Line Petition in the NEWS: Our Executive Director, Shannon Binns was quoted by Axios Charlotte today. “We’d like to see Norfolk Southern realize that they have a resp...
Coalition pushes for more sustainable transportation infrastructure in Charlotte (Spectrum News)
Spectrum News interviewed our Program Director Meg Fencil about the Charlotte Regional Transportation Coalition that we facilitate and convene. “Equitable investment in t...
Shannon Binns, Meg Fencil and building a sustainable city (Charlotte Future: The Podcast)
We were interviewed by Ely Portillo for Charlotte Future: The Podcast. Episode summary: Is the city we’re building today undermining our future? We’re talking with Sustai...