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Lauren is a rare native Charlottean. Aside from her college years, Lauren has lived in Charlotte for her entire life. “I can’t imagine going anywhere else, nor do I want […]

Please don’t hold it against me, but I’m a millennial. I sometimes claim to be Generation X, but there is no denying it … I’m smack dab in the middle […]

My name is Raul Galvan, and I am a rising senior at Davidson College. I’m pursuing an environmental studies major with a social science specialization and a theatre minor. I […]

If you watched the first three Charlotte Moves Task Force meetings, you’ve likely noticed that they were primarily focused on educating the members about Charlotte’s many completed and in-progress transportation […]

Each year Sustain Charlotte hosts an awards ceremony to celebrate the work that is being done in the community to advance smart growth and sustainability. Unfortunately, the COVID-19 pandemic forced […]

My name is Xavier Gomez, and I’m a rising sophomore at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. I am double majoring in systems engineering and Spanish, along with a […]

Wishful recycling (placing items in recycling that is actually garbage) costs Mecklenburg County over $1.6M per year. Those costs arise from the special processing cost that the County pays to […]

Before Lisa encountered Sustain Charlotte, she struggled to know how to connect her passion for the environment with her day-to-day life. At the time, she worked in single-family homebuilding, an […]

While 2020 has required many adaptations from all of us, Sustain Charlotte has continued to work hard for the long-term health of our community. Here are a few of the […]

2020 has been a hard year for all of us. A public health crisis, social distancing, civil unrest, and widespread unemployment–our realities have changed greatly over the past several months. […]