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On Monday night, Charlotte City Council met for their regularly scheduled monthly meeting. On the agenda were three items we were paying especially close attention to: a tree canopy report; […]

Featured Story • October 10, 2024 City Council to vote on $3.7 billion widening of I-77 S  UPDATE: On Monday, October 14, Charlotte City Council members voted to direct their delegate to the region’s transportation funding board (CRTPO) to voice the city’s support for starting the process of finding a private developer to build, operate,…

When developers with Space Craft look at North Davidson, they see the potential to turn underused warehouse buildings into vibrant housing communities. That’s partly why the company started: To build their vision of a walkable, destination city, akin to Asheville or Charleston. It saw an opportunity along the Blue Line light rail extension, where residents…

More than 1,000 urban planners, engineers, architects, and advocates gathered in Charlotte last week for the 31st annual Congress for the New Urbanism to discuss the best ways to build walkable communities. Sustain Charlotte sponsored the Congress, served on two panels and hosted a bike-based education tour. Here are the highlights of what Director of…

With the implementation of the Unified Development Ordinance on June 1, Meg Fencil of Sustain Charlotte discusses how the city’s growth plays into the new zoning ordinance. Watch the full WCNC segment.

Charlotte City Council met for its monthly zoning meeting on Monday night, hearing feedback from residents on a number of zoning petitions regarding new residential communities developers want to build in northeast and southwest Charlotte. We are concerned about council members’ comments about delaying the implementation of the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO), which was approved…

On Thursday evening, several dozen community members gathered for Sustain Charlotte’s Impact 704 Academy’s third and final session of 2022 to discuss local land-use challenges. This series of education and engagement programs focused on sustainable, equitable, and resilient urban development in the Charlotte area. The evening began with refreshments and time for networking, followed by an…

On Thursday evening, several dozen community members gathered for Sustain Charlotte’s Impact 704 Academy’s third and final session of 2022 to discuss local land-use challenges. This series of education and engagement programs focused on sustainable, equitable, and resilient urban development in the Charlotte area. The evening began with refreshments and time for networking, followed by an…

During this season of giving, we invite you to consider the powerful gift of investing in a sustainable future. Sustain Charlotte is ready, willing, and equipped to continue effecting meaningful change with YOUR help. We have many options for you to donate your time, energy, and money to contribute to achieving a healthy, equitable, and…

At Monday night’s City Council strategy meeting, City Manager Marcus Jones and Ed McKinney with Charlotte Department of Transportation updated Council members on plans to implement the Strategic Mobility Plan. Jones opened his comments acknowledging that there has been much talk around public transit (rail and bus) and not enough about other forms of sustainable…