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Longleaf, far as the eye can see
   April 11, 2013
Ruth Ann Grissom
A decade ago, the book Looking for Longleaf: The Fall and Rise of an American Forest traced changes that reduced a forest once covering 92 million acres to less than 3 million acres. Now a new book offers a fresh perspective on longleaf pine forests. (Photo: U.S. Forest Service) Read more
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Celebrate Jane Jacobs with 2 neighborhood walks
   April 10, 2013
Mary Newsom
On Saturday, May 4, PlanCharlotte.org is sponsoring two Jane Jacobs Walks, part of a movement to honor the author and activist by getting people out walking a city neighborhood. The walks will be led by Tom Hanchett of Levine Museum of the New South and UNC Charlotte urban design Professor David Walters. Read more
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Rethinking high-stakes testing
   April 10, 2013

In today’s educational climate, testing scandals are commonplace. But does that mean that testing is wrong? Is it even possible to use quantitative test data yet avoid the pitfalls we're finding in high-stakes testing? (Photo: Nancy Pierce) Read more
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Easy access to work? Charlotte’s not atop list
   April 9, 2013

A new study of access to jobs via automobile, across the United States, ranks the Charlotte metro area near the bottom. Unlike simple congestion studies, this one looks at land use as well as the transportation system.   Read more
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Investing in our past, present and future
   April 4, 2013
Crystal Cockman
If I didn't have natural places to visit – trails to hike, rivers to kayak, mountains to climb, the sound of total quiet deep in the woods and of running brooks and streams  – my life would be far less full. (Photo: Crystal Cockman) Read more
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The measure of a metro
   April 2, 2013
Mary Newsom
In January, Charlotte had 1.8 million people. Today it has 2.3 million people. And no, there was no airlift of half a million residents from the Rust Belt or anywhere else. How can a city gain a half-million people almost overnight? (Staff photo) Read more
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Charlotte spends a day learning about data
   March 28, 2013

More than 150 neighborhood organizers, nonprofit leaders, local government staff, academics, and interested citizens gathered March 26 at UNC Charlotte’s Center City building for the inaugural Charlotte Data Day. Materials presented at the event are now available online. (Photo: Selena Skorman) Read more
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Commuting in Charlotte region: Where do people work?
   March 28, 2013

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 153,015 individuals who worked in Mecklenburg County commuted from another county in the Charlotte MSA – among the highest number of county-to-county commuters in the U.S. (Photo: Nancy Pierce)  Read more
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Boundary change boosts Charlotte metro population
   March 28, 2013

In January, the Charlotte metro area population was 1.8 million people. In February, the metro area population was 2.3 million. Where did the half-million people come from? New boundaries were drawn for metropolitan statistical areas. (Photo: Downtown Chester, S.C., in Chester County, which was added to the Charlotte MSA. / Nancy Pierce) Read more
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Concord and Davidson Main Streets named ‘Great Places’ in state competition
   March 21, 2013

Two of the region's main streets have won this year’s Great Places in North Carolina competition. Union Street in Concord and Main Street in Davidson were recognized among the state’s top downtowns in a competition from the N.C. chapter of the American Planning Association.(Photo: Nancy Pierce) Read more