BACKGROUND

Learn about the county and its relationship to the region

Introduction:  Catawba County stands out among all the counties in the Charlotte region as the one whose economic progress over the years, while related to Charlotte’s, has had enough independent threads to...

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SPOTLIGHT

04.25.13 - 01:43PM
Demographics
Carolina metros: Changes in the landscape

In the Carolinas, only Charlotte’s metro area tops 2 million people. Raleigh is roughly half Charlotte’s size at 1.2 million. These two metros have pulled away from the pack of the other Metropolitan Statistical Areas in the Carolinas; no others top 1 million in population. Ten years ago, the metros in the two states were surprisingly different.

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John Chesser
02.14.13 - 01:14PM
Economic Trends
Is the Charlotte region ready for another boom?

Times have been tough in the local economy, but it looks as if we’ve finally turned the corner. If growth is starting to make a comeback, exactly where will it be? Is your county ready?

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John Chesser