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Ely Portillo

Ely Portillo
UNC Charlotte Urban Institute
Assistant Director of Outreach & Strategic Partnerships
Sycamore 310-G
704-687-1203
eportill@uncc.edu

Stories by Ely Portillo

2020 was supposed to be ‘year of the plan.’ What happened?
March 2, 2021

Back in late 2019 – before the COVID-19 pandemic shut down much of the world – it looked like 2020 would be the year for plans to guide our community’s growth for the next several decades would...

Who’s paying attention to the planning conversation in Charlotte?
February 24, 2021

Charlotte City Council members confronted an uncomfortable question Monday: How can you get people in the general public to pay attention to technical, somewhat boring, but extremely important...

Moving to the suburbs: Three things I’ve learned that make me hopeful
February 22, 2021

When the moving truck pulled up to the Dilworth duplex we’d been renting for years, I felt more than a twinge of regret to be leaving the urban amenities I’d come to love.

Updated maps let you explore Charlotte’s changing housing
February 18, 2021

Which Charlotte neighborhoods have gotten denser, with more residences per acre? Where have average home sizes ballooned?

What’s next for uptown once the pandemic fades?
February 11, 2021

A few minutes after noon on a recent Friday, a single customer waited for lunch at the Halal food cart parked on the sidewalk at Trade and Tryon streets.