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Stories by Mae Israel

Residents wait to see if they can stay in fast-changing South End
June 4, 2020
Debbie Williams grew up in Charlotte’s Brookhill Village, a neighborhood of one-story duplex and triplex apartments built for black families in the 1950s. She has watched while its owners let the...

Growth and change surge in Charlotte’s Historic West End
April 14, 2020
Sitting in a gas station turned into a café and coffee shop along Rozzelles Ferry Road in Charlotte’s Historic West End, J’Tanya Adams, a longtime community activist, spotted a commercial real estate...

Small towns and rural communities seek to boost affordable housing
November 15, 2019
Although housing affordability is often thought of as an issue in big cities, rural and suburban communities alike are struggling with the affordable housing crisis. And, like Charlotte, smaller...

Farms and sprawl: Conservationists worry they’re losing the battle
November 5, 2019
About 45 minutes from Charlotte in neighboring Cabarrus County, the owners of 1,000-acre Porter Farms raise chickens and pigs on part of their land. The chickens are sold to Tysons Foods, and the...

Urban and rural leaders embrace common ground in this program
September 18, 2019
Many programs focus on developing leaders in the Charlotte region. One, the Charlotte Region Chapter of the American Leadership Forum, intentionally chooses its participants from across the...