Articles

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How’s drive time? Mapping Meck commutes
   November 7, 2012

Commuting stories – we’ve all got one.  How does your commute time stack up to your fellow Mecklenburg resident?  Check out our maps, using 2010 U.S. Census data to break down average commute times. Read more


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Vision of Paris future evokes Charlotte’s past
   November 6, 2012
Mary Newsom
PARIS – I saw the future in Paris. It looks a lot like uptown Charlotte circa 1989, but with flashier architecture. In the French capital earlier this year, I visited La Défense, the huge development that half a century ago was envisioned as the future of Paris, a district of towering offices and wide plazas. Today it’s an office park whose huge cube monument doesn’t make up for its being dead at... Read more


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A new champion for the region’s farmers
   November 1, 2012

Just west of the Yadkin-Pee Dee River, a start-up farm and food council is emerging with a vision to fill small farmers’ wallets with money and the Charlotte region’s plates with local food. Read more


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Members of Farm and Food Council for Anson, Montgomery and Stanly counties
   November 1, 2012

Members of the Farm and Food Council for Anson, Montgomery and Stanly counties:

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Streetcar part of new, larger transit dilemma
   October 31, 2012
Mary Newsom
The big picture may have gotten buried Tuesday as Charlotte City Council members chewed on, and chewed and chewed on, different alternative revenue strategies that might enable the city to build the second leg of its proposed streetcar. Read more


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Voters’ economic outlook isn't pushing them to the polls
   October 30, 2012

Are people who are unemployed or financially distressed more likely to vote than those who have jobs or are financially sound? According to data going back to the 1992 general election, they are not. Read more


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Charlotte's economic recovery struggles to take hold
   October 25, 2012

Charlotte has lagged much of the country in this period of economic recovery, but the region has finally begun to see a few small signs of better days on the horizon. Over the past several months, there has been gradual improvement in the unemployment rate and home price index in the region. These bright spots are welcome news in a region that continues to suffer the effects of the Great... Read more


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Praise for transit, but incentives favor driving
   October 24, 2012

Tracey Crowe
There are many reasons public transit, such as a light rail system, is beneficial, even for those who don’t use it. Yet for commuters, Congress has cut a tax benefit for those using public transit to almost half that for those commuting by car. Read more


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What makes cemeteries truly scary: A case for green burial
   October 23, 2012
Ruth Ann Grissom
Cemeteries are popping up in yards across our region. Zombies claw their way back to the surface of the earth, refusing to rest in peace. Real cemeteries are even scarier – and not because of the haints that might lurk there. Many of our common burial practices can be harmful, even deadly. Read more


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Judicial Candidates' Forum 2012
   October 22, 2012

Lisa Yarrow
Domestic violence research has shown that perpetrators frequently use verbal abuse to coerce their victims into appearing at bond hearings in order to support the release of their abuser.  This was one of the many facts about domestic violence discussed at the 2012 Judicial Candidates Forum held on October 2, 2012 at UNC Charlotte’s Center City Building. Read more