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City Council and Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners
Charlotte City Council and Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners leadership members
Sheriff to join Pride parade
Carolinas News Notes
Mecklenburg County Sheriff Garry McFadden will be a participant in the upcoming Bank of America Charlotte Pride Parade on Aug. 18 in Uptown Charlotte.
PPSAT Charlotte to increase services
Planned Parenthood South Atlantic Moves to Larger Health and Education Center Near Uptown
Planned Parenthood South Atlantic’s (PPSAT) new health center will double its square footage with its move to a building just outside of Uptown Charlotte this summer.
From Brooklyn to Ballantyne: The story behind Charlotte’s affordable housing crisis
Charlotte’s history of affordable housing includes broken promises and empty gestures. Now that the city’s chronic shortage has become a crisis, leaders are responding with unprecedented resources. Will this time be different?
Anyone who’s lived in Charlotte for a minute knows that the Ballantyne area, wealthier than Mecklenburg County as a whole, isn’t the place to find an affordable apartment if you’re a hotel housekeeper, a fry cook, a landscaper — anyone making less than $15 or so an hour.
‘Status quo is not working.’ Can Charlotte Find Solutions for Affordable Housing Crisis?
The new Charlotte Journalism Collaborative will be covering this critical issue with a solutions journalism approach. Keep an eye out for these stories over the next few months.
Like most major American cities, Charlotte is suffering from a severe shortage of affordable housing. More than a third of households in Charlotte are “cost-burdened,” which means they spend more than 30 percent of their income on housing, according to a city report.
Gay Men’s Chorus of Charlotte: A Metamorphisis
Quillin Aims to Record LGBTQ Perspectives for Posterity
The Gay Men’s Chorus of Charlotte (GMCC) has been an institution in the region’s LGBTQ community since 2006 when it was created by founding Artistic Director John Quillin.
Ding dong, he’s finally gone!
Commentary: The Pendulum Swings
It’s been a hair-raising week for the LGBTQ and progressive communities. We all sat and watched the election returns with anxiety and anticipation.
Charlotte Hepatitis A outbreak: 4,000 potentially exposed
4,000 people who ate at Hardee's near airport at risk for hepatitis A, county says; gay and bisexual men especially at risk
An estimated 4,000 people who ate at a Hardee’s restaurant on Little Rock Road in mid-June are at risk of contracting Hepatitis A, and should get a vaccination “as soon as possible.”
The mom’s boyfriend said her son might grow up to be gay. Now he’s accused of his murder.
In a courtroom usually set aside for the violence adults unleash on each other, the names of two dead children hung like ghosts. Then detail by wincing detail, a Mecklenburg prosecutor brought Drakeford Watts and Mariya Owens back to life as he told the public for the first time how they died.
‘A colliding set of challenges’ in fight against LGBTQ poverty
Local LGBTQ and HIV-positive communities facing affordable housing, poverty challenges
Local leaders have not focused on those with the highest need, primarily people and families and the lowest end of the economic spectrum.
