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	<title>Charlotte Real Estate, Development, and Construction News: Mecklenburg Times &#187; Charlotte Area Transit System</title>
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		<title>Transit talk&#160;</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2012/08/29/transit-talk/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2012 18:10:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Payton Guion, staff writer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After 14 years in the making, a planned uptown transit center still hasn't quite left the station.]]></description>
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		<title>Southside building park-and-ride CATS station&#160;</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2012/05/04/southside-building-8cats-station/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 14:55:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Baughman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mulkey Engineering]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last month, Charlotte-based commercial contractor Southside Constructors began building a park-and-ride station for the Charlotte Area Transit System, a project that will increase the number of such stations to eight.]]></description>
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		<title>Tweaks could come to affordable-housing rules&#160;</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2012/04/30/tweaks-could-come-to-affordable-housing-rules/</link>
		<comments>http://mecktimes.com/news/2012/04/30/tweaks-could-come-to-affordable-housing-rules/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 20:31:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Baughman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Residential Real Estate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[affordable housing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The city of Charlotte is considering changing its rules affecting the construction of affordable housing near transit stations. City officials say that the policy that 30 percent of a housing development built with city money be reserved for middle to lower-income residents is a pricey one for developers to comply with.]]></description>
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		<title>It’s a project for bidders to keep tabs on projects&#160;</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2011/10/04/it%e2%80%99s-a-project-for-bidders-to-keep-tabs-on-projects/</link>
		<comments>http://mecktimes.com/news/2011/10/04/it%e2%80%99s-a-project-for-bidders-to-keep-tabs-on-projects/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 00:49:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tara Ramsey, staff writer</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Government and Politics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bovis Lend Lease]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Charlotte Area Transit System]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Charlotte/Douglas International Airport]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Edifice General Contractors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gloria Tadlock]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Haley Gentry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liles Construction Co.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Max Venuti]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Natasha Warren]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The bid submitted in September by Charlotte-based Edifice General Contractors for a project at Charlotte/Douglas International Airport was in two volumes, each about 3 inches thick. The drawings alone for the parking deck project weighed 115 pounds, said Max Venuti, vice president of preconstruction services for Edifice. The “spec books” for the project were 6 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CATS awarded $847,417 from NCDOT</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2011/07/20/cats-awarded-847417-from-ncdot/</link>
		<comments>http://mecktimes.com/news/2011/07/20/cats-awarded-847417-from-ncdot/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2011 17:02:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mecklenburg Times staff reports</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[North Carolina Department of Transportation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Charlotte Area Transit System is getting an $847,417 boost from the North Carolina Department of Transportation. The department&#8217;s board of transportation has OK&#8217;d the funding to improve public transportation in the Charlotte area. Funding is coming from three programs administered by the NCDOT&#8217;s Public Transportation Division. Through the Urban/Regional Bus and Facility Program, CATS was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Latinos say city, county not doing enough to help their businesses&#160;</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2011/07/01/latinos-say-city-county-not-doing-enough-to-help-their-businesses/</link>
		<comments>http://mecktimes.com/news/2011/07/01/latinos-say-city-county-not-doing-enough-to-help-their-businesses/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 15:56:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deon Roberts, editor</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Action NC Charlotte]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Angeles Ortega]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Astrid Chirinos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Charlotte Area Transit System]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Charlotte-Mecklenburg Community Relations Committee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hector Vaca]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Trasvina]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Keith Gunter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kimberly McMillan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Latin American Chamber of Commerce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[M&J Auto Repair]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mario Grijalva]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Willie Ratchford]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Mario Grijalva came to Charlotte five years ago from California. Before that, he lived in El Salvador. The 53-year-old co-owns M&#38;J Auto Repair, which is just off South Boulevard, a roadway lined with Latino-owned businesses. Grijalva speaks with a heavy accent. His English isn&#8217;t perfect. And although he says he likes Charlotte, he wishes city [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CATS loses &#8216;possibly hundreds of dollars&#8217; in revenue on Speed Street night</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2011/06/07/cats-loses-possibly-hundreds-of-dollars-in-revenue-on-speed-street-night/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 19:51:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tara Ramsey, staff writer</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Trade and Transportation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Caroline Flowers]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food Lion Speed Street]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Trunk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Barnes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rodney Monroe]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Light-rail ridership levels tripled May 28 during Food Lion Speed Street compared with an average Saturday, and some of those passengers did not pay after they were let on trains when rail platforms became overwhelmed. Normally, there are approximately 10,000 Lynx light-rail passengers and 30,000 bus passengers on a Saturday, Charlotte Area Transit System Director [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Destination still unknown for Independence Boulevard area&#160;</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2011/05/10/destination-still-unknown-for-independence-boulevard-area/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 15:18:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Boykin, staff writer</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Alec Polites]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alysia Osborne]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Cook]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Charlotte Area Transit System]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Charlotte-Mecklenburg Planning Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Charlotte-Mecklenburg Planning Department]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eastside Political Action Committee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ed Garber]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jim Cavalaris]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mecklenburg Union Metropolitan Planning Organization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Metropolitan Transit Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nina Lipton]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Paul Williams]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When it comes to lengthy and convoluted planning processes, the Independence Boulevard project is one of Charlotte&#8217;s most notorious examples. And it doesn&#8217;t look like things are going to improve any time soon. Multiple public agencies are involved in the planning for Independence Boulevard&#8217;s future, and plans for the corridor are constantly in flux, often [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Independence Boulevard plan adoption stalls</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2011/04/20/independence-boulevard-plan-adoption-stalls/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 13:38:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tara Ramsey, staff writer</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Government and Politics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Alysia Osborne]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Charlotte Area Transit System]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Charlotte-Mecklenburg Planning Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Charlotte-Mecklenburg Planning Department]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joel Randolph]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Metropolitan Planning Commission]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The adoption of the Independence Boulevard area plan was stalled Tuesday when a committee of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Planning Commission asked planners to consider making revisions. One of the main areas of concern was the number of transit stations along the corridor. The committee asked Charlotte-Mecklenburg Planning Department staff to consider lowering the number of transit stations from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Panelists recommend buses and streetcars, not light rail, for Independence Boulevard</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2011/01/14/panelists-recommend-buses-and-streetcars-not-light-rail-for-independence-boulevard/</link>
		<comments>http://mecktimes.com/news/2011/01/14/panelists-recommend-buses-and-streetcars-not-light-rail-for-independence-boulevard/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jan 2011 22:15:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caitlin Coakley, staff writer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For Independence Boulevard, light rail is out. Streetcars and bus rapid transit are in. Those were the recommendations from Urban Land Institute representatives during a presentation in Charlotte City Council chambers today. John Sedlak, one of the panelists from ULI&#8217;s Daniel Rose Center for Public Leadership in Land Use, said that in addition to its expense, [...]]]></description>
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