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ON THE LEVEL: Debra Campbell: We won’t be Atlanta
Assistant City Manager Debra Campbell believes Charlotte is about places – a lot of places and many different types. To her, bringing them together under the city’s umbrella – while […]
Search for new planning director on hold
Initial efforts to find a new director of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Planning Department yielded a number of promising candidates and “efforts to negotiate” an offer, but the search should be deferred […]
Niners living finer: City wrestles with impacts of evolving student housing near UNCC
Off-campus student housing is no longer what it used to be – and that has created several quandaries for local policy makers contending with density, zoning and student safety in […]
Developers confident about Charlotte’s apartment market
Local developers were bullish on the future of Charlotte’s apartment market at Bisnow’s Tuesday morning panel discussion on multifamily communities in Charlotte. Dubbed “New Development and Rezoning for the Future: […]
Development leaders discuss city’s future
Some 150 people from the Charlotte-area business community attended The Mecklenburg Times’ “Future Charlotte – Building a Vision” inaugural breakfast forum at Byron’s South End on Wednesday morning. The event, […]
Ed McKinney: Planning director in the interim; putting down roots for the long haul
Ed McKinney moved to Charlotte a year and a half ago to take the job of assistant planning director for the city of Charlotte. His previous role as a consultant […]
Campbell named assistant manager
Debra Campbell has been named assistant Charlotte city manager by Manager Ron Carlee. Campbell formerly had been planning director for the city. She is filling the vacancy created by Eric […]
Elizabeth neighbors a no-show to bar, restaurant meeting
CHARLOTTE – At a public hearing last month on a proposed change to the city’s zoning ordinance, concerns from neighborhoods about those prompted caused City Council to ask the city’s […]
City holding community meeting on restaurant ordinance
CHARLOTTE – For the past several years, the city turned a blind eye to some restaurants that operate illegally. But it now has plans to bring them into compliance, and […]
Reframing Charlotte: A Challenge
Santa Fe has its Spanish Pueblo; coastal South Carolina its Lowcountry style and the Midwest its Prairie School. Florida has its room. Charlotte historically has been architecturally dominated by Craftsman […]
Charlotte real estate group honors planning director Campbell
CHARLOTTE – From humble beginnings to rising to the top leadership of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Planning Department, Debra Campbell never forgets her past. The Tennessee native grew up in Chattanooga, Tenn., […]
Shad Spencer: A big fish in a big pond
The Sept. 11 decision came without warning and in the middle of the week: Longtime Charlotte-Mecklenburg Planning Manager Katrina Young would no longer be in charge of enforcing the city’s zoning ordinance, effective immediately. Into the breach came Shad Spencer, a longtime city-county planning coordinator, after Planning Director Debra Campbell announced he would replace Young temporarily, and[...]
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