CHARLOTTE – The City Council approved several rezoning petitions Monday night and heard public comments on a proposed apartment development near Woodlawn Road at Abbey Place. Approvals included the rezoning of Dee Dee Harris’ Quail Hollow Village in south Charlotte, ...

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Representatives from GoodSports Enterprises are slated to visit Charlotte on Dec. 17 to update city officials on the company’s ongoing quest to obtain funding for its part of a proposed amateur sports complex near Bojangles’ Coliseum. And in a separate ...

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CHARLOTTE – The City Council is expected to vote Dec. 8 on approving $16 million for phase one renovations to Bojangles’ Coliseum, including $4 million in upgrades that, if approved, could result in the Charlotte Checkers moving their minor-league hockey ...

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It’s reassuring to know that our City Council members adhered to protocol at Monday night’s zoning meeting. They repeatedly called for and seconded motions, decided on adopting committee recommendations and voted on developers’ petitions for land use. Mayor Dan Clodfelter ...

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The Charlotte City Council on Monday unanimously approved several initiatives, including the allocation of more than $4 million in funds to address housing needs. The $4,069,002 Community Development Block Grant Fund will go toward the following: More than $2.4 million ...

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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 north Charlotte. Developers around UNC Charlotte have steadily been building ...

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Charlotte City Council on Monday night approved a three-year extension of a stormwater mitigation fee program for redevelopment projects across the city. The city staff had originally recommended an extension of five years to the fee-in-lieu program, but reduced it ...

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The Charlotte City Council held rezoning hearings on several issues Monday evening – an event that dragged on for hours and hours. Somewhere around 10 p.m., an alarm sounded at the Government Center, prompting Mayor Dan Clodfelter to ask bleary ...

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CHARLOTTE – The City Council this week approved the rezoning of 46 acres for an industrial park in west Charlotte, as well as 31 acres for an apartment complex in southwest Charlotte.  The measures were approved by a vote of ...

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The N.C. Department of Transportation briefed the Charlotte City Council this week on plans to widen Interstate 77 with toll lanes in Mecklenburg and Iredell counties, and put a price tag on project-related “bonus funds” the state is slated to ...

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