On Monday, Charlotte City Council adopted the $2.6 billion Fiscal Year 2020 Budget, which goes into effect on July 1. The budget enhances ongoing unification and efficiency efforts throughout City of Charlotte government, under the goal of becoming a more ...

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City Manager Marcus D. Jones is pleased to announce that Taiwo “Tai” Jaiyeoba will join Team Charlotte to serve as the City’s new planning director, effective Jan. 16. “Taiwo brings strategic and comprehensive planning experience with success in building communities ...

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The City of Charlotte has launched a Charlotte-Mecklenburg landlord liaison consortium called housingCLT, which will create a unified, collaborative approach among landlords, service providers and homeless households to increase housing opportunities in Charlotte-Mecklenburg through education, outreach and coordination. The housingCLT ...

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City Manager Marcus D. Jones is working to refine and focus efforts on two important City Council objectives — economic development and neighborhood development. To help further that work, Jones announced a new alignment focusing on the two areas, according ...

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Charlotte City Council received an update on the Community Action Plan during Monday’s city council dinner briefing meeting that included status of city staff work plans, assessment of the community input model and an outline of upcoming engagement opportunities. Assistant ...

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The Charlotte City Council voted unanimously Monday night to approve buying 23 acres near Robinson Church and Plott roads with an eye toward preserving trees in the Queen City. The land will cost $376,000, with money coming from a special ...

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The Land Development department for Charlotte and Mecklenburg County has a new home on the worldwide web. The department’s cyber-neighborhood got an update in September along with the rest of the city’s websites as part of a redesign process, according ...

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Kevin Dick has been hired as the city of Charlotte’s assistant director of neighborhood and business services for economic development. He begins May 9, overseeing the fiscal, operational, administrative, and human resources management of Charlotte’s economic development, commercial redevelopment and ...

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The City of Charlotte is seeking nominations for its Neighborhood Leadership Awards. Nominations are requested for several categories, including: *Good Neighbors, which recognizes a neighborhood organization that collaborates on community improvement projects; *Moving Charlotte Forward, which recognizes neighborhoods for their ...

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CHARLOTTE – A potential deal between the city and a Florida developer to build an amateur sports complex near Bojangles’ Coliseum appears to have hit the skids. GoodSports Enterprises, which was supposed to provide an update on the project Thursday, ...

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