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Jennifer Roberts

Feb 8, 2016

Mayor Jennifer Roberts: Making her mark on the city’s past, present and future

Newly-elected Charlotte Mayor Jennifer Roberts, a graduate of East Mecklenburg High School and UNC-Chapel Hill, has a strong work history in the Queen City. Her resume includes stints as director […]

Sep 16, 2015

Charlotte mayor in Democrat runoff; GOP choses candidate

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Charlotte Mayor Dan Clodfelter must win a runoff to have a chance to win a full term as leader of North Carolina’s largest city. Unofficial returns show […]

Dec 2, 2013

The past and future intersect

Charlotte’s halls of political power make for strange bedfellows, as witnessed last month when on-his-way-into-politics Ed Driggs and Jennifer Roberts, who is out of power for the moment, met in […]

Oct 4, 2011

Light rail getting closer?

With Interstate 77 becoming more overwhelmed, the Lynx Red Line should be built. That’s according to Jennifer Roberts, chairwoman of the Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners. “The north commuter Red […]

Jul 15, 2011

Un-sprawling Charlotte

When David Walters looks at Charlotte’s growth, he sees haphazardness everywhere. A resident of Charlotte since 1990, the professor of architecture at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte said […]

Jun 21, 2011

Striking out with Jennifer

Last week, Mecklenburg County commissioners on the Economic Development Committee heard from officials with the Charlotte Knights as the team sought more time to build a stadium uptown. The county […]

Jun 8, 2011

Mecklenburg County commissioners adopt $1.39B budget

Voting along party lines Tuesday night, the Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners approved a $1.39 billion budget for fiscal 2012. The budget, OK’d in a 5-4 vote, includes a lower property tax rate […]

Jun 3, 2011

County’s budget battle heads into homestretch

Mecklenburg County’s 2011 property tax revaluation could result in the county raking in an extra $70 million in revenue for its fiscal 2012 budget. For some county commissioners, the money […]

Feb 25, 2011

ReVenture officials hope to clear the air about emissions

In Newton, Kan., resident Vern Koch has noticed the smoke curling up from a test plant that uses a process called gasification to destroy trash while turning it into energy. […]

Feb 9, 2011

Future of ReVenture Park permit hearings unclear

In a revelation that is angering environmentalists, the state is not required to hold public hearings before it awards an air-quality permit for ReVenture Park’s controversial waste-to-energy plant proposed for […]

Feb 1, 2011

Republicans mixed on convention

Projected economic impact aside, the 2012 Democratic National Convention is, at the end of the day, a political event. And while the Democratic mayor of Charlotte and governor of North […]

Feb 1, 2011

Charlotte wins 2012 Democratic National Convention

Charlotte will be the host city for the 2012 Democratic National Convention, the Democratic National Committee said today, ending months of speculation in the Queen City. The city beat out St. Louis, Minneapolis […]

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