CHARLOTTE – Charlotte received a grade of “D” for land use in a new report issued by Sustain Charlotte, a local nonprofit dedicated to environmental sustainability and economic vitality. In its inaugural report, Sustain Charlotte said the city faces challenges ...

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The Queen City is often lamented for its poor drivers, a likely result of the city’s melting-pot nature in which residents may have brought their native poor driving habits to Charlotte. But a new report, called Dangerous by Design 2014, ...

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North Carolina cities are among the least dense municipalities in the entire country, with a number of metropolitan areas scoring poorly on the Sprawl Index in a study done by Smart Growth America. The Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton metropolitan area scored the worst ...

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Charlotte ranks as the fifth most sprawling metro area in the nation, says Smart Growth America, a national sustainable growth research and advocacy group. The advocacy group examined 221 metro areas across the country with populations of at least 200,000 ...

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