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Aug 11, 2014

Charlotte gets a poor report card on land use

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 […]

May 28, 2014

Charlotte among most dangerous cities for pedestrians

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 […]

Apr 17, 2014

Southern sprawl

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 […]

Apr 7, 2014

Charlotte 5th in sprawl

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 […]

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