Aug. 22, 2023 New housing that will gentrify the Beatties Ford Road corridor and imperil lower-income residents. Decades-old commercial lots big enough for a new building but not big enough to provide the parking that city ordinances now require. The infusion of city money into Eastland ... Continue Reading →
Candidates seek to hold staff – and themselves – accountable
Aug. 15, 2023 Charlotte’s estimated population topped 917,000 last March, and some of the 11 members of City Council appear to be struggling to stay in touch with so many constituents, with the heaviest burden falling on at-large council members. That theme of isolation of the elected from the ... Continue Reading →
Lyles, Yates spar over city’s role in adjusting to growth
Aug. 8, 2023 A session scheduled for primary contenders for Charlotte Mayor on the Sept. 12 ballot turned into a different discussion involving incumbent Mayor Vi Lyles and Libertarian candidate Rob Yates, who does not face a primary but will be on the November ballot. It was announced that ... Continue Reading →
New Urban League CEO signals ambitious agenda
Aug. 1, 2023 Robyn Lake Hamilton is sorting out a new course for the Charlotte-based Central Carolinas affiliate of the National Urban League. Some might see her vision as an overly ambitious one to be tackled by a $2.6 million organization with a staff of seven. “We’re trying to boil the ... Continue Reading →
Fullwood announces Black Philanthropy Month
Aug. 3, 2023 During the Aug.1 Forum announcements, Valaida stood to announce Black Philanthropy Month. On Thursday, Fullwood sent in the material below. Attention All Black-founded, Black-led and Black-benefitting Nonprofits Serving Charlotte-Mecklenburg Communities Register on the Give 8/28 ... Continue Reading →
Pottstown: Walking minefields of history, organizing for the future
July 25, 2023 Except maybe for Cherry near Charlotte's Myers Park, Mecklenburg's legacy African-American communities have mostly been isolated, separate. Not equal, but surely separate. Out of sight. Initially, and determinedly, outside municipal boundaries and until rather recently beyond the ... Continue Reading →
Index to 2023 Mecklenburg elections
Page initiated July 21, 2022 Listed below are three lists of 2023 candidates for Charlotte and CMS elective office: the Nov. 7 City ballot for mayor and City Council; the Nov. 7 CMS Board of Education ballot; and the candidates who ran in Charlotte's Sept.12 primary but were unsuccessful. The CMS ... Continue Reading →
Grit runs in the family: New CMS Supt. Dr. Crystal L. Hill
July 18, 2023 North Carolina's second-largest K-12 school district is in the hands of a veteran educator. That is not to say that everything she will initiate during her superintendency will be welcomed by every educator. But Dr. Crystal L. Hill presents herself as determined to use what ... Continue Reading →
The bumpy road to business success
July 11, 2023 This morning's Forum featured two women on different paths. Their businesses are not connected or related. But each presenter's story prompted both questions and suggestions from Forum participants. Each could do with a little help from their friends. Sharon Geter started making ... Continue Reading →
Fourth of July 2023
To mark the Fourth of July period beginning June 30 and ending July 10, when the Fourm was not meeting, the following graphics were posted on the front of the website. The next scheduled meeting is July 11. ... Continue Reading →
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