Sept. 7, 2021 An animated speaker. Lots of questions. Many Forum regulars this morning seemed well pleased with the broad discussion of issues being discussed in Raleigh, led by N.C. Sen. Natasha Marcus, chair of the Mecklenburg delegation to the N.C. General Assembly. Marcus represents a ... Continue Reading →
A library retools for the digital/lockdown era
Aug. 31, 2021 The library began turning on a dime in March 2020, when its classes and readings and so forth had to go digital if they were to reach outside the lockdown. Hannah Terrell this morning shared with Forum participants some of what that's meant for an institution, once focused on ... Continue Reading →
FCC offers help with broadband affordability
Aug. 6, 2021 The office of N.C. Sen. Natasha Marcus distributed this flier about an FCC program to help with affordability of broadband services. ... Continue Reading →
Center City Partners’ 2040 plan
Aug. 4, 2021 At Tuesday's Open Forum, there was discussion about a draft Center City Partners plan, released in late July, that offers visions for a number of near-uptown neighborhoods, including the West Trade/Beatties Ford corridor. The draft plan is heavy on pictures, but at 160 pages the PDF ... Continue Reading →
Clients, not court cases: The public defender’s work
July 20, 2021 Kevin Tully, Mecklenburg's chief public defender since 2007, concluded his remarks this morning this way. But in the topsy-turvy world of short attention spans, let us begin with it: “Don’t judge our clients if you can. Keep open minds and try to view my clients this way: "The ... Continue Reading →
County’s full agenda: Homeless, budget and COVID
July 13, 2021 From her Government Center office, County Manager Dena Diorio today reported on a wide variety of recent initiatives and successes reshaping county services in Mecklenburg. Diorio prepared comments about three issues identified by the Forum: how the county is serving homeless ... Continue Reading →
Census 2020: What we know, what’s to come
June 29, 2021 Rebecca Tippett was playing with a good hand, but with some cards missing. An expert in all things Census, and founding director of Carolina Demography at the Carolina Population Center at UNC-Chapel Hill, Dr. Tippett's slides highlighted the nearly 9.5% growth registered in the ... Continue Reading →
Steering justice through Covid waters
June 8, 2021 For decades, Mecklenburg District Attorneys have bemoaned a lack of financial resources to deal with the state's largest court jurisdiction. On top of that, current DA Spencer Merriweather and the system that he administers has had to adjust to the COVID-19 lockdown. Today, even as the ... Continue Reading →
How knocking on doors boosted Census accuracy
May 25, 2021 It was six months from Census deadline, and participation had risen to just over half the number of people that demographers believed actually live in Mecklenburg County. Literally millions of federal dollars would be lost in the future if the count fell short and Mecklenburg groups ... Continue Reading →
Sheriff McFadden: Committed to residents in & out of detention
May 4, 2021 Amid a pandemic, rampant gun violence and global unrest, Garry McFadden is still smiling. Nearly every chance he gets. He touts the women's Debate Team inside the Detention Center and challenges outside teams to try to beat them. He fields questions about an Elizabeth City ... Continue Reading →
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