Jan. 28, 2025 The plan is about more than soccer, more than sports tourism, more than afterschool learning opportunities for children or jobs at the old Eastland Mall site or boosting an entire quadrant of the City of Charlotte. All of those goals were discussed this morning, along with ... Continue Reading →
Facilitators comment on Forum, their roles & Sarah Stevenson
Jan. 21, 2025 Forum facilitators this morning sat down at the presenters' table. and offered their reflections on why they volunteer reliably at the Forum, what their particular focus is in sustaining the group, and what it means to them. Some have been at the forum only a few years. One has been ... Continue Reading →
Researchers explain efforts to reimagine public surveys
Jan. 21, 2025 At a Forum largely focused on other matters, three Johnson C. Smith University professors were given a short time to explain a statewide effort to re-imagine how surveys of the public could be conducted. The goal, they said, is to better reflect the issues on the minds of the ... Continue Reading →
How to have a say in county budget and parks planning
Jan. 14, 2025 Residents complain now and then about not knowing about issues affecting their neighborhoods and lives until after policy decisions have already been made. The Forum this morning gave participants an opportunity to hear just how public input is currently welcomed on two very ... Continue Reading →
A community health center tells its story
Jan. 7, 2025 Under the C.W. Williams Community Health Center umbrella are an increasing number of professional medical services that are available to underserved residents to Mecklenburg and nearby communities. To spread that word, Jennifer Fuentes, executive assistant to CEO Debra Weeks, presented ... Continue Reading →
Happy Holidays!
Dec. 17, 2024 The image below shows the questions asked by Natheley McElrath during the Take a Gift game. She said she has used the same questions every year for 5 or more years, and yet none of longtime Forum participants answered all the questions correctly. The number of questions ... Continue Reading →
To your health: Advice from a diabetes educator
Dec. 10, 2024 Years in medical facilities helped Keisha Lewis see a need for diabetes education. She brought to the Forum today some of what she's learned, and shares with others through her private consultancy. Lewis's contact info is on the second-last slide below. Below the video from this ... Continue Reading →
Rebuilding city’s tree canopy
Dec. 3, 2024 Three staff members from Trees Charlotte this morning explored what a city known for its trees might should be doing to plant more trees, even as it is attracting new residents whose new houses and roads and workplaces destroy the very trees that helped attract the new ... Continue Reading →
Precinct organizing is #1, advocate of accountability concludes
Nov. 17, 2024 Journalist Ken Koontz says that, about eight years ago, he saw a need for some way that citizens could hold their elected officials publicly accountable for the promises they make. He wrote a draft of how a "We The People Alliance" could issue letter grades, "A" through "F," as a ... Continue Reading →
Financial challenges facing NC child care
Nov. 14, 2024 COVID-era federal financing allowed many child care centers that were in danger of closing to remain open so parents of young children could continue to work. The federal funds, which were a one-time appropriation, will be exhausted in Decembe Another report suggests that ... Continue Reading →
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