PlanCharlotte.org is a project of the UNC Charlotte Urban Institute, an applied research and community outreach center at UNC Charlotte. Our goal at PlanCharlotte.org is to be a citizen resource for exploring problems and finding solutions in land-use planning, neighborhood design, environmental protection and other urban and regional issues. PlanCharlotte.org offers news, information and analysis to help people of the Charlotte region make well-informed decisions about the shape of their ci ...
…
continue reading
The Song of an Eastern towhee . by PlanCharlottePor PlanCharlotte
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Speeding suburbanization - what's a planner to do?
30:42
30:42
Mais Tarde
Mais Tarde
Listas
Like
Curtido
30:42
Charlotte is fast-growing, but growth rates just to its south are eye-popping. We talk with the planning director who's trying to manage rapid suburban development in a once-rural S.C. county.Por PlanCharlotte
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
He watched, and researched, Charlotte's growth
33:23
33:23
Mais Tarde
Mais Tarde
Listas
Like
Curtido
33:23
Owen Furuseth, associate provost at UNC Charlotte, has observed and studied open space preservation, neighborhood changes and immigration's impact in Charlotte and North Carolina for decades. As he prepares to retire, we talk with Furuseth about what he has seen.Por PlanCharlotte
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Cohousing: A square-peg way to live, in a round-hole world
30:02
30:02
Mais Tarde
Mais Tarde
Listas
Like
Curtido
30:02
PlanCharlotte talks with Robert Boyer, a UNC Charlotte assistant professor of planning, who studies cohousing.Por PlanCharlotte
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Kannapolis, a town that towels built, faces its future
35:06
35:06
Mais Tarde
Mais Tarde
Listas
Like
Curtido
35:06
In the first episode of the PlanCharlotte podcast, Mary Newsom interviews Zachary Gordon, planning director for Kannapolis, N.C., a city with a unique history. Mary and Zac discuss the city's textile village past and plans for its historic downtown, which the city now owns.Por PlanCharlotte
…
continue reading