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It’s been nearly a year since a fire devoured an apartment complex under construction in SouthPark and killed two workers. Now state fire officials are hoping new stricter rules designed to keep construction sites safer will prevent such a tragedy from happening again. Gavin Off wrote about it for the Charlotte Observer and joined us on Morning Edition to talk about his work.
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WegmansOn this week's local news roundup: homicides are up in Charlotte this year by 31%. A new development is coming to Ballantyne with housing and a new school. Plus – the popular grocery store Wegmans is coming. Those stories and more. -
Mallory CashSet amid the Great Depression, the novel tells the story of a painter who travels to a rural town in Wyoming. Guest host Erik Spanberg sits down with Frazier to discuss the book, Frazier's past work and the role North Carolina plays in his writing.
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A new mural was revealed in northeast Charlotte Thursday as part of a project that captures the experiences of minority communities through the COVID-19 pandemic. -
The policy had been in place since 2019 and previously mandated all public universities in North Carolina to have DEI offices. -
After its previous 13-member board resigned en masse, the Charlotte Art League has named a new board and executive director. The leadership change comes after the nonprofit fell behind on rent and received an eviction notice. -
Fans of the grocery store Wegmans in Charlotte got some good news this week. The New York-based chain announced it’s building its first store in the city, in Ballantyne. That exact scenario is something The Ledger's Tony Mecia predicted would happen back in 2019. This news, and more, on this week's BizWorthy. -
The policy affects all Diversity Equity and Inclusion offices and employees in the University of North Carolina System. -
While Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson’s wife told her nonprofit’s clients that she was shutting down because of her husband’s campaign for governor, she told a state agency a different story.
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This week on SouthBound, host Tommy Tomlinson convenes a panel of three experts on Charlotte for his second SouthBound Live event about the future of the city. This time we’re talking about affordable housing, equity, and what we can learn from the city’s history. -
This week on SouthBound, we've got a live recording of a SouthBound panel discussion on the future of Charlotte. The panelists are Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Superintendent Crystal Hill; Sil Ganzó, the founder of ourBRIDGE, which provides after-school programs for immigrant and refugee children; and John Searby, director of the Catawba Riverkeeper organization and the Daniel Stowe Botanical Gardens.
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