Lisa Worf
Senior Editor for News and FeaturesLisa Worf traded the Midwest for Charlotte in 2006 to take a job at WFAE. She worked with public TV in Detroit and taught English in Austria before making her way to radio. Lisa graduated from University of Chicago with a bachelor’s degree in English.
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From spreadsheets to changing lives: Apparo helps the mundane so nonprofits can do the extraordinaryCharlotte has hundreds of nonprofits working to help people in tough circumstances improve their lives. That work can be transformative, but it’s powered by the same mundane business practices and systems that keep any organization running. That’s where Apparo comes in.
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The racial wealth gap isn’t just a historical or present-day problem. It’s a challenge for future generations’ economic mobility, because how much wealth you have — and can pass down — directly impacts your children's, even grandchildren’s, chances of prosperity.
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The historically Black university is receiving $80 million in private money as part of the Mayor's Racial Equity Initiative. The goal is to vault the school to be one of the top ten HBCUs in the country and a recruiting ground for businesses.
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Nine groups focused on youth in Charlotte are joining forces to support students along their educational path. It’s a collaboration aided by Leading on Opportunity.
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Municipalities in the Charlotte region have received nearly $800 million in COVID-19 relief funds through the American Rescue Plan Act. Half of that went to those in Mecklenburg County to help fund initiatives, including housing and health care. Soon the money will dry up.
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Sections of streets in North End and around Beatties Ford Road in west Charlotte will close for cars and open to pedestrians Sunday afternoon. It’s part of the city’s Corridors Connect events that aim to turn one-mile stretches of neighborhood streets into parks with food and activities.
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Several thousand kids in North Carolina are gearing up this fall for competitions that test endurance, skill and cooperation on the playing field. But the players doing the scoring are robots. The goal is to not only sharpen technology skills, but marketing and collaboration too.
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The city of Charlotte has $9.5 million left to allocate from the American Rescue Act COVID-19 relief funds. Over the past two years, the city has assigned $132 million to various projects.
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More changes may be ahead for the troubled intersection of Interstate 85 and West Sugar Creek Road. The city of Charlotte this spring bought a motel with the aim of razing it and adding affordable housing. And now a developer has its eye on converting two more motels. The hope is fewer motels will mean less crime.
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We've heard a lot of stories over the years of textile companies shutting down and laying off workers. Here's the story about a textile company expanding.