On Tuesday, Feb. 16, Gibbie Harris, director of the Mecklenburg County Health Department, issued an order of abatement of imminent hazard for the North End Encampment at and around North Tryon and North 12th Sts. and for the area near Uptown Charlotte to be cleared by 5 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 19, citi
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It comes after the end of a nearly four year ban on new local non-discrimination ordinances.
“You have to take a stand,” says Commissioner Susan Rodriguez-McDowell.
Rodriguez-McDowell hopes she and her fellow commissioners will send a message on Tuesday night.
They’ll consider a resolution encouraging businesses and local cities to pass non-discrimination policies protecting the LGBTQ community.
“We have to all be counted as far where we stand on the inherent dignity of all people,” she says.
The resolution is only a symbolic move, because commissioners aren’t sure they can legally pass an ordinance themselves, so they are asking the cities and towns in Mecklenburg County to act.
Mecklenburg County Commissioners float idea of park bond to fund expansions
Charlotte-Mecklenburg isn t the best in the country for parks and greenways. Quite frankly, in a growing city, it s a race for land. Author: Hunter Sáenz (WCNC) Updated: 10:36 PM EST January 28, 2021
CHARLOTTE, N.C. Charlotte-Mecklenburg isn t known for its amount of parks or greenspace.
Mecklenburg Parks and Recreation is working to release the plans in February that would help fix that problem and some on the board of county commissioners are eyeing a bond as a possible way to fund it.
Currently, there are 210 parks in the county on roughly 21,000 acres of land that s hard to come by these days.
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North Carolina received the first shipments of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine this week. A Charlotte doctor, Katie Passaretti, says she became the first person in the state to receive the vaccine on Monday. Pending FDA approval, Moderna will also be sending doses of their vaccine to the state next week.
COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths continue to break records in North Carolina, with 98 additional coronavirus-related deaths and 2,811 people hospitalized as reported on Wednesday.
Charlotte City Council discussed a transportation plan Monday night that would fund several transportation projects, but could cost up to $12 billion. A new 1-cent sales tax would pay for the local share, although some Mecklenburg County Commissioners are skeptical of raising taxes amid a pandemic.