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A decade ago, Charlotte’s civic leaders and neighborhood activists created the Renaissance West Community Initiative, an effort to break the cycle of poverty.

A deeper look into Renaissance West, a project to revitalize a west Charlotte neighborhood through an education village approach.

Is this new plan the answer? Charlotte and Mecklenburg County have battled homelessness for years.

In 2014, Charlotte got some unsettling news – despite its booming economy, the American Dream was floundering here. A Harvard-Berkeley study found a child born in poverty had the lowest chances among major U.S. cities of making it out of poverty. It was a rallying cry for government, nonprofits, and companies to work together to improve those odds. But now, eight years later, it’s hard to tell whether we've made progress on those efforts.

Letters to The Vancouver Sun, Nov. 30, 2021.