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As the Charlotte region confronts the challenges and opportunities facing our growing region, the UNC Charlotte Urban Institute is welcoming new staff members to help engage with the community, study problems and find policy solutions. Three new staff members are joining the Charlotte Urban Institute this summer, all of whom will directly engage with research […]

For two years, the COVID-19 pandemic prevented Charlotte City Walks from hosting in-person walking tours to introduce people to the history, food, culture and challenges facing our diverse neighborhoods. In 2020, the program was canceled. In 2021, City Walks went virtual, offering self-guided video tours and tours via the Clio app. This year, City Walks […]

With rents and home prices shooting up to record levels, it’s not news that finding a place to live in Charlotte is getting more expensive. Last week, the Charlotte Journalism Collaborative brought together local and national experts, advocates and community members in search of policy solutions that could help ameliorate the situation. One takeaway: There’s […]

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Campus Compact is pleased to announce that Kimberly Buch, professor of psychology at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte has been awarded Campus Compact’s Thomas Ehrlich Civically Engaged Faculty Award. The award, presented in partnership with Brown University’s Swearer Center, recognizes senior faculty who practice exemplary engaged scholarship through teaching and research. Recipients are […]

As a member of Niner Nation and the greater Charlotte community, you are invited to participate in the Annual McCrorey YMCA MLK Holiday Virtual Celebration scheduled for 9:00 am on Monday, January 17th. This event will honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy and celebrate the impact of the McCrorey YMCA. Showcased events will include […]

By Mae Israel After decades of being shunned by traditional corporate grocers rushing to expand elsewhere in the city, leaders in predominantly Black neighborhoods along West Boulevard have a new hope: that they finally will get a full-service, community-owned grocery store only minutes from their homes. The optimism comes after failed promises and rising prosperity […]

As we chart a new path for Charlotte, how do we continue to form reciprocal teaching and research community partnerships to co-produce transformative solutions to the region’s challenges? Join the Office of Urban Research and Community Engagement to address this question on November 11th at the virtual UNC Charlotte Engaged Scholarship Symposium. [Register to attend] […]

By Mae Israel The Community Innovation Incubator represents a new partnership between university researchers and Charlotte neighborhood residents to study a local issue and develop recommendations with an action plan. In this approach, residents are equals and full participants, not research subjects. Process Mecklenburg County officials, who have designated dealing with food insecurity as a […]

Bringing the vision into focus: Study groups zero in on West Charlotte food retail innovation By Mae Israel After weeks of research, a market study and discussions, a group of researchers from UNC Charlotte and Johnson C. Smith University, along with West Charlotte community experts who have been working on ways to increase food access […]