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By Mae Israel After decades of being shunned by traditional corporate grocers rushing to expand elsewhere in the city, leaders…

As we chart a new path for Charlotte, how do we continue to form reciprocal teaching and research community partnerships…

By Mae Israel The Community Innovation Incubator represents a new partnership between university researchers and Charlotte neighborhood residents to study…

Bringing the vision into focus: Study groups zero in on West Charlotte food retail innovation By Mae Israel After weeks…

Empowering and engaging with the community in West Charlotte By Mae Israel Before joining the University of North Carolina at…

‘Fresh food access is a human right’ — Meet some of the people seeking change in West Charlotte By Mae…

Designing a new solution for food insecurity in West Charlotte By Mae Israel A large black-and-white sign on the front…

Lori Thomas, Director of Research and Faculty Engagement at the UNC Charlotte Urban Institute, will assume the role of Interim…

Many faculty members at UNC Charlotte are intimately involved in the community, often seeking to teach, conduct research, and engage…

Most growth cities do not pay serious attention to equity. They don’t have to. Charlotte-Mecklenburg is different. And UNC Charlotte…

UNC Charlotte is building on its action research legacy to partner university researchers with community leaders to solve the region’s…