
No local issue has been bigger than housing in Charlotte for the past few years — specifically, how much it costs to find a place to live.
From seemingly endless heat waves in the west to catastrophic floods from Kentucky to...
Almost two years after Charlotte’s ambitious transit expansion plan was unveiled, local officials are admitting something that’s become increasingly apparent: It might not come to fruition, at...
With a “silver tsunami” of business owner retirements looming and major generational transfers of wealth on the horizon, employee ownership of small businesses could be an attractive strategy for...
Let's be honest: When you think "Charlotte," the next words to pop into your head aren't "creative powerhouse," are they?
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Rachel Jackson-Gordon is a Research Associate at the UNC Charlotte Urban Institute, where she started in May 2022. She earned her M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Cincinnati’s Educational Studies’ Research Methods program, where she focused on Educational and Community-Based Action Research.
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