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Stories by Ely Portillo

Regional transit plan soon to be finalized
September 8, 2021

Leaders in the Charlotte region are finalizing the details of the first coordinated transit plan to go well beyond the city limits, a document they hope to adopt this fall. 

Preserving the past while embracing change
September 2, 2021

Charlotte has a reputation as a shiny new city, one that tears down grand old buildings to replace them with bland new apartments and historic marker plaques. 

Mapping Charlotte's future: What are place types?
August 30, 2021

There are, broadly, two big worlds that overlap in the planning and development realm: The dirty, hands-on physical world of building and construction, and the wonky, alphabet-soup-of-jargon w

Overcoming the 'stigma' of riding the bus
August 23, 2021

This story was originally published in the Transit Time newsletter, which is produced in partnership between the Charlotte Urban Institute, the Charlotte Ledger and WFAE.

Here and gone: When major buildings don't even make it to middle age
August 9, 2021

Charlotte is a city that’s often criticized for tearing down its history.