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Stories by Ely Portillo

Should Charlotte make its transit system free?
January 15, 2020
There’s been a lot of planning lately for Charlotte’s growing transit system, with new rail lines, improved bus service and the first inter-county transit links in the works — as well as...

Nonprofit charts a new course for troubled South End development
January 8, 2020
A new, mixed-income housing development is set to take the place of a long-troubled, low-income housing complex in South End.  Brookhill Village is a paradox: An oasis of affordability in the...

Charlotte is trying to get you out of your car and onto a bus
December 16, 2019
Bus ridership has been falling in Charlotte for years, even though buses still carry the majority of public transit riders.  Local transit officials are hoping to reverse the trend with...

What’s on our city’s wish list? See some gifts for Charlotte
December 6, 2019
It’s hard shopping for the city that has it all: Gleaming office towers, a new-ish light rail line, a booming population and one of the world’s busiest airports. But that doesn’t mean Charlotte...

Charlotte has had four main uptown libraries. What do they tell us?
November 25, 2019
Charlotte is a city with a reputation for tearing down its old buildings to replace them with the next big thing, and perhaps nowhere is that go-go approach to development more apparent than at the...