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PlanCharlotte.org is a project of the UNC Charlotte Urban Institute, an applied research and community outreach center at UNC Charlotte. Our goal at PlanCharlotte.org is to be a citizen resource for exploring problems and finding solutions in land-use planning, neighborhood design, environmental pro…

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    • Jul 26, 2017 LATEST EPISODE
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    The Song of an Eastern towhee .

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2017 0:13


    The Song of an Eastern towhee . by PlanCharlotte

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    Speeding suburbanization - what's a planner to do?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2016 30:42


    Charlotte is fast-growing, but growth rates just to its south are eye-popping. We talk with the planning director who's trying to manage rapid suburban development in a once-rural S.C. county.

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    He watched, and researched, Charlotte's growth

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2016 33:23


    Owen Furuseth, associate provost at UNC Charlotte, has observed and studied open space preservation, neighborhood changes and immigration's impact in Charlotte and North Carolina for decades. As he prepares to retire, we talk with Furuseth about what he has seen.

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    Cohousing: A square-peg way to live, in a round-hole world

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2016 30:02


    PlanCharlotte talks with Robert Boyer, a UNC Charlotte assistant professor of planning, who studies cohousing.

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    Kannapolis, a town that towels built, faces its future

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2016 35:06


    In the first episode of the PlanCharlotte podcast, Mary Newsom interviews Zachary Gordon, planning director for Kannapolis, N.C., a city with a unique history. Mary and Zac discuss the city's textile village past and plans for its historic downtown, which the city now owns.

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