Which is better from your experience?
I have had the same experience as Hootie as well since coming home from COVID.
Productivity for my team is way up compared to before.
As far as bad apples, we donāt have any but if we did they would be managed up or managed out.
Charlotte Mecklenburg Library University Branch is moving closer to University Lake.
clt says libraries are fun.
Data obtained by WBTV shows that the level of safety and security incidents on CATS buses ranks among the highest in the country. The figures seem to contradict a claim by CATS CEO John Lewis in July, when he said CATS had āoperated several million miles without incident.ā Between April and August, CATSā private security firm logged 50 reports of assault, 10 assaults with a weapon and dozens of reports involving drugs, theft, larceny and robbery attempts. One bus driver told the station: āYou have drugs, prostitution. On any given day, honestly, for any drug users in Charlotte, come to the transit center. You can get all the dope you want.ā
Pennsylvania-based High Associates is seeking to rezone a 12.4-acre office park near University City.
The commercial real estate firm filed a petition with the city of Charlotte last week to rezone 10130 Mallard Creek Road, converting it into a mixed-use development. High Associates purchased the property in 2008 for $25.6 million, according to Mecklenburg County real estate records. Itās currently home to Prosperity Place, a suburban Class-A office park.
The question was, why has Austin in recent years had an explosion of high rises while CLT in the last couple has not changed much?
In CLT, I have noticed that high rises seem to be built in waves. The same may be true for Austin, and it sounds like Austin has experienced one of those waves. But CLT is about to enter into a new high growth wave. I have lost track of all the new high rises coming in the next few year or so. But I am sure it must be in the 10-15 range.
Someone mentioned that Austin is a tech center, and this is correct. But CLT fir the last 10-15 years has ranked among the top 5 cities for millineals to relocate to.
Also, I am pretty sure, with the high millennial growth and the surge of the 5-6 bar districts in town, CLT has outgrown its reputation as a family only town. Singles are moving to CLT from all over the country. In fact, CLT keeping 5-6 bar districts busy is a testament to the idea that CLT is now more than a family city.
I used to travel to ATL frequently in the 1980s and 1990s. In 1990, ATL was the same size as CLT today a metro population slightly smaller than 3 million. But ATL only had one bar district then - Buckhead. But they had bars spread all over the region because back then urban sprawl was flourishing.
ATL has always had the reputation as a party town. But CLT today has a nightlife that is as vibrant or maybe more vibrant than ATL in the late 1980s.
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Austin used to build high-rises in waves. That hasnāt been the case for about 10+ years now. No more waves. Itās constant. Theyāre developing a second downtown now by the Austin FC stadium. Construction never stops. Cranes constantly and everything minimum 20 floors. Most of it 50+ floors now. Crazy.
clt is confused. Charlotteās skyline continues to expand
Oddly enough, companies and employees seem to prefer the Texas tax structure to many other places. Who would have guessed!
Eh they get you one way or another anyway. No income tax in texas, but their property taxes are very high.
I like that model because Iād prefer what I pay in state income tax to the city of Charlotte over a state entity.
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This gets buried? We are concerned about 77, but not this? Who is running this sChity?
Is that on the buses or at the transit center? The transit center is the only place uptown I steer clear of.
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Sounds like it. This entire city is riddled with crime. Red lights mean accelerate blindly it seems. If they would ask the buss driver who has the drugs at the bus center, that would be too easy
As someone that is uptown regularly, I donāt know how you state the entire city is riddled with crime. I recently walked from uptown way down into south end and back into uptown between the hours of 7pm and 1AM and encountered nothing but nice people and not once did I feel any sense of danger. I am sure there is some crime as any major city has to deal with, but I feel way less safe walking in downtown Gastonia than I do in uptown, south end NoDa or other parts of the city.
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Last time I picked up my wife from downtown for lunch, we saw a guy beating off at tryin and 8th. Last time I was there at night going to a snow walking down tryin street, I got threatened by a bum because I only gave him 3 bucks. I wasnāt worried, because I can outrun most dudes in wheel chairs. Last time the kids and me picked up my wife for dinner, there was a shootout on or near Tryin street near ninth. I could keep going, but why do you avoid the bus station?