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Fayetteville City Council approves $450,000 plan for adding affordable housing in Murchison Corridor, entering next phase
The grant supports planning for more affordable housing in the city’s Murchison neighborhood. To carry out the plan, the city will need additional funding from a separate HUD grant.
NC law makes mandating affordable housing hard — did Asheville find a solution?
In Asheville, officials stopped hotel construction after a years-long boom of developer interest. And while the city didn’t call what happened next “inclusionary zoning,” the game plan did achieve something similar.
Idea for Charlotte to steal: Nashville developer partners with housing nonprofit
Charlotte sometimes looks to similar-sized cities — especially areas where the need is even greater — for inspiration. In Nashville, Tennessee, a developer purposely bought a parcel near land owned by a nonprofit to increase how much affordable housing could be built there.
Treasurer warns NC towns on financial watchlist to clean books or lose charters
This year the town of East Laurinburg ceased to exist as an incorporated municipality after years of fiscal distress, fraud and, in the end, an inability to operate itself. More than 140 municipalities are on the state treasurer’s latest financial watch list, with a handful facing increased pressure to clean their books.
Department of Agriculture program honors Century Farms with 100 years of history in NC
Fast-growing urban areas, skyrocketing land prices and the shrinking numbers of farmers make it difficult for families to keep farmland. Century Farms, like Indian Ridge Farm, keep the legacy alive by recognizing farms that are 100 years old.
$1.8M in opioid response is coming to Cumberland County, and this is how officials plan to use it
The Cumberland County Board of Commissioners has approved plans to help fight the opioid epidemic in the county. It would include treatment for those incarcerated at the county detention center.
Early voting in North Carolina: How it started, who uses it and how to do it in 2022
Thousands of North Carolinians are expected to cast their ballots across the state during early voting from Oct. 20 to Nov. 5. But how did this election process start? And who has used the one-stop precincts the most?
Carolina Public Press among recipients of support through the American Press Institute’s Election Coverage & Community Listening Fund
Carolina Public Press today announced it is one of 31 news U.S. news organizations that will receive support through the American Press Institute’s (API) Election Coverage & Community Listening Fund, […]
Broadband boost planned for 1,000 Buncombe County homes
Rural northern Buncombe County is the first area in the county to see the result of the American Rescue Plan Act’s quest to expand reliable broadband access. Buncombe is one of 81 NC counties that have received state funding to improve internet service.
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