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Construction is seen in Charlotte s South End area. The Community Benefits Coalition wants to use contracts between developers and neighborhoods to ensure that new development in Charlotte benefits existing residents.
A coalition of neighborhood and community groups is urging Charlotte leaders to strengthen a provision in the city s draft 2040 Comprehensive Plan aimed at ensuring that existing residents benefit from future development.
Community benefits agreements are private contracts between developers and neighborhood groups that spell out how projects will benefit existing residents. The Community Benefits Coalition says agreements like these are needed to protect residents from displacement and gentrification by giving them leverage. For example, residents could agree to support a project in exchange for something the neighborhood wants, like affordable housing, a park, or extra measures to ease traffic.
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A line of voters waits outside Beatties Ford Library.
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North Carolina’s Black voter turnout in the 2020 general election ticked up 4% from 2016. The turnout for Black votes overall was 68% , according to State Board of Elections data.
One possible reason? It comes down to former President Trump, says UNC Charlotte political science professor Eric Heberlig.
“After four years of a Trump presidency, people felt strongly that the country was going in the right or wrong direction and felt it was important to keep him in office or get him out,” Heberlig said.