Charlotte Ordinance to Follow
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. Mecklenburg County has passed the first non-discrimination resolution since House Bill 142 (HB142), which was created in response to House Bill 2 (HB2, also known as the “bathroom bill”). Instead of addressing the fallout from HB2, Gov. Roy Cooper signed into law the aforementioned HB142. This bill made it so that local governments (including the city of Charlotte) would be unable to regulate any sort of public accommodation or employment practice for any unprotected class. Beyond LGBTQ individuals, this ordinance also negatively affected veterans, unmarried adults and the elderly. After three-and-a-half years, the ordinance recently expired in December 2020.
Mecklenburg County Commissioners float idea of park bond to fund expansions
Charlotte-Mecklenburg isn t the best in the country for parks and greenways. Quite frankly, in a growing city, it s a race for land. Author: Hunter Sáenz (WCNC) Updated: 10:36 PM EST January 28, 2021
CHARLOTTE, N.C. Charlotte-Mecklenburg isn t known for its amount of parks or greenspace.
Mecklenburg Parks and Recreation is working to release the plans in February that would help fix that problem and some on the board of county commissioners are eyeing a bond as a possible way to fund it.
Currently, there are 210 parks in the county on roughly 21,000 acres of land that s hard to come by these days.