Wed December 23, 2020 - Southeast Edition #27
Eric Olson - CEG CONTRIBUTING EDITOR
The county relies on a pair of EDGE FTS65 Mulch Master machines to help produce its composting product.
North Carolina s Mecklenburg County is the state s largest in terms of population with just more than 1.1 million residents. Along with its county seat, Charlotte, Mecklenburg is one of the South s major urban centers.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg has epitomized the exponential growth of the New South over the past several decades. Fifty years ago, for instance, the county s population was just more than 354,000 people, meaning that it has more than tripled in size since 1970.