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Google Fiber may be coming to Charlotte
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    Charlotte Area Bicycle Alliance focusing on community engagement & economic impact in 2013
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      Upgrades to I-77 & I-277 currently under consideration

        This week on A Healthier Charlotte: how technological innovation is affecting our health

        • how does new technology affect your every day health?
        • we look at the most innovative new uses of technology in health care

        Cycling in Charlotte, on the latest episode of A Healthier Charlotte

        • Charlotte DOT & Mecklenburg County Health Department weigh in on cycling
        • also joined by Spencer Lueders (24 Hours of Booty), and Ann Groninger, an attorney specializing in bike law

        Charlotte City Council races heat up, primary begins Thursday!

        • featuring Chris Miller of WBT, former Mecklenburg Democratic Party Chair Joel D. Ford, Mecklenburg County Republican Party Chair Gideon Moore, and Associate Professor of Politics Michael Bitzer of Catawba College
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        Charlotte ranks second highest value city in the US

        • Kiplinger, a publisher of economic forecasts based in DC, has ranked the best value cities for 2011
        • Charlotte comes in second, just behind Omaha, Nebraska, and right ahead of Nashville, Tennessee

        Fox Charlotte’s “Reboot Charlotte” tells the story of our city in transition

        • new feature viewable on TV and on their website
        • stories so far include our local defense industry, impact on education by the DNC, and local broadband
        photo by Chris Cureton

        Going carless in Charlotte

          The best of #CLT YouTube — 77 North Drive-Thru
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            Indepednence Blvd or Independence Blvd? When interstate road signs go bad
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              HGTV casting in the Charlotte area for My First Sale
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                New recycling and garbage collection changes broken down

                • new 96-gallon green bins collected once every other week
                • use the calendar shown and the resources included in this post to find out when your collection days are

                Closing remarks on the Meck budget, an interview w/ Commissioner Jennifer Roberts

                • libraries, schools, Democratic National Convention, city-county consolidation, Boston's Big Dig, federal stimulus money, and thoughts about next fiscal year
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                Duke Energy Center certified LEED platinum
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                  485 to be finished by 2015, construction resumes this year

                    Video: County Manager Harry Jones takes our questions on the budget

                    • How did we get here? What can we do?
                    • Is the city absorbing the county?
                    • You're responsible for taking people's jobs away. How do you cope with this burden of responsibility?
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                    LYNX Blue line extension cut short
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                      Charlotte & Mecklenburg County seek stimulus money for high-speed broadband
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                        Plaza Midwood looking for parking solutions