Mecklenburg County shone brightly at this year’s Sustain Charlotte awards, an event recognizing local sustainability leaders and initiatives for their work in improving our community, environment, and economy both now and for generations to come.  

They are the stories of resilience from those who lived it and want to help others. This Is My Brave CharMeck 2024 show series will use performing arts as a way to end the stigma around mental illness, substance abuse and community violence. It’s about finding and forming a place to share the pain, the struggle, the vulnerability but most of all, hope.

As the nation honors our American heroes for their military service on Veterans Day, Nov. 11, Mecklenburg County recognizes and salutes our county's many veterans for their service and sacrifice through the decades.

The Richard Wearn House evidences the brief success of Charlotte’s gold mining industry during the early to mid-1800s.

One of Charlotte’s most prolific general contractors in the early twentieth century built and resided in the John Phillips Little Jr. House. 

The William and Cora Osborne House represents profitable impact of cotton farming in the late nineteenth century. 

This week's top stories includes info on the FY2026 recommended budget, the Eastside Summit, Crowns of Enterprise, the County's Business Investment Program, Mental Health Awareness Month, LIEAP and swim safety.

View Mecklenburg County government's top stories for April 24, 2024.

My Big Notebook provides a buddy in a book, as a great start to an elementary school aged child's mental health toolkit. Intentionally designed to resemble a composition notebook to be discreet, it includes real stories, healthy coping mechanisms, positive affirmations, resources, and coloring and journaling pages. 

Mecklenburg County Manager Dena R. Diorio today presented her recommended budget for Fiscal Year 2025 to the Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners.