In response to extreme weather forecasted, extreme weather protocols will activate Friday, Jan. 10, through Sunday, Jan. 12, which includes additional capacity at area homeless shelters.

Stories of resilience are deeply personal, and they matter. There will be more such stories after Hurricane Helene. But all these stories can connect and help us. This Is My Brave CharMeck 2024 show series will use performing arts as a way to end the stigma around the struggles of mental illness, substance abuse and community violence. 

View a list of the Spring 2024 graduates.

View Mecklenburg County government's top stories for Aug. 16, 2023.

Mecklenburg County is celebrating women across the county and across the nation for Women’s Equality Day 2023. The Board of County Commissioners’ Women’s Advisory Board is hosting a free event on Saturday, Aug. 12 for women to gather and discover the stories of local trailblazers, learn about their journeys, and gain insights into the ongoing fight for gender equality.

2021 Crowns of Enterprise Winners

One of Mecklenburg County’s six surviving Rosenwald schools, the McClintock School educated generations of African American children while symbolizing local resistance to segregation. 

The Charlotte “New Look” GM Buses served the city’s public transit needs for more than thirty years. 

The Gateway and Century Buildings are the last early twentieth-century small-scale commercial buildings along uptown Charlotte’s West Trade Street corridor. 

One of Fourth Ward’s only surviving original residences housed Mecklenburg County’s first strawberry farmer.