Siemens Energy, one of the world's leading energy technology companies, has selected Mecklenburg County for its advanced manufacturing facility to produce large power transformers. The company will invest $149,859,000 and bring 475 new jobs to Charlotte.

View Mecklenburg County government's top stories for Sept. 13, 2023.

Past owners of the Thomas Alexander House include a North Carolina governor, a Charlotte mayor, and a descendant of a framer of the state’s first Constitution. 

Mecklenburg County Public Health will now permit more bars that serve food in Mecklenburg County as Session Law 2023-129, sec 16 (HB 125) goes into effect on Jan. 1, 2024.

View Mecklenburg County government's top stories for Aug. 28, 2024.

Two middle school students represented Mecklenburg County as national ambassadors at the Do the Write Thing (DtWT) Recognition Summit July 20 - 24. The two students’ writing samples were chosen out of 933 entries from 30 Charlotte-Mecklenburg middle schools. Students submitted poems, essays, and stories about how acts of violence have affected them. Most students wrote about cyberbullying, school fights, or gun violence. Qui’Arie and Justice were invited to Washington D.C. alongside 52 other middle schoolers, as well as their guardians and teachers.  

Two Mecklenburg County students have the chance to visit Washington, D.C. to represent the County and their peers during Do the Write Thing National Recognition Week.

In response to extreme weather forecasted through at least Tuesday, Dec. 27, activation of extreme weather protocols will begin on Friday, Dec. 23.

This week’s top stories includes info on the County's Veteran and Military Community Needs Survey, the annual Point in Time Count,  ARPA, World AIDS Day, Solarize Charlotte-Mecklenburg, the turkey giveaway and Adoption Day.

The latest BDC updates in the quarterly bulletin.