Letter to the editor, written by Shannon Binns: Charlotte City Council members and others are pushing back on the city’s 2040 plan, designed in part to make the city less segregated by income and race. One provision would eliminate single-family zoning to reduce segregation and create more affordable housing. Continue reading

In the past several weeks, groups that include community organizations, real estate development groups and neighborhood homeowners associations have come out with strong opinions about the 2040 comprehensive plan. Tuesday's panel seemed largely supportive of the plan, citing its commitments to equity and inclusion. Shannon Binns, a panelist and executive director of Sustain Charlotte, authored an editorial last week in favor of the plan. Continue reading

Sustain Charlotte launched a petition four days ago, which has already been signed by more than 400 people, urging Norfolk Southern CEO Mr. James Squires and North Carolina Railroad CEO Mr. Carl Warren to work with the Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS) to coordinate the use of the “O” Line rail corridor for the 25-mile LYNX Red Line commuter rail. Continue reading

With the deadline for a vote on the Charlotte Future 2040 Comprehensive Plan rapidly approaching, discussions about certain elements of the plan have ratcheted up in recent weeks, many of them focused on a new Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) that would allow for the building of duplexes, triplexes and quadplexes in neighborhoods currently zoned for single-family housing.  Continue reading

Shannon Binns, founder and executive director of nonprofit Sustain Charlotte, which supports the plan, said the ”disproportionate” influence developers have had in Charlotte has created many of the social and environmental problems the city faces today Continue reading

Red Line Petition in the NEWS: Our Executive Director, Shannon Binns was quoted by Axios Charlotte today. "We’d like to see Norfolk Southern realize that they have a responsibility to the larger community in which they operate, especially given that the state of North Carolina allows them to lease a critical set of state-owned track.” Continue reading

Spectrum News interviewed our Program Director Meg Fencil about the Charlotte Regional Transportation Coalition that we facilitate and convene. Continue reading

We were interviewed by Ely Portillo for Charlotte Future: The Podcast. Continue reading

Our Executive Director Shannon Binns was interviewed for this Charlotte Business Journal article about North Carolina's transition towards electric vehicles.  Continue reading

The Queen City could soon be a biking city if Sustain Charlotte has anything to say about it. Continue reading