Installers are navigating new state rules that have put a damper on rooftop solar.
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North Carolina’s $55 Million Olympic Dream
Top legislators quietly allocated large state grants to attract Olympic organizations to the Charlotte area, with little to show for it.
Posted inPolitics
A $55 Million Olympic Dream
Top legislators quietly allocated large state grants to attract Olympic organizations to the Charlotte area.
Posted inFood
Good News for the Sober Curious
With more people exploring a less alcohol-centered nightlife, North Carolina’s brewery scene is trying something new.
Posted inDevelopment
Downtown Development and A Center for the Unhoused Collide
Greensboro’s Interactive Resource Center has served people experiencing homelessness for 15 years. But increased demand and an expanding urban core have put the organization at the center of a fight.
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The Thread: Tensions Over Downtown Development, Helping The Unhoused
An unhoused woman sleeps outside the Interactive Resource Center on E. Washington Street. (Joe Killian for The Assembly) Morning, gang.At an explosive Greensboro City Council meeting last week, council members sparred with the board chair of the Interactive Resource Center, now operating as a near 24/7 refuge for the city’s unhoused. Business owners, church leaders, […]
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Shibumi: Throwing Shade Since 2016
A North Carolina company’s plans for coastal dominance. Plus, an effort to return items plundered during World War II.
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The Dive: Shibumi Supremacy
The omnipresent blue beach shades are fighting for total coastal domination. Plus, inaction on prime beach-adjacent real estate and a look at PFAS issues.
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Shibumi Has Taken Over N.C. Beaches. Next, The World.
The ubiquitous sun shade is on a quest for coastal domination—and isn’t afraid to fight.
Posted inEnvironment
The Wrong Side of Forever
As governments crack down on PFAS, residents of affected areas say it’s too little, too late as a new industrial boom is already underway.