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Susan Sewell was Habitat Charlotte's executive director in 1991. (WFAE-FM)
Posted: May 4th, 2011 Greg Lacour
Some stories worth sharing this week:
- Preliminary 2010 Census results show that Charlotte is, for the first time, a majority non-white city. But here’s an interesting related phenomenon: Mecklenburg County’s African-American population increased by nearly 90,000 from 2000 to 2010, reflecting a reversal of the Great Migration of black people from South to North in mid-century. African-Americans are moving South again.
- The Charlotte-Mecklenburg library board says the county ought to provide the ailing library system with an added $2.5 million next year to stave off additional closures and cuts in service hours.
- Habitat for Humanity of Charlotte is celebrating the 20th anniversary of its pioneering “Women Build” program with the construction of a pair of homes on James Street on the west side.
- Northeastern University in Boston appears to be serious about the idea of a satellite graduate campus in Charlotte, having hired Central Piedmont Community College campus dean Cheryl Richards to lead a team trying to win approval for the campus.
- We leave you with the (mercifully sober) reflections on the killing Sunday of Osama Bin Laden by Carolinians whose lives were directly touched by 9/11. Also, the reactions of Charlotte-area Muslims.
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