Charlotte


City of Charlotte

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Contact:
Andrew Bowen, Data Analytics Manager

The mission of City of Charlotte Neighborhood & Business Services is to strengthen and grow Charlotte’s neighborhoods and businesses. The goal of the Community Engagement Division is that residents, businesses and youth will be informed, engaged, and empowered to take action that improves quality of life in their neighborhoods and across the community.

The City of Charlotte has been engaged in the collection, analysis and use of neighborhood-level indicators since 1993 when the initial City Within A City Neighborhood Assessment was conducted to describe neighborhood-level conditions in Charlotte’s primarily low-income, inner-city neighborhoods. The purpose of the assessment was to better understand needs for City programs and services, and to demonstrate that there were ripe opportunities within these neighborhoods for community and economic development. Over the past twenty years, what is now known as the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Quality of Life Study has grown from 73 neighborhood areas in Charlotte’s urban core to 464 neighborhood areas covering the whole of Mecklenburg County. As of 2012, the Quality of Life Study contains over 80 variables compiled from administrative records, the American Community Survey, and private sources and is available for view or download in an interactive, web-based dashboard. The study has also been enriched with links that allow users to learn more or discover ways to take action on topics of interest.

In 2013, the City of Charlotte shifted the focus of its indicators work from providing information to facilitating the use of that information by government departments, community partners, residents, neighborhoods and businesses.

Andrew Bowen
Data Analytics Manager
Jackie Tynan
Data & Analytics Manager

UNC Charlotte Urban Institute

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Lori Thomas, Director of Research and Faculty Engagement, Interim Director of ISC

The UNC Charlotte Urban Institute (Institute) is a nonpartisan, applied research and community outreach center at UNC Charlotte. Founded in 1969, the Institute is part of UNC Charlotte’s Metropolitan Studies and Extended Academic Programs, which includes a number of the university’s community engagement initiatives.

The mission of the UNC Charlotte Urban Institute is to seek solutions to the social, economic, and environmental challenges facing our communities. This mission is evidenced and ingrained in the diversity of our projects, as well as in our efforts to democratize information through our web communications and community engagement. We carry out our mission through a range of services including research and analysis around economic, environmental, and social issues affecting the Charlotte region; public opinion surveys; and technical assistance and training in operations and data management.

The Institute maintains a county/regional indicator project, the Charlotte Regional Indicators, is a key partner in the local neighborhood indicators projet, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Quality of Life Study, and houses the region's integrated data system, the Institute for Social Capital (ISC), along with many other ongoing and one-time research projects.  

The Institute for Social Capital, Inc. (ISC) was created in 2004 as a 501(c)3 created through the UNC Charlotte Foundation. ISC is an integrated data system of individual level administrative data from local agencies. ISC now operates as a research program of the Institute, with a nonprofit subsidiary of the Foundation of UNC Charlotte continuing to operate as the fiscal and legal steward of the ISC database for security reasons.

 

Bridget Anderson
Research Associate
Asha Ellison
Director of Research Translation and Engagement
Angelique Gaines
Research Associate
Colleen Hammelman
Associate Professor
Sydney Idzikowski
Associate Director, Charlotte Regional Data Trust
Eric Moore
Research Associate
Liz Morrell
Director of Public Policy Research
Lori Thomas
Director of Research and Faculty Engagement, Interim Director of ISC
Kailas Venkitasubramanian
Dr. Kailas Venkitasubramanian
Director of Research Analytics
Khou Xiong
Director, Community Research Services
Katie Zager
Research Associate

Mecklenburg County

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Michael Griswold, Deputy Director, Office of Strategy & Innovation

Mecklenburg County is committed to making data driven decisions. The expansion of the Quality of Life Study presented an opportunity for data sharing across the County with all local government entities, allowing jurisdictions to observe and identify neighborhood-level drivers, trends and other factors that are indicators of neighborhood health. The City of Charlotte, Mecklenburg County and other community partners are working towards using the Quality of Life Study data to pilot enhanced collaboration in providing operational services at the neighborhood level.

Benjamin Chambers
Strategic Planning & Evaluation Analyst
Michael Griswold
Deputy Director, Office of Strategy & Innovation
Timmothy Tibbs
Assistant to the County Manager

Activities

January 2019
As part of the Civic Switchboard project, NNIP Partners in Baltimore, Charlotte, and Houston were selected to collaborate with their public or university... [read more]
May 1, 2017
City Walks are part of a national and global celebration – known in many cities as Jane Jacobs Walks or Jane's Walks – of free, citizen-led walking tours inspired by Jane Jacobs, a famous... [read more]

Publications

March 11, 2025
Blog post - By: Sydney Idzikowski, Ellissa Brooks Nelson

UNC Charlotte Urban Institute

Blog Post
January 28, 2025
Blog post - By: Katie Zager

UNC Charlotte Urban Institute

Blog Post
December 13, 2024
Blog post - By: Bridget Anderson

UNC Charlotte Urban Institute

Blog Post
September 27, 2024
Blog post - By: Katie Zager

UNC Charlotte Urban Institute

Blog Post
March 28, 2024
Blog post - By: Mae Israel

UNC Charlotte Urban Institute

Blog Post
January 12, 2024
Blog post - By: Katie Zager

UNC Charlotte Urban Institute

Blog Post
November 8, 2023
Meeting Materials - By: National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership

Urban Institute, Neighborhood Data for Social Change, UNC Charlotte Urban Institute, Urban Strategies Council

Framing Page
November 8, 2023
Presentation - By: Urban Institute

UNC Charlotte Urban Institute

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November 8, 2023
Meeting Materials - By: NNIP Partners

UNC Charlotte Urban Institute

CampOakland_corp_ownership.docx
March 23, 2023
Blog post - By: Aaron Houck

UNC Charlotte Urban Institute

Blog Post
January 26, 2023
Blog post - By: Phil Veasley

UNC Charlotte Urban Institute

Blog Post
October 4, 2022
Blog post - By: Aaron Houck

UNC Charlotte Urban Institute

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July 28, 2022
Video - By: Kailas Venkitasubramanian, Cristina Martinez , Elizabeth Burton

Community Information Now (CINow), UNC Charlotte Urban Institute, Urban Institute

Tech Survey Results slides
NNIP Resources for Learning R, Downloading PUMS Data in Python, R Labelled Package
July 28, 2022
Presentation - By: Kailas Venkitasubramanian

UNC Charlotte Urban Institute

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March 29, 2022
Blog post - By: Ely Portillo

UNC Charlotte Urban Institute

Blog
March 2, 2022
Blog post - By: Ely Portillo

UNC Charlotte Urban Institute

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February 10, 2022
Report - By: Angelique Gaines, Khou Xiong, Mary Louise Wilson

UNC Charlotte Urban Institute

Report
December 15, 2021
Blog post - By: Ely Portillo

UNC Charlotte Urban Institute

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September 21, 2021
Blog post - By: Ely Portillo

UNC Charlotte Urban Institute

Blog post
July 9, 2021
Blog post - By: Ely Portillo, Justin Lane

UNC Charlotte Urban Institute

Blog
June 29, 2021
Report - By: Angelique Gaines

UNC Charlotte Urban Institute

Summary, Report
September 30, 2020
Digital Feature - By: Andrew Bowen

City of Charlotte

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September 10, 2020
Digital Feature - By: Bridget Anderson, Kailas Venkitasubramanian , Lori Thomas

UNC Charlotte Urban Institute

Social Capital: A Tale of Caution and a Tale of Hope for Charlotte Report
November 1, 2019
Report - By: Lori Thomas, Sydney Idzikowski, Angelique Gaines, Justin Lane

UNC Charlotte Urban Institute

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October 10, 2019
Presentation - By: Amy Hawn Nelson

UNC Charlotte Urban Institute, City of Charlotte, Mecklenburg County

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June 20, 2019
Blog post - By: Ely Portillo

UNC Charlotte Urban Institute

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September 4, 2018
Blog post - By: Leah Hendey

UNC Charlotte Urban Institute, Mecklenburg County

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July 30, 2018
MOU - By: Institute for Social Capital

UNC Charlotte Urban Institute

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May 23, 2018
Report - By: Ashley Williams Clark, Corrie Layton

UNC Charlotte Urban Institute

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May 23, 2018
Report - By: Mecklenburg County Community Support Services

Mecklenburg County

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May 23, 2018
Report - By: Ashley Williams Clark

UNC Charlotte Urban Institute, Mecklenburg County

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May 11, 2018
Presentation - By: Laura Simmons

UNC Charlotte Urban Institute

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May 10, 2018
Meeting Materials - By: City of Charlotte

City of Charlotte

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May 9, 2018
Presentation - By: Ashley Williams Clark

UNC Charlotte Urban Institute

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March 30, 2018
Report - By: UNC Charlotte Urban Institute and Mecklenburg County

Mecklenburg County

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March 22, 2018
Report - By: Ashley Williams Clark, Katie Zager, Justin Lane, Laura Simmons

UNC Charlotte Urban Institute

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March 20, 2018
Report - By: Ashley Williams Clark

UNC Charlotte Urban Institute, Mecklenburg County

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October 13, 2017
Meeting Materials - By: Ashley Williams Clark

UNC Charlotte Urban Institute

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October 12, 2017
Meeting Materials - By: Ashley Clark Williams, John Killeen

UNC Charlotte Urban Institute, DataWorks NC

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October 1, 2017
Report - By: UNC Charlotte Urban Institute

UNC Charlotte Urban Institute

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September 29, 2017
Report - By: Ashley Williams Clark

UNC Charlotte Urban Institute

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July 20, 2017
Presentation - By: Mary Newsom

UNC Charlotte Urban Institute

Charlotte City Walks.pptx
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March 2, 2017
Report - By: Ashley Williams Clark, Justin Lane, Angelique Gaines

UNC Charlotte Urban Institute

Family Homeless_3_17.pdf
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January 24, 2017
MOU - By: Amy Hawn Nelson

UNC Charlotte Urban Institute

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January 5, 2017
Report - By: Amy Hawn Nelson

UNC Charlotte Urban Institute

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November 17, 2016
Presentation - By: Diane Gavarkavich

UNC Charlotte Urban Institute

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August 17, 2016
Meeting Materials - By: Mark Armstrong

UNC Charlotte Urban Institute

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April 6, 2016
Presentation - By: Laura Simmons

UNC Charlotte Urban Institute

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March 10, 2016
Presentation - By: Owen Furuseth, Laura Simmons

UNC Charlotte Urban Institute

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February 8, 2016
Announcement - By: UNC Charlotte Urban Institute

UNC Charlotte Urban Institute

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January 28, 2016
Presentation - By: Owen Furuseth, Rebecca Hefner, Andrew Bowen, Laura Simmons

UNC Charlotte Urban Institute, City of Charlotte

Council retreat presentation 1.28.16_FINAL.pptx
January 21, 2016
News article - By: Sherrell Dorsey

UNC Charlotte Urban Institute, City of Charlotte

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October 23, 2015
Presentation - By: Andrew Bowen

City of Charlotte

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October 23, 2015
Video - By: Tom Kingsley, Andrew Bowen, Jeff Matson

City of Charlotte, Urban Institute, Center for Urban and Regional Affairs

Session Materials
September 1, 2015
Presentation - By: Laura Simmons

UNC Charlotte Urban Institute

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August 21, 2015
Report - By: Laura Simmons

UNC Charlotte Urban Institute

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July 31, 2015
Report - By: Laura Simmons

UNC Charlotte Urban Institute

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Related article on UNC Charlotte Urban Institute's website
July 1, 2015
Website - By: UNC Charlotte Urban Institute

UNC Charlotte Urban Institute

http://mcmap.org/qol/
April 21, 2015
News article - By: Mary Newsom

UNC Charlotte Urban Institute, City of Charlotte

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March 19, 2015
Presentation - By: Owen Furuseth, Laura Simmons

UNC Charlotte Urban Institute

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February 28, 2015
Report - By: Elyse Hamilton-Childres, Bill McCoy

UNC Charlotte Urban Institute

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January 12, 2015
Blog post - By: UNC Charlotte Urban Institute

UNC Charlotte Urban Institute

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November 11, 2014
Blog post - By: Laura Simmons, Ashley Clark

UNC Charlotte Urban Institute

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November 7, 2014
NNIP admin document - By: Rebecca Hefner, Laura Simmons, Timmothy Tibbs

City of Charlotte, UNC Charlotte Urban Institute, Mecklenburg County

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October 23, 2014
Video - By: Laura Simmons, Rebecca Hefner, Ashley Williams Clark, Timmothy Tibbs

UNC Charlotte Urban Institute, City of Charlotte, Mecklenburg County

October 23, 2014
Video - By: Laura Simmons, Rebecca Hefner, Ashley Williams Clark, Timmothy Tibbs

UNC Charlotte Urban Institute, City of Charlotte, Mecklenburg County

August 7, 2014
Presentation - By: Diane Gavarkavich

UNC Charlotte Urban Institute

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August 7, 2014
Video - By: Kathy Pettit, John Garvey, Seok-Joo Kim, Jessie Partridge, Diane Gavarkavich, Maia Woluchem

Urban Institute, Urban Strategies Council, Center on Poverty and Community Development, Metropolitan Area Planning Council, UNC Charlotte Urban Institute

June 21, 2013
Video - By: Erica Raleigh, Matthew Kachura, Tom Warshauer

Urban Institute, Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance, Data Driven Detroit (D3), City of Charlotte

December 1, 2010
Report - By: The Larry King Center of the Council for Children’s Rights, City of Charlotte

City of Charlotte

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Partner Webinars

July 28, 2022 - 1:00pm

This webinar explored the technology used by NNIP partners for data collection, processing and sharing.... [read more]

Presenters Elizabeth Burton, Urban Institute, Kailas Venkitasubramanian, Charlotte, Cristina Martinez, San Antonio
December 31, 1969

In 2014, we began holding virtual idea showcases after partners expressed the desire for more NNIP conversations between in-person meetings. Thanks to Idea Showcases, partners have shared their... [read more]

Presenters Jennifer Newcomer, Shift Research Lab, Yujie Hu, The Kinder Institute, Mary Newsom, UNC Charlotte Urban Institute