Charlotte City Council
People
- Rob Harrington, Mayor
- James Mitchell Jr., Mayor Pro Tem; Council Member, At-Large
- Dimple Ajmera, Council Member, At-Large
- Danté Anderson, Council Member, District 1
- JD Mazuera Arias, Council Member, District 5
- Ed Driggs, Council Member, District 7
- Malcolm Graham, Council Member, District 2
- Reneé Johnson, Council Member, District 4
- LaWana Mayfield, Council Member, At-Large
- Joi Mayo, Council Member, District 3
- Kimberly Owens, Council Member, District 6
- Victoria Watlington, Council Member, At-Large
Coverage (2 articles)
A 9 P.M. Youth Curfew, a Traffic Referral and $425 Million: What Ballantyne Should Know
Charlotte Council did not vote on the curfew. It sent cumulative traffic impacts toward committee, while a $425 million bond package moved closer to the November ballot.
Lyles Is Stepping Down. Here's What That Means for South Charlotte.
Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles will resign June 30. The Charlotte Mercury has the full appointment-process story; this is the south-Charlotte read, five decisions the next mayor inherits that touch this corner of the city directly, from Driggs as the working chair to the November 2026 transportation-and-housing bond.
Other coverage in the Mercury Local network
The page still listed the former mayor
We Built Our Own, No. 19. If somebody has to remember to update a page, it's going to go stale. So we stopped typing the page.
The Enslaved Believed Buried Outside Sugaw Creek's Cemetery Fence
Charlotte made the two Sugaw Creek Presbyterian Church cemeteries historic landmarks Monday. Researchers told council that more than 500 enslaved people are believed buried just outside them in unmarked graves, and asked that those graves be protected too.
Charlotte's Housing Bond Plan Now Says Where Homes Should Go
Before voters decide on a $125 million housing bond in November, city staff laid out how the money would be split, with new goals for homes near transit and in higher-opportunity neighborhoods. Council plans to adopt the plan in October.
Charlotte's Annexation Test Never Asks About Affordable Housing
Council voted on four annexations Monday under a policy adopted in 2003. Staff said the city has never used annexation to ask for affordable housing, and its lawyers have warned that doing so could be a legal risk.
First Union Tower Wins Landmark Status and a Tax Break, 10-1
Charlotte made the vacant office tower at 301 S. Tryon a historic landmark, which lets its owners defer half the property tax on the designated portion while they convert it to homes and a hotel. The plan includes no affordable units.
Charlotte Approves 10 p.m. Curfew Pilot for Minors, 9-2
Starting Nov. 1, Charlotte residents under 18 must be off the streets by 10 p.m., with exceptions, under a pilot that runs through August 2027. The police chief promised no traffic stops on curfew suspicion alone, a policy CMPD has not yet written.
The Clarks Inherited the McNinch House, and Its Restaurant
Mitchell and D.D. Clark inherited the Liddell-McNinch House on North Church Street, and the restaurant inside it. At City Council this week, they described what it takes to keep it going, from thin margins to 78 windows.
McNinch House Landmark Status Now Covers the Whole Property
The Liddell-McNinch House has been a Charlotte landmark since 1976. On Sept. 28, City Council voted to extend the designation to the whole property, opening a property tax deferral the owners told council will go back into the house.