November 20, 2019 – Pride Magazine

How One Woman is Fighting to Close the Racial Gap in Health Care

November 20, 2019

Yvonne Dixon still vividly recalls the heartbreak and hard work of her family’s struggle to care for her great-grandmother in Salisbury in the 1970s. Caring for a person with dementia is often too much for families to handle on their own.…

Can Planner Alysia Osborne Inject Soul Into Uptown?

November 20, 2019

By Tonya Jameson Charlotte Center City Partners (CCCP) is known for planning growth in Charlotte’s city inner ring, and over the last decade, the organization has expanded its footprint to surrounding areas such as South End. In 2015, the group lured Alysia Osborne away from the city’s planning department to help the CCCP plan development in the historic west end.…

The Shaping of Black Charlotte

November 20, 2019

By Fannie Flono Charlotte is often listed among the best places for African Americans to live and work. It placed sixth on the 2018 Forbes magazine list of cities where Blacks are doing best economically. And, with more than 13,000 Black-owned businesses, Black Enterprise has called the city a mecca for Black entrepreneurs.…