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Programming: 2016 Air & Trees
Materials and events this year will focus on regional air issues and the importance of the area’s treasured tree canopy. The cleanliness of air is a mystery to many people, since many pollutants are...
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Programming: 2014 Plastics
March 28-June 26 – Sustain Me Baby: art exhibit at Projective Eye Gallery, UNC Charlotte Center City. March 28-June 26 – Is This Yours?: art installations, calling attention to plastics waste, to be...
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Programming: 2015 Creeks
City of Creeks: From Barriers to Bridges Programming for spring 2015 will be a multimedia, multidisciplinary series of art and photo exhibits, online publication (at PlanCharlotte.org) and public...
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Who owns the creeks?
Who owns the water in the county’s creeks? We all do. They are waters of the State. Chapter 143 of the General Statues, Article 21, says: “ … the water and air resources of the State belong to the...
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What you can do to protect creeks
Prevent soil erosion. Plant trees and bushes along creek banks and in bare areas of the yard. Scoop the poop. Dog waste can pollute local creeks. Pet droppings can contaminate steams. Photo: Mary...
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McDowell: The creek suburbia spoiled
McDowell Creek drains 30 square miles of northwest Mecklenburg County, including much of Huntersville. Its waters flow into the drinking water supply for much of the county, Mountain Island Lake....
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Irwin Creek: Paying the price of an industrial past
Folks who live along Irwin Creek and its tributaries used to swim, fish, even hold baptisms in the waters. The city once used it for drinking water. But runoff from streets, pollution from aging sewer...
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Little Sugar: The creek the city loved to hate
Little Sugar’s intimacy with some of the city’s oldest neighborhoods made it vulnerable to centuries of callous treatment from residents, businesses and government, including sewage and industries’...
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Up the creeks
The creeks of Mecklenburg County are small, and, to many eyes, unimposing. But their lacework connects neighborhood to neighborhood throughout Charlotte in an intricate and important network. By Mary...
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THE ALLIANCE BEHIND KEEPING WATCH on AIR
The KEEPING WATCH Alliance Organized by the UNC Charlotte Urban Institute and the UNC Charlotte College of Arts + Architecture with Lambla artWORKS, the KEEPING WATCH Alliance is a broad coalition of...
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KEEPING WATCH on AIR
For spring 2016, the KEEPING WATCH project focuses on local air quality and tree canopy. A major kickoff for the 2016 events is the Friday, March 18, public reception to mark the opening of a exhibit...
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Revering the Presence
Local artist Linda Foard Roberts has exhibited her work internationally from Australia to Guatemala and throughout the United States. Linda began her love of photography at the age of 15. She currently...
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Exhibitions and events
The Future of Transportation is You Sustain Charlotte March 3 at 5:30 pm Sugar Creek Brewing Co. http://www.sustaincharlotte.org/future Particle Falls March 4-April 23, beginning at dusk Final viewing...
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Creeksheds in Mecklenburg
Learn about your creekshed. Mecklenburg County Creeks Back Creek Lake Wylie / Beaverdam Creek Clarke Creek Four Mile Creek Gar Creek Goose Creek Irwin Creek Little Sugar Creek Long Creek Mallard Creek...
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THE ALLIANCE BEHIND KEEPING WATCH on AIR
The KEEPING WATCH Alliance Organized by the UNC Charlotte Urban Institute and the UNC Charlotte College of Arts + Architecture with Lambla artWORKS, the KEEPING WATCH Alliance is a broad coalition of...
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The Art of KEEPING WATCH on AIR
By June Lambla, Guest Curator What image comes to mind when you think of air? Is it one with blue skies, a haze settling on the horizon, churning clouds, strong trees bending in the wind? Would your...
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Revering the Presence
Local artist Linda Foard Roberts has exhibited her work internationally from Australia to Guatemala and throughout the United States. Linda began her love of photography at the age of 15. She currently...
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2016 exhibitions and events
The Future of Transportation is You Sustain Charlotte March 3 at 5:30 pm Sugar Creek Brewing Co. http://www.sustaincharlotte.org/future Particle Falls March 4-April 23, beginning at dusk Final viewing...
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