Discovery Place Nature

We’re getting another update on a story we’ve been following for a few months. The YMCA of Greater Charlotte announced over the summer that it plans to sell the Morrison Y in Ballantyne to a church for $42.5 million. Residents and Y members say they’re upset because the deal was handled behind closed doors and would mean losing a community space. For the latest, Tony Mecia of The Charlotte Ledger joined WFAE’s Marshall Terry for our BizWorthy segment.

Former Mecklenburg County Manager Dena Diorio says commissioners should have known they approved a roughly $14.7 million loan to Discovery Place. The agreement was in their agenda materials.

Discovery Place is nearly $15 million in debt to Mecklenburg County. The long-running museum says it’s not able to pay that amount, and in a few weeks the county could declare it in default. For more, Tony Mecia of The Charlotte Ledger joined WFAE’s Marshall Terry for our segment BizWorthy.

Architects in Charlotte are increasingly being asked to do something new: Design buildings with features that would look good in Instagram posts. The push…