Plaza Midwood

A busy stretch of Central Avenue has been closed since Feb. 7, and the city says it may not reopen until sometime in mid-March. Nearby restaurants say the closure has hurt business.

Another business is turning off its lights in Charlotte’s Plaza Midwood neighborhood and seeking refuge further east due to redevelopment. Book Buyers, a family-run eclectic used bookstore, must vacate its current location by the end of January.

Some residents in Charlotte’s Elizabeth neighborhood are complaining about the way Atrium Health discharges patients from the emergency room at Mercy Hospital. In this week's BizWorthy, we talk about that, NBCUniversal job cuts in Charlotte and development plans that are stirring up opposition in Plaza Midwood.

A sign was removed in Charlotte’s Plaza Midwood neighborhood Friday. Normally that wouldn’t be big news. Buildings and signs in the city go up and down all the time. It’s a reflection of the rapid growth and development in the area. But this one at the former Penguin restaurant site had another significance.

The original owners of Dish—a restaurant in Plaza Midwood known for its southern comfort cooking—are hanging up their aprons. Luckily for Charlotte, the…

Here's a question that comes to us from WFAE listener Summer Cook. She wrote to FAQ City wondering where all of Charlotte's neighborhood names came…

Here's a question that comes to us from WFAE listener Summer Cook. She wrote to FAQ City wondering where all of Charlotte's neighborhood names came…

There's a colorful addition to Charlotte's urban landscape. Since November, hundreds of orange, green and yellow rental bicycles have appeared on uptown…

This year we’ve been tracking the rising number of homicides in Charlotte—so far there have been 47. Today, we take look back at a murder from 2016 that…

CMPD is starting regular foot patrols in Plaza Midwood and NoDa. As many as five officers will walk the neighborhoods from 6 p.m.-4 a.m. on Thursday,…