Mecklenburg County News Releases

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  1. Remembering Lives Lost to Domestic Violence: Annual Memorial Tree Lighting Ceremony

    Mecklenburg County and its partners will light up the 21st annual Domestic Violence Memorial Tree to commemorate the lives lost this year to domestic violence in the county and across North Carolina.  
  2. Turkey Distribution Provides Holiday Meals For 1,000 Households

    Mecklenburg County distributed nearly 1,000 frozen turkeys and boxes of side dishes during its first ever Saturdays on Stitt Turkey Giveaway on Nov. 22.  
  3. Deadline Approaching for Solarize Charlotte-Mecklenburg

    Community members have until Friday, Nov. 28, to sign up for a custom proposal to see how they can save with solar energy through the Solarize Charlotte-Mecklenburg campaign.
  4. Services for Veterans: Survey Allows Residents to Share Veteran Needs with Mecklenburg County

    Mecklenburg County is seeking to learn more about what our community’s veterans, their families, and supporters need from local service providers.
  5. National Adoption Day: 89 Youth Celebrate New Beginnings in Mecklenburg

    Dozens of children and their families were recognized on Nov. 22 in celebration of National Adoption Day in Mecklenburg County. This year, 89 youth have received decrees, all adopted through Mecklenburg County’s Youth and Family Services division. 
  6. ARPA at Work: Salvation Army and Mecklenburg County Break Ground on Shelter Expansion

    Mecklenburg County joined The Salvation Army of Greater Charlotte on Nov. 19 to celebrate the groundbreaking of an expansion project at its Center of Hope shelter on Spratt Street—a facility that provides critical services for women, children and veterans experiencing homelessness.  
  7. Crisis Intervention Team Announces Annual Award Winners

    Each year, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) recognizes outstanding work by frontline responders with persons in crisis with a serious mental illness.
  8. Mecklenburg County Public Health Reports Recent Increase in Mpox Cases

    Mecklenburg County Public Health has seen a recent increase in mpox cases, which coincides with increases in cases in other U.S. cities and a newer strain of the virus, Clade I, with more severe symptoms that have been circulating in parts of Africa and Europe.
  9. Mecklenburg County Introduces Targeted Health and Human Services in NW Neighborhood Surrounding Catherine Simmons Avenue

    Mecklenburg County, in coordination with many community partners, has introduced a strategy for addressing homelessness and other ongoing health and human service issues that have long affected the neighborhood surrounding Catherine Simmons Avenue off Beatties Ford Road in northwest Charlotte.
  10. Mecklenburg Commissioners Affirm Support for Immigrant Community and Highlight Resources

    The Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners on Nov. 18 adopted a resolution affirming the constitutional protections and expressing support for the immigrant community during recent operations by U.S. Customs and Border Protection.