Five lessons from the launch of Charlotte’s digital library

Two years ago, the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library launched a new digital branch for $10,000. Beyond the cost savings, the library’s digital strategy manager says the project delivered at least five key lessons.

On Beatties Ford Road, a grassroots trade school needs tech support

A West Charlotte community leader is translating a construction labor shortage into opportunities for African American men who are unemployed, underemployed, or re-entering the community after incarceration. The challenge is that she needs more support.

‘The Nest’ nurtures a smarter city, starting in the North End

For Charlotte residents who want to learn more about Smart Cities, the North End Smart District is a good first stop. Rob Phocas will guide the way. On May 8, the city and at least 15 other organizations banded together […]

Latin American Coalition opens Charlotte’s first center for day laborers

The Latin American Coalition describes three goals for the first center in Charlotte to support day laborers: advocating for fair pay and treatment for day laborers, building community, and providing educational, development, and family resources.

Financial literacy is now dependent on digital access

Recent security failures among financial reporting agencies illustrate the need for vigilance among consumers, and Charlotte financial literacy advocates say the importance of the issue extends beyond security.

How do seniors acquire health information online? Students — and the YMCA — find out.

A turning point in the way Charlotte residents learn about their health is creating new ways for senior citizens to acquire medical information, and for university students to discover how they can contribute to a growing new field.

J'Tanya Adams of EveryoneOn at a Charlotte launch of the POWER Program 28 Feb 2018

The power of online knowledge took me from point A to point Z

Parents in five Charlotte schools recently took advantage of a pilot program to help them, which made me think about the impact of online technology on my own life.

ConnectHomeUSA plans to move the dial on connectivity for low-income Charlotteans

Within four years, a Charlotte organization plans to connect 80 percent of people in federally assisted housing to the internet.

A new tool builds parent community in schools: digital literacy

The POWER Program is designed to strengthen digital literacy skills among parents in the Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools. But building community may be its greatest contribution.

At tech workshops on Tyvola Road, seniors create an easier world

Eager-to-learn seniors with technology questions and device mishaps fill the Tyvola Senior Center on Friday mornings. With the help of a couple of senior volunteers, a county park program called “Computer Help with the Guys” is making Charlotte an easier […]

At South Meck, a fourth E2D lab shows how students help students help students

When E2D opened its fourth computer laboratory in Mecklenburg County, it faced the kind of challenging problem that’s both painful and joyful to solve. E2D – it stands for Eliminate the Digital Divide – was sorting through the critical step […]

Queens students Naomi Tellez-Duran, Juliana Amos, and Juliana Amos with Dan Rather on Feb. 20, 2018.

Dan Rather on fake news: ‘Two and two equals four. It does not equal five or seven.’

Journalist Dan Rather discussed fake news and other topics at Queens University of Charlotte on Tuesday, Feb. 20. “There are several things to know about that fake news and I would like to put ‘fake news’ in quotation marks. First […]

How the Bechtler offers art beyond walls and websites

In a city focused on growth and finance, the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art is taking steps toward making its collection more available to people who lack the time, money, and online resources to access its facility and website. These […]