The City of Charlotte launched a Strategic Progress Tracker to measure progress on key priorities established during City Council’s 2024 Annual Strategy Meeting. This innovative tool will enhance accountability and visibility in the city's efforts to achieve its goals.
The tracker will be updated bi-annually and monitor progress across five strategic priority areas:
Click each button below to learn more about priority areas.
Great Neighborhoods
Safe Communities
Transportation and Planning
Well-Managed Government
Workforce Business Development
Focusing on comprehensive initiatives designed to create affordable housing and provide opportunities that align with creating great neighborhoods.
106
CY 2023
N/A Previous
N/A Change
Target: Increase
36,930 kW
31,094 kW Previous
5,836 Change
10.26%
FY 2024
10.78% Previous
-0.52% Change
Target: pending Council Referral
21%
BY 2022
17% Previous
4% Change
43%
FY 2023
41% Previous
2% Change
Target: <30%
Ensuring neighborhoods are safe, healthy, and inclusive with a focus on policing, fire protection and community relations.
139
117 Previous
22 Change
12
11 Previous
1 Change
Target: Decrease
4,170
3,649 Previous
521 Change
789
803 Previous
-15 Change
65%
25.1
24.1 Previous
Anticipating and planning for the change of the community. Addressing change with strategic investments, building and maintaining a comprehensive transportation network, and placemaking strategies that encourage connection between neighborhoods and employment centers.
14.9M
14.5M Previous
3.5% Change
Target: 4.5%
48
32 Previous
16 Change
830K
56.5%
58% Previous
-1.5% Change
Target: 50%
18.3
13.8 Previous
4.5 Change
Target: 14
31%
33% Previous
-2% Change
75%
75% Previous
Ensuring the city demonstrates inclusivity through commitment to and focusing on equity and safeguarding the environment; leadership in financial stewardship; reviewing best practices; and maintaining consistency in approach with an emphasis on effective and efficient services that are accountable, customer-focused and inclusive.
41%
#1/13
#3/13 Previous
-2 Change
Target: #1
10%
8% Previous
46.2%
Engagement Assessment: defines the level of public influence over decision-making for city-led projects, programs or initiatives where there is a decision(s) to be made that key external stakeholders can affect.
Staff regularly connect with the public for relationship building, resource connection, problem solving, training, program participation and other efforts where there are not decisions to be made that key external stakeholders can effect. These additional connections are not reflected in these metrics.
Inform
The number of key stakeholders kept informed throughout the process but were not actively involved in decision-making.
46,072
Consult
The number of key stakeholders whose feedback the city gathered, listened to and acknowledged during the decision-making process.
33,456
Involve
The number of key stakeholders the city worked directly with to ensure their concerns and aspirations were consistently understood, considered and directly reflected in developed options and alternatives.
90,329
Collaborate
The number of key stakeholders the city partnered with in each aspect of decision-making, including developing alternatives and identifying the preferred solution.
3,602
Building and maintaining a successful business climate and workforce talent, including the number of jobs with sustainable wages/benefits; economic opportunity and digital inclusion for all residents; and encouraging business development, innovation, and entrepreneurship.
32%
29% Previous
3% Change
Target: 35%
$197.0M
193.3M Previous
3.7M Change
Target: $200M
100%
88% Previous
12% Change
Target: 90%
95%
94% Previous
1% Change
Target: 100%
100% Previous
35.2%
33.5% Previous
-1.7% Change
5%
5% Previous
32.7%
CY 2022
31% Previous
1.7% Change