Sustainability

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Charlotte has always been a city of
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reinvention and ambition and now we have
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a new ambition to become a low-carbon
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city
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our children and our grandchildren
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cities in our great nation and countries
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around the world will need clean air
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water and energy to not only type let's
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survive and I be willing despite my
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concerns from the financial budgetary
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perspective and other things to take a
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leap of faith here and vote YES on this
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and know that we're going to handle it
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one year at a time one budget at the
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time and Department at a time and one
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project at a time
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any opposed thank you very much
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we've done a lot of work so far while
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our residents still rely on their cars
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we've also had some great transit
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successes to date we've laid 18.6 miles
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of light rail one way and our total
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transit ridership with more than 22
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million last year this city has also
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introduced hybrid electric buses and
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we've begun to install free evie
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charging at the curb
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in addition Charlotte is a multimodal
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city that offers 90 miles of bike lanes
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and is committed to building at least 10
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miles of sidewalk per year we're a city
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of trees with a 47% canopy coverage
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we're working to increase that to 50
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percent by 2050 together with corporate
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and municipal leaders the city has
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reduced energy consumption in 61
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buildings in Uptown Charlotte by 19
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percent we are a fast growing city that
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is always attracting new business and
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many of our corporate partners are
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already on board with our vision of
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sustainability
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leadership is unanimously behind a
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sustainable and resilient City now let's
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get to work
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