Mapping out Charlotte's future: City leaders look ahead to 2040

The future of the Queen City is being built today. Planners are working on a long-term comprehensive plan -- examining buildings, neighborhoods, and transportation.

[@jerrydavis3548]

More highrise office towers 40 to 50 stories and more bigger hotels have some more hotels that can house about 500 rooms to 800 rooms in uptown to make charlotte look like a real metropolitan city like dallas and houston and atlanta give the city a real urban feeling

[@ghoulswinnfield4692]

I think Charlotte should learn from the mistakes of other cities early, while it still can. Instead of focusing solely on making the city look a certain way and catering to the rich, they should make sure to push affordability, livability and quality of life. More development on the ground as opposed to in the sky. All of the bells and whistles of skyscrapers and five star hotels will come eventually anyway.

[@flemingbourgeois6247]

I disagree with that lady, More high rises!

[@LolaCrazy2221]

Redsidents of Charlotte probably won't mind Charlotte being like Dallas and Houston but Atlanta no.

[@Red-pt6rs]

Yeah Atlanta already up Charlotte is just unknown and behind

[@leonation89]

@@Red-pt6rs would you say that about Richmond? Charleston? Columbia? Nashville? Memphis? Louisville? Jacksonville?

[@fishngiggles5272]

Don’t be Atlanta do the opposite of atlanta

[@chrisharris9574]

“Do something with the streets” yeah, get rid of them.

[@chrisharris9574]

I wish I could see a good future for Charlotte. I see it becoming more Big Box Shopping Centers and Cookie Cutter Housing Developments. The suburbs are spreading at a much more rapid rate than city urban. I hope for more city and not more car driven suburban utopia that #CharlotteFuture is becoming.