Posts by Kayla Gibson

Kayla Gibson

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LGBTQ Cohousing in Durham

April 29, 2020

Cohousing with a community of LGBTQ seniors provides for a unique way to live in place. (Photo Credit: Village Hearth Cohousing) Chris Rudisill March 20, 2020 In a series of investigative stories, qnotes is examining solutions around the country that could positively impact affordable housing opportunities in Charlotte, with the specific interests…

Social Connectiveness at a Distance

April 29, 2020

Charlotte Journalism Collaborative, QNotes

Time Out Youth Center has launched a variety of online services, as well as shoring up others, to help their youth stay connected and served during the COVID-19 self-isolation mandate. (Photo Credit: Time Out Youth Center) Chris Rudisill April 3, 2020 In its 29-year history, Time Out Youth Center (TOY)…

Wisecrack inspires solution to store shortages amid pandemic

April 29, 2020

Charlotte Journalism Collaborative, QNotes

Mykah Buff April 17, 2020 The world has been beset with a virus that has swept across the entire planet and has not been discriminating in who it has latched on to. It has attacked men, women and children, rich and poor, old and young and has still not hit…

HIV meds tested against COVID-19

April 29, 2020

Charlotte Journalism Collaborative, QNotes

Focus on microscope with metal lens for experiments, educational demonstrations in clinical laboratories. Medicine researching concept. Blurred background Mykah Buff April 17, 2020 With more than hundreds of thousands of confirmed cases, the coronavirus (SARS-COV-2) continues spreading across the globe at an alarming rate. In an effort to find a…

City leaders support shipping containers, other affordable housing solutions

April 14, 2020

Charlotte Journalism Collaborative, WCNC-TV

With COVID-19 costing so many people their jobs, members of the Charlotte City Council expressed support for outside-the-box housing options. By Nate Morabito April 7, 2020 CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The coronavirus pandemic is renewing a push for Charlotte to use shipping containers for affordable housing, especially as more and more…

Storytime (Grumpy Pants)

March 16, 2020

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Nashville’s shipping container apartments could be inspiration for Charlotte

February 25, 2020

Charlotte Journalism Collaborative, WCNC-TV

By Nathan Morabito February 18, 2020 A Nashville developer is using the nation’s surplus of shipping containers to build affordable housing unit and his idea is a possible solution Charlotte might want to consider. Stacked three-high, shipping containers welded to piers now dominate the landscape of Nashville’s Wedgewood-Houston neighborhood just…

Finding Home: Helping Homeless Students By Supporting Their Families

February 25, 2020

Charlotte Journalism Collaborative, WFAE

By David Boraks February 13, 2020 Here’s a No. 1 ranking you don’t want: Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools leads North Carolina with the largest population of homeless students — more than 4,700 last year. A new program by two Charlotte agencies aims to help some of those students by getting their families…

With Lake Arbor About To Be Sold, Judge Backs Tenants’ Legal Request

February 25, 2020

Charlotte Journalism Collaborative, WFAE

By David Boraks February 13, 2020 All but one tenant has moved out of the run-down Lake Arbor Apartments in west Charlotte after the owners ordered everyone out to make way for renovations. But a legal battle with the landlords continues, and tenants last week won a round — just…

Big Impact with a Small Footprint: Veterans Project Is Building Community While Fighting Homelessness

February 10, 2020

Charlotte Journalism Collaborative, QNotes

Site of Veterans Community Project, Longmont, Colo. (Photo Credit: Chris Rudisill) By Chris Rudisill FEBRUARY 7, 2020 In the last issue of qnotes, we looked at the Beloved Community Village in Denver, a tiny home village that provides transformational housing for people experiencing homelessness. Our trip out west also took us to…