Mecklenburg County

Serve on an advisory board and see a difference in your County! Here are two with openings right now: -The Board of Equalization and Review hears appeals about property values and works with the Assessor’s Office. -The Groundwater Advisory Board reviews groundwater management policies and plans that they recommend to the Board of Commissioners. Mecklenburg County accepts applications for open advisory board positions year-round: https://meck.co/3MZ2A8c (While this picture is from inside a well, neither group meets in one.)

More than 600 people attended the County career fair earlier this month. That's more than double the number who attended last year! If you missed it, no sweat. You can apply online any time at Careers.MeckNC.gov

June is the official start of summer, and it was also the start of a new chapter for 75 new Mecklenburg County employees. Welcome to the County!

Making a big impact with small businesses! 269 people from across Mecklenburg County's towns learned about business planning support, small business loans, credit coaching, government contracting and more since May. Now nearly 70 of those attendees are preparing to receive one-on-one consultation from the Office of Economic Development to help them take their businesses to the next level! Learn more about their work: https://OED.MeckNC.gov/

June was packed with action from County employees and partners! See some of that work in pictures! 1. Public Health’s Office of Violence Prevention spent the month on efforts to reduce gun violence. 2. The County's American Rescue Plan Act funded 75 local organizations like Angels & Sparrows and Nourish Up to make a impact in our community. That's the Meck Effect! Learn more about the organizations at TheMeckEffect.MeckNC.gov. 3. Public Information's green team spent Wednesday morning cleaning a bus stop uptown. 4. Community Support Services hosted staff from our contracted housing partner agencies to discuss ways to offer transparent, consistent and equitable services to those who are stabilizing in housing after experiencing homelessness. 5. Sheriff Garry McFadden received the President's Lifetime Achievement Award from the White House for his more than 15,000 hours of volunteering. 6. Charlotte Mecklenburg Library kicked off their Summer Break reading program. 7. Medic joined the Charlotte Fire Department’s Camp Ignite to show EMS career options for high school girls in our community.

A big congratulations to our Public Health team on being one of three government EQUALibrium Award recipients! The award recognizes the area’s residents and institutions that have made outstanding contributions in advancing issues of race and equity within the community.

It's tomorrow! See you there!

Park and Recreation Director W. Lee Jones is entering his retirement era after 20 years with the County! Since joining us in 2004, he's contributed to several notable projects like First Ward Park, Romare Bearden Park, the Mecklenburg County Sportsplex and the reopening of the American Legion Memorial Stadium. He's been responsible for managing the overall planning and direction of more than 230 parks, 30 facilities and 22,000 acres of parkland. Jones is no stranger to vanguard status. He was the first Black person to receive a Master of Architecture degree from the University of Virginia School of Architecture. Jones was also honored with the 2023 Charlotte’s Men of Change award, which recognizes Black community leaders for their work as business owners, teachers, political and justice activists, trainers, and visionaries. We're grateful for the 20 years Director W. Lee Jones has dedicated to transforming Mecklenburg County and the park and recreation system into what it is today! Cheers to your well-deserved PTO (permanent time off)!

Help cut air pollution and get the chance to win prizes like Charlotte FC tickets or an electric scooter. Log each day you carpool, use public transit, bike, walk or pack a lunch and avoid solo car trips. The more trips you reduce or skip, the more chances of winning: meck.co/45Ck9Tp If you're a County employee, you can earn WorkGreen credits, too! Just make sure to log it in MeckWeb. Good luck!

A big congratulations to our Public Health team on being one of three government EQUALibrium Award recipients! “We are very honored to receive this recognition by WFAE,” said Dr. Raynard Washington, Mecklenburg County Public Health director. “Public media is a powerful partner in our work to connect residents to information and resources, as well as uplifting stories of our successes and challenges. Our mission of promoting and protecting the public’s health can only be achieved if we meet our residents where they are. It’s not enough to simply provide services, we must understand and respond to the conditions that make access possible for our residents, even if it means bringing services to them.”