A play about a woman who gets to stay, in a neighborhood where staying is the question

04min | 08/29/2026

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Inside a 93-year-old blue house at 2916 Parkway Avenue in Enderly Park, ten people at a time are watching a 55-minute play about Martha — a lifelong resident celebrating her 90th birthday. She appeared in the company's last play too, where she was being evicted. This one writes her a different ending. It closes tomorrow. Meanwhile the nonprofit staging it holds six affordable apartments in a neighborhood filling with coffee shops and new mansions. Plus: the Crystal Hill investigation has cost taxpayers at least $379,000 including more than $60,000 to a PR firm, the state permits 588 diesel generators for Amazon's Richmond County data center, and Good Food on Montford serves its last dinner tonight.

CLT Daily is written, hosted and produced by Steve Bouboulis, an independent journalist covering the Queen City. Got a tip, a document, or a story the city isn't telling? Reach him on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevebouboulis/

CLT Daily — Charlotte's independent daily briefing. New episodes every morning. cltdaily.com

Sources this episode: WFAE, Humanitix, Queen City Nerve, NC DEQ

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Inside a 93-year-old blue house at 2916 Parkway Avenue in Enderly Park, ten people at a time are watching a 55-minute play about Martha — a lifelong resident celebrating her 90th birthday. She appeared in the company's last play too, where she was being evicted. This one writes her a different ending. It closes tomorrow. Meanwhile the nonprofit staging it holds six affordable apartments in a neighborhood filling with coffee shops and new mansions. Plus: the Crystal Hill investigation has cost taxpayers at least $379,000 including more than $60,000 to a PR firm, the state permits 588 diesel generators for Amazon's Richmond County data center, and Good Food on Montford serves its last dinner tonight.

CLT Daily is written, hosted and produced by Steve Bouboulis, an independent journalist covering the Queen City. Got a tip, a document, or a story the city isn't telling? Reach him on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevebouboulis/

CLT Daily — Charlotte's independent daily briefing. New episodes every morning. cltdaily.com

Sources this episode: WFAE, Humanitix, Queen City Nerve, NC DEQ

Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

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