The Winston-Salem Journal says the Downtown Center for the Arts “is exactly what the local economy needs” because “thriving downtowns are selling points for new businesses and residents”;

Carolina Journal’s David Bass takes a look at Raleigh’s “brave new world” of compact urban development;

Last but not least, out-of-towners oooh and aah over Charlotte’s Lynx light rail line in anticipation of “hopeful times” for mass transit boosters.