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Danté Anderson

Council Member, District 1; Mayor Pro Tem

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Danté Anderson

District 1 · Term 2025–2027

Danté Anderson represents District 1 on the Charlotte City Council. She has emerged as the council’s most vocal champion for Gateway Station, the multimodal transit hub planned at W. Trade and Graham streets. At the March 2026 budget workshop, Anderson pressed city staff for a concrete Amtrak timeline and connected the stalled Charlotte Transportation Center redevelopment to broader transit planning.

Anderson voted yes on the Crosland Southeast affordable housing project and has been active on shelter policy, homelessness response, and transit infrastructure investment. In June 2026 she was part of the council that adopted a citywide street vending ordinance, voted unanimously for a 150-day data center moratorium, and took up the process of choosing an interim mayor after Vi Lyles announced she would resign June 30. Her district includes some of Charlotte’s most active development corridors.

In The Mercury

Charlotte’s Next Mayor Won’t Be Elected. More Than 100 People Applied for the Job Anyway.

Interim mayor process · June 16

Charlotte City Council Votes Unanimously for 150-Day Data Center Moratorium

Data center moratorium · June 9

Charlotte Moves to Regulate Street Vending Citywide. The Split Was Over Whether Repeat Offenders Should Face a Criminal Charge.

Street vending ordinance · June 3

Vi Lyles Will Resign as Charlotte Mayor on June 30. The Race to Replace Her Already Started.

Mayoral resignation · Anderson quoted

Gateway Station: Two Council Members Say Charlotte Has Waited Long Enough

Amtrak timeline and CTC redevelopment

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Manor Theater Redevelopment Approved

The Charlotte Mercury·

Charlotte City Council on Monday unanimously approved a partial rezoning of the Manor Theater site on Providence Road, clearing the way for SLRH Acquisitions to redevelop the long-closed Eastover landmark into 120 to 130 residential units and roughly 35,000 square feet of ground-floor retail. Three council members — Kimberly Owens, Danté Anderson, and J.D. Mazuera Arias — walked the room through their first memories of the building before the vote.

A 2.5-Million-Square-Foot Data Center Is Going Up off University City Boulevard.

The Charlotte Mercury·

The Charlotte City Council deadlocked 5-5 Monday night on whether to even schedule a public hearing on a temporary moratorium for new data center approvals. Mayor Vi Lyles broke the tie, voting no. Meanwhile a 2.5-million-square-foot, 300-megawatt data center campus is going up at 10800 University City Boulevard — and under Charlotte's current zoning, the council had no role in approving it.

Charlotte's 2024 Housing Bond Is $5.6 Million Over. Staff Wants to Cover It From Supportive Housing, Shelter, and Innovation.

The Charlotte Mercury·

The rental housing production category of Charlotte's 2024 affordable housing bond is now $5.6 million over its allocation goal. To cover the gap, city housing staff are recommending council pull $1 million each from supportive housing and shelter capacity, and $3.6 million from the Innovation Pilot Fund. LaWana Mayfield warned this would happen on April 27.

Vi Lyles Will Resign as Charlotte Mayor on June 30. The Race to Replace Her Already Started.

The Charlotte Mercury·

Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles announced Thursday that she will resign on June 30, ending a tenure that began in 2017. Under North Carolina law, the City Council will appoint a Democrat to serve the remainder of her term — and the field is already organizing in public, with former Mayor Jennifer Roberts offering to fill the vacancy and Council Member Dante Anderson breaking for the outsider option. The vote that decides who fills the seat has not been scheduled.

Vi Lyles Chaired the May Zoning Meeting. It Was Her First This Year and Her Last.

The Charlotte Mercury·

Mayor Vi Lyles had not chaired a 2026 zoning meeting through her current term — Council Member Ed Driggs (District 7) handled each of the four held earlier this year. On Monday she took the chair for the May 18 meeting. The calendar shows no other zoning meeting will fall before her June 30 resignation.

Charlotte Council Approved a 41-Acre Atrium University City Rezoning Monday. The Vote Took Two Tries.

The Charlotte Mercury·

Charlotte City Council unanimously approved a 41.26-acre rezoning of the Atrium Health University City hospital campus Monday, switching the property from Institutional Campus 1 to Institutional Campus 2 with Exception provisions. The approval vote needed two tries — Council Member Danté Anderson made the motion before discussion had occurred, and the body re-voted after Council Member Renée Johnson spoke about her family's recent care at the hospital's ER.

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