Editorial standards & citation methodology

Preference runs, in order: the government body that maintains the record; the institution that operates the thing being described; a recognized archive; and only then reputable secondary coverage.

For Uptown that means Mecklenburg County's POLARIS parcel system and tax records for property facts, the City of Charlotte for zoning and streets, CATS for transit, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools for assignment, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Historic Landmarks Commission and the Carolina Room for history, and the operating institutions themselves for venues and museums.

Each factual statement is checked against the source at the time of writing. Figures that move - tax values, transit schedules, school boundaries, building counts - are written so the reader knows they move, and the authority that publishes the current number is linked rather than the number being frozen into prose.

No individual property listings. No valuations or price predictions presented as fact. No crime statistics repackaged as neighborhood safety ratings. No invented reviews, ratings, awards or testimonials. No contact details for third parties beyond their own published web addresses.

This guide is published in association with four Charlotte businesses - a custom builder, a real estate advisory, an interior design studio and an audio-video integrator. Those relationships are disclosed on every page where a recommendation appears and are described in full on the advertising disclosure page.

Editorial content is not sold. Recommendations of third-party institutions, restaurants, schools and venues are unpaid.

Anyone can submit a correction. Substantiated errors are fixed promptly and the page is revised rather than quietly patched. The correction form appears at the foot of every page.