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Council Member Danté Anderson

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District 1

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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