Here Are the 2023 Charlotteans of the Year
Recognizing history, culture, athletics, media, finance, health care, advocacy, civic life, and local heroism
WE’VE BEEN AT THIS BUSINESS of naming Charlotteans of the Year for nearly a decade, and we’re including people who not only made this city better in 2023 but matter far beyond the boundaries of the year. These are nine people and institutions that reflect a city transforming by the day: a group that pushes against the legislature’s rising anti-LGBTQ tide; restaurateurs who preserve properties as they expand their businesses, a rarity in this town; and our first posthumous COTY, a newspaper publisher and civic giant who, years ago, saw Charlotte’s potential like few others. They all helped shape this city, even as the shape relentlessly, endlessly shifts.
