JUNE 2019 // CHARLOTTE 15
BUZZ
WHAT MATTERS NOW IN THE CITY
LIFE LESSONSTOM WARSHAUER
Neighborhood advocate charts three decades
as an openly gay man in Charlotte
BY JARED MISNERTOM WARSHAUER IS PROUD OF HIS SWING.
It’s not really his swing; he doesn’t own it. But as an
assistant director for community engagement for the
city, Warshauer led a grant-funded project last year
to install public “front porch swings” at the corner
of Commonwealth Avenue and The Plaza, in Plaza
Midwood’s business district, and at four bus stops along
Central Avenue.INSIDE: LIFE LESSONS NEWS
RUSTY WILLIAMS
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