Charlotte, N.C., breaks ground on mass-timber Firehouse 44
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The City of Charlotte broke ground Thursday, Oct. 8, on Firehouse 44, a 14,000-square-foot station planned for the growing River District on Dixie River Road and billed as the first mass-timber firehouse in the Southeast. The two-story, three-bay facility is designed to expand Charlotte Fire Department emergency response coverage in the west