A long-time city of Charlotte employee is setting his first goal of 2026: enjoy retirement.
Willie Ratchford has spent the majority of his life working in local government, ever since he was fresh out of college.
“I actually started my career off here in this building, yes, as an intake generalist. And if you were to ask me what that is, I still have no idea, but I worked for neighborhood centers for five years,” Ratchford told Channel 9’s Elsa Gillis…