A note of thanks from Darlene Heater, Executive Director, University City Partners You've probably heard the great news about our park and greenway funding, but in case you have not, our County Board voted on Wednesday night to reverse a previous funding plan and...
The debate over county funding priorities has dominated local news for weeks. We may not know the outcome for days or months. One thing we do know: People wanting commissioners to fund long-delayed park and greenway projects here and throughout Mecklenburg County...
Our University City Partners interns help us with many tasks. One that they definitely enjoy is providing Tasty Tuesday articles - their take on popular restaurants. For this newsletter, Michyla Greene visited Nona's Sweets, while Luis Martinez and Sean Tisdale...
City planners unveiled a radically different type of bridge for I-85 last week - one that will have separate lanes for bikes, extra-wide sidewalk, and a signature design to tell motorists, "You have arrived in Charlotte and University City." You can see the plans...
Efforts to restore several park and greenway projects to Mecklenburg County’s five-year capital-improvement plan - including the paving of a gravel stretch of Mallard Creek Greenway - got indirect support on Monday. County commissioners voted to approve the $1.7...
There's still time to ask our County Board to recommit to funding the paving of Mallard Creek Greenway's gravel stretch through University Research Park. The board, which held its budget hearing on Monday, will finalize the operating and capital-improvement budgets on...
The first light-rail train ran on the University City stretch of the LYNX Blue Line Extension last week, as contractors and Charlotte Area Transit System personnel begin lengthy tests on the light-rail line's complex electrical system. You can see the action via a...