Efforts to shape the development surge expected to accompany light rail has reached a critical juncture. Planners presented their first draft of area plans for three North Tryon Street transit stations at a community meeting on March 11. The vision contained in the...
Transit officials are using the Internet to help us dream of a bright Blue Line future while avoiding some of the construction pain now. CATS recently launched a map at charlottefuture.com that shows the latest road and lane closures, bus detours and turning...
The region’s newest networking center for entrepreneurs has opened for business near UNC Charlotte’s North Tryon Street entrance. Gov. Pat McCrory and Chancellor Phil Dubois led the Feb. 28 dedication of the PORTAL building in Charlotte Research Institute. “The PORTAL...
University City Partners hosted a Road and Rail Construction Briefing last week to help local businesses understand the breadth of the many projects either under way or coming soon. These range from the LYNX Blue Line Extension on North Tryon Street and our I-485...
University City is getting a new choice in upscale grocery shopping. The Fresh Market is coming to Mallard Crossing on Prosperity Church Road. The NC-based chain describes itself as “a specialty grocery retailer focused on providing high-quality products in a unique...
A concert tonight at UNC Charlotte will offer a too-rare glimpse of the university’s talented Arts and Architecture faculty. The Madison Park String Quartet includes two faculty members, violist Kirsten Swanson and cellist Mira Frisch, plus violinists Jenny Topilow of...
Two major road projects have just begun that will transform the highway grid west of I-85 through Derita. The state recently began preliminary clearing for the long-planned Graham Street Extension/Mallard Creek Road widening and realignment around the Derita business...