University City Vision Plan – Connecting: People. Places. Nature. The growth and development being realized in University City is nothing short of transformational. Major investments in transportation and mobility infrastructure, thousands of new rooftops, new...
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Vision Builders fly in NASA Rover Challenge
With an invitation from NASA and help from University City-based Vision Builder Adventures, five high-school students have completed an out-of-this-world challenge: to design, build and demonstrate a Human Exploration Rover. Even better, our team took home one of nine...
These Vance High students are dreaming big – They need our help
Just about every part of the high school experience at Vance High has gone virtual or gone away since March 16, 2020, the day that COVID-19 shut the schoolhouse doors across North Carolina. Students haven’t returned to Vance High classrooms for 10 months and counting....
Teens’ hopes fly high in NASA Challenge
The future of NASA exploration – or at least the dreams of several teenagers – recently flew down the dirt-bike track at Hornet’s Nest Park. The teens, members of the Vision Builder Adventures program, were testing their emerging entry in the 2021 NASA Rover...
Let’s toast 1st University City Wine Fest!
By Darlene Heater The inaugural Wine Vault University City Wine Fest on April 22 at University Place was a spectacular event for our community. By the end of the day, we were all laughing, enjoying amazing vino, feasting on mouthwatering food from our sponsor...
Get running and rolling with Race2Educate, UC Duathlon
Our Healthy UCity Race Series heads to school on April 1, with the Race2Educate 5K and Fun Run in University City’s Governors Village learning campus. Then the series heads to the hills – and we mean HILLS - of University Research Park on May 6, for the challenging...
Fox Sports and friends help kids get ready for Race2Educate
Sixty students at Nathaniel Alexander Elementary School are getting lessons in speed and generosity, thanks to the good people at Fox Sports and their many friends. Those lessons and that generosity, in the form of paid entry fees and new tennis shoes for each child,...