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Sign up now for weekly local produce at University City Farmers Market
The University City Farmers Market returns this spring for its first full season at University Place, and one of our major vendors has an exciting and tasty offer that we hope you can’t refuse: Get 31 weeks of fresh produce from nearly two dozen area farms, packaged...
Black-owned businesses helping build University City’s future
Check out Black-owned restaurants, shops and services in University City Charlotte Five, an online publication of The Charlotte Observer, recently published a list of more than 100 Black-owned restaurants and other businesses across Charlotte. In honor of Black...
Here are ways to observe Black History Month – 2021 style
Groups across Charlotte and North Carolina aren't letting a pandemic get in the way of Black History Month, nor will we. In recognition of the achievements and central role of African Americans in American and Charlotte history, we have assembled links to several...
Update on University City Regional Library’s future home
Darlene Heater, Executive Director, University City Partners. I am so proud of your advocacy and support for our library. The people who will determine the future home of University City Regional Library have heard our community’s concerns. Leaders of Charlotte...
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....
Commercial Real Estate Roundup – January 2021
January 2021 report on commercial real estate in University City – Charlotte Centene East Coast HQ leads 2020 business news, says Charlotte Ledger “That’s the huge one,” Ledger Executive Editor Tony Mecia tells WFAE. Total jobs could top 6,000 – biggest jobs...
Check out this light show, courtesy of Duke Energy
North Tryon Street near the University City Walmart just got a colorful new look between dusk and dawn. At the request of University City Partners, Duke Energy recently added multicolored illumination to its large substation just south of Shopping Center Drive. “They...