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Meet our new intern, Haley Chilcott
Haley Chilcott is our new Marketing Communications Intern here at University City Partners. Haley is an undergraduate student at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and is majoring in Communications, with a concentration in Public Relations. After graduation...
Need to escape the ‘noise’? Try these 4 refuges in University City
The holidays can get so hectic, you just wish you could escape for an hour or two. That escape is close by in University City. Here are four of our favorite places. All are free and open from dawn to dusk! UNC Charlotte Botanical Gardens Ten acres of beautiful...
Winter fun, fitness for the whole family
December is a special time of year, with early darkness, cold nights and ancient traditions. The Nature Center at Reedy Creek Nature Preserve has six daytime and evening programs in December that will help your family get outdoors and have fun. Reedy Creek Nature...
Give the best seats to great shows and games
One of the region's best venues for music, theater, dance and sports is UNC Charlotte. Once the winter semester starts in January, you'll find many great performances on the stage and basketball court. Know anyone who might like a Christmas gift of tickets to a game,...
Unique stores put the fun back into shopping
Put the fun and adventure back in holiday shopping at these uniquely University City stores! Shop for your nature lovers deep in a forest. Play with trains at the Lionel Train factory store. Browse through all things 49er at the campus Barnes and Noble. Get NASCAR...
3 million Christmas lights and much more at Charlotte Motor Speedway
Charlotte Motor Speedway does everything in a big way, including what must be one of the largest holiday lights displays in America! Nightly through New Year's Eve (except Christmas Day), Speedway visitors can drive a 3.5-mile course illuminated with 3 million lights...
Builder proposing Research Park’s first for-sale townhomes
North America's largest privately owned homebuilder could soon become University City's leading townhome builder. Mattamy Homes plans to build three townhome communities within University Research Park and a fourth nearby, if Charlotte City Council approves. Rezoning...