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Green light for our parks and greenways! Thanks, everyone!
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...
There’s still time to restore “lost” greenway funding
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...
Next big apartment building going up near campus
The next big student apartment building is under construction across from campus on University City Boulevard. Haven Campus Communities recently took out building permits for nearly $35 million of construction, to build 332 apartments and a six-floor parking deck. The...
Duke Energy expanding service center in University Research Park
Duke Energy has started work on renovating and expanding its customer service center in University Research Park. Building permits totaling $14.4 million were issued recently to renovate 80,000 square feet of space and add 35,000 square feet of additional space. The...
2 more Tasty Tuesday restaurants
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...
The Arbors retail center sells for $25.1 million
The Arbors shopping center on Mallard Creek Church Road has a new owner. Westwood Financial recently bought the center, home to Trader Joes, Hickory Tavern and 17 other national and regional specialty retailers, for $25.1 million. The center is located across the...
URP business opens new chapter as Alight Solutions
From a news release from Alright Solutions Alight Solutions, the former outsourcing business of Aon plc, recently announced the next chapter in its more than 25-year history as the leading technology-enabled provider of benefits administration and cloud-based HR...