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They’re rolling! First trains test LYNX tracks in University City
The first light-rail train ran on the University City stretch of the LYNX Blue Line Extension last week, as contractors and Charlotte Area Transit System personnel begin lengthy tests on the light-rail line's complex electrical system. You can see the action via a...
Town Hall Meeting on closing Digital Divide
The push to bring super-fast Internet service to Charlotte has renewed concern about a "digital divide" between communities that have access and others that don't. Learn more about "digital deserts", the importance of digital inclusion and what Charlotte is doing to...
Help TODAY to save funds to pave Mallard Creek Greenway
Money to pave the last stretch of the Mallard Creek Greenway has been cut from the proposed 2017-18 County Budget. Tonight (June 5) and this week, County Commissioners must hear loud and clear from many people that we want $1 million restored to finish paving Mallard...
Global insurer AXA adding 550 workers at Innovation Park
Four years after opening its University City offices, global insurance company AXA announced on Tuesday, May 9, that it will add 550 jobs over the next five years to make Innovation Park its largest operations center in the U.S. “With this announcement, AXA affirmed...
New Madras Cafe offers vegetarian dishes only
University City's diverse population includes many people with ties to India and Pakistan, as our our growing variety of restaurants and grocery stores attest. Madras Cafe, which opened last fall near University Research Park, adds an all-vegetarian Indian-Pakistani...
Food Truck Wednesdays at Residence Inn
Bring your appetite to Residence Inn by Marriott at 8503 N. Tryon Street from 6-8 Wednesday, May 10, for the start of Food Truck Wednesdays - an every-other-Wednesday promotion through June 21. Spoon’s Barbecue Truck will provide the eats this week. Residence Inn will...
LYNX transitions – new restaurants, leases and retail renovation
With the LYNX light-rail line set to open next spring, businesses along University City’s North Tryon Street corridor are busy preparing for a new wave of commuters and customers riding the rails between UNC Charlotte, Uptown and beyond. Here are the latest headlines...