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Aon Hewitt helping our kids “Cook With Heart”
By Abigail Armstrong Aon Hewitt Financial Advisors, with offices at Innovation Park, provides investment advisory services, financial planning, benefits counseling and financial education to employees and retirees. Aon Hewitt's employees also are helping improve the...
I-85 bridges will help link LYNX to Research Park businesses
The chasm separating Research Park workers and the North Tryon Street business district and light-rail line is being bridged - with help from city transportation bond packages. The I-85 South Bridge, funded with 2014 bonds, will open early next year. Funding for the...
Bonds would transform 4 streets for safer walking, cycling
If voters pass Charlotte's bond referendum in November, University City will gain key pieces needed for our transit-powered future: better roads, sidewalks and bike lanes near our transit stations. Three improvements could even change how we use bicycles: extra-wide...
Our light-rail decks – Park, shop, dine and more!
The parking decks being built at the JW Clay Boulevard and University City Boulevard transit stations will have hundreds of parking spaces but also shops, restaurants and other services on their first floors. Our executive director, Darlene Heater, explains why these...
Survey offers strong support for town center at University Place
A new survey offers surprising and encouraging results about the potential for development near the Clay Boulevard light-rail station, says Tobe Holmes with University City Partners. Among the surprises: Demand for 3-bedroom housing is "off the map," and the highest...
The Pointe at University Place filling quickly
Updated on Oct. 10, 2016 The Pointe at University Place is filling up fast. With construction just beginning, the six-building retail development near the future JW Clay Boulevard light-rail station and parking deck already has leased eight of nine spaces in...
Today’s lunchtime concert launches October arts explosion
The arts scene explodes this month at UNC Charlotte. Among the offerings - a free lunchtime concert TODAY (Oct. 5) by the Charlotte Symphony, the student Chamber Orchestra's fall concert, a Faculty and Friends performance by bass-baritone Carl DuPont featuring the...