Our long awaited light-rail line got a 25-gold-shovel groundbreaking last week. Hundreds gathered on the future line’s gravel bed near Ninth Street to hear Gov. Pat McCrory, Mayor Patsy Kinsey and others praise the 19-year bipartisan regional effort to build the line,...
For a number of folks, the fact that the Blue Line Extension (BLE) will be open in spring of 2017 will not come as news. However, a surprising number of folks got confused by the streetcar debate or by having heard promises of light rail for so long that they have...
I rode from Kohl’s to IKEA the other day without using Tryon Street or I-85. Travel through our “downtown” on back streets? I’ll bet YOU have never done it. But you will. With all the Tryon-Harris traffic congestion – and more coming when light-rail construction...
Anyone who’s walked the Toby, Mallard and Clark’s Creek greenways knows how popular our 9-plus miles of creekside trails have become. Good news, all you walkers, joggers, cyclists and non-car commuters: We’re getting more, including a trail linking University Place...
What do you get when you combine a bike path and a sidewalk? The answer is the 10-foot-wide University City Boulevard Pathway. Work will begin this summer on the multi-use path along Hwy. 49 from the main campus entrance to Mallard Creek Church Road, The first...
Several rezonings on City Council’s agenda again indicate University City’s desirability as a place to do business. Two rezonings prepare station areas for the 2017 opening of the light-rail line. Another near IKEA makes room for businesses disrupted by the rail line....
For a 45-year-old, the University Research Park is showing a lot of youthful vigor. Since January, the addition of an estimated two thousand jobs, around $100 million in new investment and the landing or expansion of nine firms were announced for the 2,200-acre park...