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Here's your inside access to City information and resources
Did you know that every Charlotte neighborhood has an advocate at the City of Charlotte -- someone who can help resolve issues or concerns and connect you to City staff and resources?
Our Community Engagement Service Area Teams are assigned to specific areas in Charlotte where they work closely with local residents, neighborhood and business associations, civic groups and other community organizations.
For us, we're able to develop meaningful relationships with you and your neighbors and understand the unique characteristics of your community. For you, this means your community will continue to receive support and help with connecting to resources that address a wide range of issues.
So what can you expect?
- Problem Solving
- We'll help your neighborhood group develop and implement solutions that can help improve your community
- Information
- Your community will receive information about available programs and services as well as help with connecting to City staff
- Coordination
- We'll make sure that your community's needs are aligned with City resources, projects and initiatives
- Advocacy
- You'll have someone on your side who will help maintain the balance between meeting the needs of your community and the needs of the entire city.
Want to learn more? Visit nbs.charlottenc.gov to meet your new community engagement service area team members.
We want to hear from you!
We would love to hear from you about how Neighborhood & Business Services can enhance our relationships with your neighborhood.
Please take a few moments to complete this very short survey and share your thoughts about what the City can do to help your neighborhood!
Reid Park debuts Neighborhood Matching Grant funded benches at new park
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Last month, the Reid Park Neighborhood Association celebrated the completion of their neighborhood park and debuted their new Neighborhood Matching Grant-funded benches.
The $25,000 Neighborhood Matching Grant helped fund two mosaic tile benches that captured the spirit of the community’s past, present and future. With students from Reid Park Academy driving the creative vision for the artwork and Habitat for Humanity volunteers conducting interviews with longtime residents in the community, the groups decided to have the benches read, "Past and present together for a future more vibrant. I am Reid Park."
An artist helped 123 Reid Park Academy students and more than 50 neighbors create and paint the tiles. In total, the Neighborhood Matching Grant project engaged more than 300 volunteers who logged 422 volunteer hours.
For more information about the Neighborhood Matching Grants program, please visit nbs.charlottenc.gov or contact Atalie Zimmerman at 704-336-4594.
NBS' Fast Five: What's going on in local neighborhoods and businesses
- Neighborhood Matching Grants program awards more than $45,000 to local neighborhood organizations
- The Belmont, Hidden Valley, Rosewood, Villa Heights and Winterfield communities recently received Neighborhood Matching Grants to improve their neighborhoods' quality of life. Check out the link above to see what they're going to do with the grant funds.
- Coming soon: More Quality of Life Updates to help you learn more about your neighborhood and plan for the future
- Want to learn more about your neighborhood? The Quality of Life Explorer will release updated data next month that can help you learn more about your neighborhood, connect to resources and plan for the future.
- Here's how your business can be the superhero this city deserves.
- Next April, thousands of local students will gain interactive experience that will prepare them for today's job market. Here's how you can help.
- Want to get more involved with planning efforts in Charlotte and your neighborhood?
- The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Planning Department is launching the Community Planning Academy pilot program. Submit an application today to learn how to effectively participate in the planning process, learn where Charlotte has been and where it is going, and explore the connection between planning and zoning.
- Mark your calendar: Mayor's Mentoring Alliance to honor mentors, mentees at annual awards ceremony
- The Mayor's Mentoring Alliance, in partnership with United Way of Central Carolinas, will celebrate National Mentoring Month at the Alliance Awards on Friday, Jan. 29.
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