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Stop the spread of cankerworms in your community
Last year, Charlotte residents helped prevent cankerworms by banding more than 7,000 trees in Charlotte.
Can we top that this year?
Through the City of Charlotte's Neighborhood Matching Grants program, neighborhood-based organizations can apply for up to $3,000 to assist with banding trees in their community, including those located on private property.
Neighborhoods interested in participating in the tree banding program must attend a pre-application workshop. Workshops will be held on the following dates:
- 6 p.m., Tuesday, July 26 at 701 Tuckaseegee Road
- 6 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 3 at 701 Tuckaseegee Road
Visitor parking is available at the Landscape Management facility's entrance. For more information and to RSVP, please email Neighborhood Resources Liaison Denise Coleman at drcoleman@charlottenc.gov.
Don't let your neighborhood get left behind
As a neighborhood leader, you can play a role in bridging the digital divide -- the gap between those who are connected to the internet and those who are not -- in your community. When planning your National Night Out, Back to School and other fall festivals, invite a local digital resource provider to attend your event to share their services with your neighbors.
To help you and your neighborhood with this, we have created a contact list for local organizations that provide digital training, internet access and low-cost electronic devices. Each of these organizations has verified that they are able to staff tables at community events to showcase the services they offer, though the number of events that each organization can attend may be limited.
If you’re not hosting a fall event but want to learn more about these and other digital resources in Charlotte, visit DigitalCharlotte.org.
Fast Five: Check out what's going on in local communities
- Upcoming Neighborhood & Business Services grant deadlines
- Facade Improvement Grant applications are due on Monday, Aug.15, and Neighborhood Matching Grants applications are due on Thursday, Sept. 1.
- Save the Date: Neighborhood Exchange and Leadership Awards to be held Oct. 1
- During the Neighborhood Exchange and Leadership Awards, you will be able to network and share innovative ideas with your Charlotte and Mecklenburg County neighbors, participate in workshops and panel discussions about issues that matter most to you, and celebrate community leaders, nonprofits and businesses that do great work in local communities.
- Five Charlotte projects were recently chosen as finalists in the KaBOOM! Play Everywhere Challenge
- The following five projects were chosen as finalists in the KaBOOM! Play Everywhere Challenge: a Rail Trail Symphony along the Charlotte Rail Trail, an Imagine Forest in the Belmont neighborhood, a GovPorch at the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Government Center Plaza, a ColourWheel Playtime project and a SPARK project at local transit stops.
- DigiGirlz to host camp for high school girls who are interested in technology and entrepreneurship
- This one-day workshop, sponsored by Microsoft and the Mayor's Youth Employment Program, serves as an opportunity to promote science, technology, engineering, arts and math (STEAM) careers to young women and minority students. Registration ends on Friday, July 15.
- Code Enforcement Tip of the Month: Parking on the lawn
- As a reminder, make sure not to park your cars on your front lawn (and side lawn if you live on a corner lot). You could be subjected to a $25 fine per violation with the possibility of your car being towed after multiple citations. Visit NBS' Code Enforcement webpage for more information about code enforcement violations.
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