By Bea Quirk, contributing writer
Published: March 30,2012
Ronald Carter, president of Johnson C. Smith University, is a man with a mission: to transform the 145-year-old historically black college into “Charlotte’s premier independent urban university.” The metamorphosis extends beyond the academic; it’s about bricks and mortar, too.
By Tara Ramsey, staff writer
Published: July 26,2011
The developers of the proposed Mosaic Village mixed-use project have been granted $3.18 million from the Charlotte City Council to be used for parking and infrastructure improvements. The city’s financial contribution will include $3 million to fund the construction of 223 public parking spaces in a multilevel parking deck and $182,000 in public rights of [...]
By Tara Ramsey, staff writer
Published: July 20,2011
A public-private partnership that would bring more parking and other improvements to the West Trade Street corridor is one step closer to becoming reality. On Monday, the Charlotte City Council’s economic development committee recommended to the full council that it partner with Charlotte-based Griffin Bros. and invest $3.18 million from the city’s Business Corridor Revitalization [...]
By Tara Ramsey, staff writer
Published: May 13,2011
In Mary Jones’s neighborhood near Johnson C. Smith University, the city of Charlotte is preparing to build a sidewalk. Although some homeowners might be excited about getting such a feature, Jones is not. This week, as construction crews did prep work on the project, Jones complained about the size of the planting strip being proposed [...]
By Greg Lacour, contributing writer
Published: May 6,2011
The April 15 groundbreaking for the new Mosaic Village complex on Charlotte’s west side was a festive affair with a marching band, marquee tent and business and political leaders galore — and an unofficial job fair for Charlotte’s minority contractors. The $16 million student housing, retail and parking project, on land owned by local automotive [...]
By Tara Ramsey, staff writer
Published: April 26,2011
When state Sen. Malcolm Graham looks at Charlotte’s northwest corridor, he sees the intersection near Johnson C. Smith University as the “Trade and Tryon” of that area. To Charlotte City Councilman James Mitchell, the area could become a “Little Georgetown,” similar to the one in northwest Washington, D.C., that’s anchored by Georgetown University. But it [...]
By Tara Ramsey, staff writer
Published: April 12,2011
The Charlotte City Council voted unanimously Monday to request approval from the state transportation department to enhance the Interstate 77 underpass on West Trade Street with colorful lights. The underpass lighting is a first step in a plan to revitalize the northwest corridor along Beatties Ford Road. On March 4, state Sen. Malcolm Graham presented [...]
By Tara Ramsey, staff writer
Published: April 5,2011
Sen. Malcolm Graham says he wants the “five-points” intersection near Johnson C. Smith University to become the “Trade and Tryon” of the city’s northwest corridor. Graham, of Charlotte, who also is the chairman of the Beatties Ford Road Task Force, told the Charlotte City Council Monday that the university could become the anchor property at [...]
By Bea Quirk, contributing writer
Published: February 15,2011
Just hours after the Democratic Party announced that Charlotte would host its 2012 national convention, the Levine Museum of the New South got a phone call. A national organization wanted to book the museum during the convention for a sit-down dinner for 500 people. The museum thanked the group for its interest, but it had [...]
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