Reid Park

As part of its work with the Reid Park Neighborhood Association, CHARP has partnered with the Reid Park Academy and the Council for Children’s Rights to support their wrap-around initiative. This program will support students at Reid Park Academy with a full range of services, many of which will be housed in the soon-to-be-reopened Amay […]

The KaBoom! build day is fast approaching. On October 13th volunteers will come together in Reid Park to construct a playground in one day and Reid Park needs all of the volunteers it can muster. If you’d like to volunteer, click on the link below and you can find out who to contact and how […]

Hundreds of volunteers, residents, UNCC students, and neighborhood kids helped build Reid Park’s new playground. Pictures are better than words to describe the massive and successful undertaking. Click on the ‘Kaboom Playground Build Fall 2012‘ on page linked below to see all of the great photos. Reid Park and CHARP would like to thank these […]

Reid Park receives a large amount of print and television news coverage over the past weekend. A lot of information about Habitat’s future in Reid Park. Mecklenburg Times Article WBTV Habitat News Story

The Reid Park Youth-Senior Luncheon series took place in the spring of 2011 and was funded by a Crossroads Charlotte A.C.T. Grant. (See the idea behind the story here.)

Reid Park is a finalist in the Burpee Grow Anywhere Tour. The program supports school, home and community gardens in food deserts and, if selected, Burpee will deliver 1300 pounds of fresh produce to the community, 50 plants for the school garden, and the community will be awarded an additional 450 plants. Please vote for […]

Mecklenburg County Commissioners and Charlotte-Mecklenburg School Board Members engaged in a lively debate concerning the effectiveness and future of the Reid Park Academy Collaborative Initiative. A joint effort to serve the youth of in the Reid Park Academy catchment area, the Collaborative Initiative has brought organizations together to provide family services in addition to educational […]

Reid Park Photo Slide Show from the Washington Post

The Reid Park Holiday Party was a big success as over 50 people attended the gathering at the Arbor Glen Recreation Center on Dec. 6th. The event, funded by a Crossroads Charlotte A.C.T. Grant, brought the people of Reid Park together and was a first step to strengthening and restaffing the Reid Park Neighborhood Association. […]

Students from UNC Charlotte’s Sigma Tau Gamma fraternity, Kappa Delta sorority, and student chapter of Habitat for Humanity partnered with CHARP and the Reid Park Neighborhood Association in a massive cleanup of several illegal dumping sites in the community on Saturday, January 28. Illegal dumping in Reid Park is a major issue. Because this community […]