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Last Thursday, CHARP hosted the Cultivate Food Forum, an event focused on sustainable and healthy eating practices for residents of “food deserts.” All of the CHARP neighborhoods are located in food deserts–areas of our city that lack access to fresh, healthy, and affordable food. The purpose of our event was to raise awareness about this […]
This month, the Windy Ridge HOA and CrimeWatch installed signs to discourage littering and other distasteful activities. The signs were purchased with funds from a City of Charlotte Neighborhood Matching Grant and were installed by Fausto Alfaro, HOA President with the help of Keihly Moore, a Master’s student with a dual major in Urban Design […]
Graham Heights was recently awarded a Power 2 Live Green Grant by the City of Charlotte. The grant provides for 40 free home energy audits to Graham Heights residents. Along with the audits, Energy Wise Solutions will also perform small home improvements designed to save residents money on their heating and cooling bills. The audits […]
Graham Heights received a $500 A.C.T. for their upcoming Spring Festival Block Party. A big thank-you to Crossroads Charlotte and the Foundation for the Carolinas for their support of the event. The Graham Heights Neighborhood Association hopes this event will bring people across all age groups and backgrounds together within the community to build human […]
The Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday March 31, 2012 at the Bette Rae Thomas Center was very successful. Over 100 members of the community came out to have some fun together. The event featured egg painting, face painting, a sketch artist, a clown and an air filled jumping gym. Kids got plenty of eggs and […]
On Saturday 4/7, the energy was alive in Farm Pond! There were two events that occurred–one was a cleanup, and the other was an Easter event, both of which took place at the Eaglewoods Apartments clubhouse. UNC Charlotte undergrads (Courtney Hathaway, Madelyn Riddleberger, Stafford Farmer, and Joshua Marks) joined Farm Pond neighbors and volunteers, as […]
On Saturday, April 14th, Albemarle Road Elementary School staff, Hands On Charlotte, the City of Charlotte, volunteers, and families of Farm Pond partnered together for the Neighborhood-School Partnership Summit. The Summit consisted of various activities for participants, in which individuals were able to share their stories, ideas, values, and interests; ultimately, the participants all worked […]
Check out the latest edition of the CHARP Shout, our bimonthly newsletter. April_Newsletter.pdf
The Windy Ridge neighborhood is located in the northwest portion of Charlotte, North Carolina and can be reached via Interstate 85, Brookshire Blvd./ Exit 36. The neighborhood was developed in two stages, in 2003 and 2004. The recent recession has had an adverse effect on Windy Ridge, as many owners vanished and foreclosures increased. Houses […]
The Windy Ridge neighborhood was featured in an Associated Press article concerning its struggles with foreclosure, vacant homes, and crime. Windy Ridge neighborhood fights multiple issues
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.)