brianb0518

I am not sure if this video has been posted in the past, but here is a quick visual history of Charlotte, pop up style. It was 9 min, now its 3... http://www.neatorama.com/2010/02/16/9-minute-history-of-a-city-as-a-pop-up-book/

The owner wants uptown prices for the buildings

I am the developer of the NoDa @ 27th Street project and I make it a point not to post on this site. I feel it serves as a great outlet for the community to openly critique our projects and it allows us an opportunity for unfiltered information about how well (or poorly) our projects are received. However, I do not post because I feel it could influence, sway, or galvanize someone's views of our projects unfairly. In this instance I am posting because we strive to provide ample opportunities, in addition to those required by the city, for the community to help us improve our projects. The Villa Heights Association played as much, if not more, of a role in the direction of this project and had a great influence, in addition to NoDa, in the direction of the plans I would encourage you to attend our monthly Villa Heights Association meeting to discuss those issues which are important to you. They include crime, community service, Optimist Park improvements, and rezoning. They meet the second Tuesday of every month at McCreesh Place on North Davidson Street. We met and presented the NoDa @ 27th Street project twice to Villa Heights Association and held two open Community Meetings, both of which anyone was invited to. I can not stress how important it is to attend these meetings, especially the Association Meeting, as you never know what project or issues they will be addressing which you might not have input into otherwise. I would also encourage more people to attend and be involved as the more bodies which are there, the more people you have watching out for their neighbor and working to improve conditions in our neighborhood.