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Don't Forget to Apply for Keep Charlotte Beautiful's Adopt-A-Neighborhood Grant

Keep Charlotte Beautiful (KCB) is still accepting applications for the 2013 Adopt-a-Neighborhood program. Applications can be found on the Keep Charlotte Beautiful website.

Each year, KCB committee members work with selected neighborhood(s) to fund a beautification project of the neighborhood's choosing. The committee accepts applications for beautification projects ranging from $500 - $5,000. A maximum amount of $5,000 will be awarded each year.

Any neighborhood within Charlotte city limits is eligible to apply, but must submit applications by 5 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 28 to be considered. Click here for more grant information.

Also, click here to see a video about the City's Neighborhood Matching Grants Program.

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Rental Property Ordinance

On January 1, amendments to the City of Charlotte’s Residential Rental Property Ordinance were enacted. The most significant change to the ordinance requires all residential rental property to be registered by the owner. 

The ordinance is put in place to require owners of residential rental property, whose property is within the Disorder Risk Threshold as established by this ordinance, to register sufficient identification so the City may identify and contact the owner when excessive levels of disorderly activity occur on or in the property. In addition, the City desires to establish a method to hold owners of residential rental property accountable for failing to use effective methods to reduce disorderly activity on their property.

For more information about Rental Property Ordinances, visit http://rentalproperty.charlottenc.gov.

The City of Charlotte is expanding the Small Business Opportunity Program (SBO) to include minority and women-owned businesses. If approved by the Charlotte City Council, the proposed program changes will be implemented this summer and will include a new program name.

The goals of the proposed chages are to be more inclusive in our contracting and procurement, focus on equity and inclusion, and build goodwill in the business community. The changes to the SBO Program are a result of the 2011 Disparity Study, which concluded that the City of Charlotte underutilized minority and women-owned firms for some industry segments. In December 2012, the SBO Program held two community forums to communicate the recommended changes, as well as receive input from stakeholders.

Keep Charlotte Beautiful Joins Forces with the Chris Canty Foundation 

For its 2013 Great Charlotte Clean-up, Keep Charlotte Beautiful will join forces with the Chris Canty Foundation for the second annual Historic West End Cleanup for Change.

Volunteers are needed to help clean up as many as 20 sites -- including local parks, streets and neighborhoods -- along Beatties Ford Corridor. The event will take place 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, April 20. Registration will take place on Johnson C. Smith University's campus. For more information about volunteering for the Cleanup for Change event, email service.programs@chriscantyfoundation.org.