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Neighborhood & Business Services is offering the Façade Improvement Matching Grant Program in an effort to remove blight by assisting businesses and commercial property owners with improving building appearance and by bringing grandfathered signs, parking and landscaping into conformance with current codes.
The program provides fifty percent reimbursement to commercial and industrial businesses or property owners for eligible architectural renovation expenses. Sixty percent reimbursement may be available on a case-by-case basis for utilization of certified Small Business Enterprise firms.
Interested businesses must submit an application by Friday, August 15. Click here for examples of how this program has impacted local businesses, and additional information.
Animal Kneads Day is Animal Care & Control's (AC&C) largest annual fundraiser, held at Great Harvest Bread Company, which has tripled in size since 2007 and continues to support the initiative to address animal overpopulation.
Each August, Great Harvest Bread Company owners and staff donate their time and ingredients to make hundreds of loaves of bread. Volunteers from AC&C staff the counter and offer bread to customers for a $10 per loaf donation. All proceeds go directly to the AC&C Free Public Spay & Neuter Fund.
Sunday, August 24
Great Harvest Bread Company - Piper Glen Shopping Center (6420 Rea Rd)
10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Click here for more information about this year's event and the AC&C Spay & Neuter Assistance Program.
The City of Charlotte is building new bus/streetcar waiting stations along East Trade Street and Elizabeth Avenue. Nationally-known artist Nancy O’Neil worked with Levine Museum and other partners to gather historic images, then create collages that will grace the stations’ glass walls. A new exhibition provides a sneak peek at that art. The public is invited to an afternoon reception to see the exhibit, meet artist O’Neil and others involved in the project.
Sunday, September 7
Levine Museum of the New South (200 E 7th St.)
5 p.m. - 7 p.m.
This event is FREE and open to the public, but space is limited. Click here to register to attend.
The City of Charlotte’s Neighborhood Matching Grants program recently awarded grant funding to Rose Croft Condominiums, Burtonwood Neighborhood Association, Grier’s Grove Homeowners Association and Renaissance Homeowners Association. The four communities received a total of $27,356 to assist with paying for safety upgrades and signage in their communities.
Neighborhood Matching Grants are awarded four times a year, with the next round of applications due on Monday, September 15. Additionally, in an effort to stop the spread of fall cankerworms in the area, all organized Charlotte neighborhood organizations are eligible to apply for up to $3,000 in matching funds to assist with banding trees this fall. Tree banding grant applications are due on Monday, September 1.
For more information about the Neighborhood Matching Grants Program, visit nbs.charlottenc.gov.
Charlotte’s Community Investment Plan (CIP) is a long-range investment program designed to meet the needs of our growing community. As a part of this plan, we want you to be actively involved from beginning to end.
Share with us on MindMixer what you think your role should be in this plan as we invest in Charlotte's future. Click here to join the conversation with your community.
To learn more about the CIP, visit charlottefuture.com.
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