Information Items:
Big Sweep 2005
Staff Resource: Jennifer Krupowicz, 704-432-0970
Volunteers are needed Saturday, October 1, 2005 from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm to help clean up Charlotte's creeks and lakes. Big Sweep is a great way for citizens, youth groups, religious organizations and businesses to fight against water pollution. Last year, approximately 1000 volunteers removed nearly 30,000 pounds of trash from local waterways.
Volunteers will be given trash bags, gloves, snacks, water and instructions when they report to any of the 11 Big Sweep locations.
The locations:
- Campbell Creek Greenway (2100 Margaret Wallace Road)
- Upper Little Sugar Creek Greenway (700 Parkwood Avenue)
- Latta Plantation Nature Preserve (5226 Sample Road)
- Lower McAlpine/McMullen Creek Greenway (8100 Pineville-Matthews Rd.)
- Mallard and Clark's Creek Greenway (9801 Mallard Creek Road)
- Copperhead Island at McDowell Park (15200 Soldier Road)
- Freedom Park (1908 East Boulevard)
- Ramsey Creek Park (18441 Nantz Road)
- Blythe Landing (15901 NC Highway 73)
- Torrence Creek Greenway (Bradford Hill Lane)
- Irwin Creek Greenway (329 N. Irwin Avenue)
North Tryon Corridor Meeting - Uptown Men's Shelter
Staff Resource: Randy Harris, 704-353-0201
In response to concerns expressed by business owners along the North Tryon Street Corridor, a meeting with City staff is scheduled for Tuesday, October 4, 2005 at 9:00 am at the Villages of Hope Haven, 3815 North Tryon Street. The purpose of the meeting is to listen to the business owners concerns about the Uptown Men's Shelter and other issues along the corridor.
Representatives from the City's Neighborhood Development, Engineering and Property Management, Police, Economic Development, and Transportation departments have been invited to attend the meeting. We will advise Council of the outcome of this meeting.
