The UCITY Family Zone Neighborhood & Community Development Community of Practice (N&CD CoP) aims to unite and engage UCITY Family Zone residents and organizations with a common interest in enhancing our communities’ well-being by supporting collaborative networks and leveraging community resources for:

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• Affordable, Mixed-Income Housing

• Capacity Building

• Resident Support and Safety

• Economic Development

 

The Neighborhood & Community Development CoP meets every month to engage in discussions, learning, and community-based activities centered around affordable mixed-income housing, economic stability, neighborhood safety, the built environment, and innovative ways to advance community organizations’ missions. Together, we develop and align shared practices for implementing creative, resident-led neighborhood development efforts in the UCITY Family Zone. We aim to support a built community environment that promotes health, equity, and optimal quality of life for all through cultivating partnerships, measurable change, and resident-led capacity building.

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Practice:

• Neighborhood safety – build collaboration with CMPD

• Development of neighborhood infrastructure and community capacity

 

Community Members:

• Heal Charlotte

• The Community Hub, CDC

• Hidden Valley Neighborhood Association

• Men of Destiny

• Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department

• UNC-Charlotte

• UCITY Family Zone Apartment Complex- Managers

• Sugar Creek Library

• The City of Charlotte

• Hidden Valley Neighborhood Leaders

• UCFZ Community Ambassador/s

 

Neighborhood & Community Development CoP Facilitator:

• Tobe Holmes, University City Partners

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