West Middle

Beyond traditional recreational facilities, I propose that the Community Development Plan strategically expand our community's disc golf park offerings. Disc golf has witnessed explosive growth in popularity, offering an accessible, low-impact, and environmentally friendly outdoor activity for residents of all ages and skill levels.

The success of Charlotte, North Carolina's disc golf scene, particularly at Hornet's Nest Park on Beatties Ford Road and Nevin Community Park, serves as a powerful testament to the potential of well-developed disc golf infrastructure. Hornet's Nest and Nevin are not just beloved local courses; they have achieved national and international recognition, consistently hosting professional disc golf events, including past Disc Golf Pro Tour Championships and World Championships. These courses have transformed the area into a destination for players and fans alike, drawing visitors from across the region and beyond, and significantly contributing to the local economy.

Adding more disc golf parks to our community would yield numerous benefits:

Enhanced Recreational Opportunities: Provide diverse and affordable outdoor recreation for individuals, families, and groups, promoting physical activity and mental well-being. Disc golf courses can effectively utilize land that may not be suitable for other traditional sports, such as wooded areas or sloped terrain.

Increased Park Utilization: Revitalize underused parkland and open spaces, attracting more residents to enjoy our public amenities and fostering a greater sense of community engagement. Increased activity in parks often correlates with a decrease in vandalism and other undesirable behaviors.

Economic Stimulus: Similar to the positive economic impact seen in Charlotte with Hornet's Nest and Nevin Parks, new or improved disc golf courses can attract regional tournaments and events. These events bring in participants and spectators who spend money on lodging, food, retail, and transportation, generating revenue for local businesses and potentially contributing to local tax bases. Professional disc golf events can have an economic impact of hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars.

Low Cost and Maintenance: Compared to many other sports facilities, disc golf courses are relatively inexpensive to install and maintain. They require minimal infrastructure and can often be sustained with the support of dedicated local disc golf clubs.

By investing in the development of additional disc golf parks, we can tap into a thriving recreational trend, enrich the lives of our residents, and potentially create new economic opportunities for our community.

I would like to commend the comprehensive nature of this plan and its forward-thinking approach to our community's future. As we look towards sustainable growth and enhanced quality of life, I strongly advocate for the inclusion of a more robust strategy regarding electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure.

The rapid adoption of electric vehicles is a critical step towards reducing our carbon footprint, improving air quality, and fostering economic resilience. To truly support and encourage this transition, our community development plan should explicitly address the need for a significant increase in publicly accessible EV charging stations.

Specifically, I recommend that the plan consider the following:

Goals for EV Charging Station Density: Establish clear, measurable goals for the number of charging stations per capita or per square mile within the next 5, 10, and 15 years.

Strategic Placement: Prioritize the installation of charging stations in key locations such as:

Municipal parking lots and garages

Community centers and public facilities

Commercial districts and shopping centers

Multi-family residential developments (through incentives or requirements)

Major transportation corridors

Variety of Charging Levels: Ensure a mix of Level 2 (AC) and DC Fast Chargers to meet diverse user needs and charging durations.

Incentives and Partnerships: Explore opportunities for public-private partnerships, grants, and incentives to encourage businesses and property owners to install charging infrastructure.

Integration with Renewable Energy: Where feasible, consider integrating charging stations with renewable energy sources like solar canopies.

Future-Proofing: Allocate space and infrastructure for future expansion as EV adoption continues to grow.

By proactively integrating a comprehensive EV charging infrastructure plan, we can position our community as a leader in sustainability, attract new residents and businesses, and enhance the convenience and accessibility for all electric vehicle owners. This investment will undoubtedly yield long-term benefits for our environment, economy, and community well-being.

Thank you for your consideration of this vital addition to the Community Development

You speak earlier of affirming our mode of travel, now you want us out of personal motor vehicles.

A street light is needed at the intersection of Mt Holly Road and Sonoma Vally Dr. New developments are being added in this area but there is a lack of needed traffic lights.

There seems to be a disproportion of sidewalks in this area compared to other parts. While we are pushing for more accessibility within a 10 minute walking distance, I would like to suggest that more sidewalks are added and that the sidewalks are widened. Many of the current sidewalks that do exist are in poor condition. Would also like to suggest that the sidewalks are well maintained.

sidewalks are necessary in this area. The street has some sidewalks, but not connecting to Rozzelles Ferry or Brookshire along Hoskins.

Manufacturing lots and spaces are heavy in this area and bud up against neighborhoods. This should be a major concern for the surrounding spaces and distanced from the neighborhoods.

The Westchester neighborhood where hundreds of residents live is budded up against major industrial facilites for trucking and manufacturing. The water treatment plant it right next to the Oakdale neighborhood in this area as well. These are not highlighted in this report and do not seem to be a concern, but should be.

Have you driven through here in a major storm and seen the standing water in yards, streets, and low spots due to the hills and valleys in the roads?

Is this including the dozens of larger maple trees that have been planted in recent years along Freedom drive right next to each other, the road, and power lines? Those trees are going to impact much more and may end up being cut down or shaped to fit in the space.

This is not accurate among this entire region. The manufacturing space takes up a good portion here, but there are residential spaces that would be impacted.

what parks and greenways? the space along the railroad tracks or the vacant lots?

key word "safer"

This would be a great addition to this area, however, there are no greenspaces in the area to connect to the center city or proposed areas (this would be a major undertaking).

This is needed in most neighborhoods and major streets on the map.

No sidewalks in the Westchester neighborhood and cars drive too fast down the roads where kids play and residents and pets walk.

Notes above are not in agreement with this. More manufacturing is not needed in this area.

This is what is needed in this area. Especially past I-85 overpass.

With this area being just outside of the center city and increasing cost housing areas closer to the center city, there needs to be a better balance of affordable housing and emphasis on keeping the neighbors within the neighborhood to dine, shop, and spend time. This area would be better built up to include shopping, restaurants, and grocery stores that are healthy, fresh, and inviting. There is no current spaces within this sector that meet those descriptions.

What is the population of surrounding schools/are they at capacity or are they goign to reach capacity with the projected growth? This elementary school may be necessary to fill the need if other schools are at capacity.

How do we build up the existing area for grocery stores and restaurants that are not run down or unsafe?

This manufacturing area has for sale and for rent signs up currently. How are these spaces being utilzied currently and how does this impact the area? Majority of these spaces are trucking facilities. Do they need to be located in this area?

This can hardly be called a Neighborhood Center (PO, gas station and Dollar Store). The area is severely lacking in amenities like grocery store and public transit.

Feels like a lot of unnecessary tree cuts here....directly going against this city of trees concept.

You realize you're wiping acres of natural existing trees to make this happen? the heat island effect will go through the roof. Goodbye to all the species of birds, deer, and other fauna and flora that live here.....

how is public transit servicing these areas? are you expecting the owners of these new townhouses to park in the streets which in turn will shrink them to two lanes....no bikes.....?

Is this the Dollar Tree here? Are you really considering this the "healthy food access". This has to be a joke....

again. this is all transit oriented development. not bike or pedestrian friendly.

Need A LOT more tree canopies.

where is the supermarket? farmers market?

this doesnt feel like an improvement.

I don't see a prioritizing of pedestrian or bike travel anywhere here. How could i get from the bottom right part of this map to the greenway at the top left of the graphic? Are we expected to cross a 5-6 lane avenue?!

More townhomes....yaaayyy...please notice the strong sarcasm.

if this becomes another fake "luxury" apartment complex with starting rated of 600k and above, then you're doing this wrong. These massing multi-story developments feel very out place in this area.

increasing the heat island effect....

This is MAJOR intervention along this natural greenway/trail. Why 3 stories? Consider single story development with roof terraces that overlook the space, or public parks with free amenities like pickle ball, tennis courts, public pools. Try to better the existing environment, not crowd it.

Why are we adding so much here? What does community activity center mean? Seems like a wasted opportunity here to keep some of these "open" spaces (previously empty parking lots) as parks with tree canopy, community concert halls, sport courts. The Northlake area could mirror the recent development in Ballantyne. We really don't need more apartment buildings with unattainable rates. This does not feel like a move in the right direction, much less an "improvement". Seems you're filling the empty space with as much as you can to see what sticks. Empty space is good too - we just need a better use for it.

Please pay attention to what's currently happening in the city and planning wise. According to Polaris 3g the Mattamy Carolina Corporation (which needs to be stopped in producing the same cheap apartment building all over the city) bought and completely cleared out over FIFTEEN ACRES in this area which they destroyed to most likely do a copy paste of the same apartment complexes (in a neighborhood 1 place zone) in this neighborhood. Is there no zoning requirement to keep some green space in a development?! FIFTEEN ACRES have already displaced the natural flora and fauna of the charlotte landscape - also adding to the heat island effect and storm water runoff problem. Is someone paying attention to this?!

Is there really such a demand for this to happen? Or do we already have developer's lines up and that's why its pushed to #1? We should worry about upgrading what we already have rather than adding more to the "mess". We don't need more 500k 1500SF townhouses or apartments.

The number one priority in 10 out of the 15 neighborhoods is for housing availability? There is no shortage of housing or apartments we have vancancies because they overbuilt! So the only reasonable conclusion is that the study suggests our housing prices are too high? That's capitalism...you can't control the market prices or the macro-economic environment. Just because I want to live in quail hollow doesn't give me the right or mean they should build cheap duplexes so I can. This study focuses on a far-left socialist agenda rather than real ways to improve the city. Genuinely curious how many tax dollars were spent on this study to tell us we need more of this race here and that race there. Charlotte councilemen let me save you some of our money in the future build bike lanes and improve walkability.

It is such a shame that Stewart Creek runs through the quarry. this would be such a great area for a greenway that could run up to Long Creek or down towards uptown.

This will be great

Such huge gaps in SIAs here

Love long creek greenway

Quarry is a huge nuisance to residents

No supermarkets in walkable distance in this area. Closest "food" store is a Family Dollar.

The quarry here is a huge nuisance for residents. Explosions several times a month cause the ground to shake. Also the big trucks always going down Beatties Ford are annoying and polluting. Finally, all down Beatties Ford is huge amounts of rocks and debris from the quarry falling off the trucks. Martin Marietta should be required to conduct cleanings on Beatties Ford or fined. Quarry's are a health hazard. No reason why a quarry of this size should be in the middle of a city.