project: CHARLOTTE CORRIDORS, CENTERS, AND WEDGES
date: 2006 – 2007
location: CHARLOTTE, NC
client: CHARLOTTE/MECKENBURG PLANNING DEPARTMENT
contact: LAURA HARMON, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM MANAGER
Urban Collage, working with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Planning Department, was retained to update their comprehensive growth plan, which focused on plans and policies for “Corridors, Centers and Wedges.” Using the Atlanta Regional Commission’s Livable Centers Initiative as a model, Urban Collage helped Charlotte develop similar policies and guidelines for Activity Centers in the area including a pilot pedestrian-oriented plan for the Northlake area.
After concentrating on dense commercial development in the Northlake Mall area, the Charlotte Planning Department shifted gears to add some balance to the fast-growing area with dense multifamily residential developments. Several developers purchased land in the area with plans to construct not only residences, but also sidewalks and connecting streets that will help bring cohesiveness and interconnectivity to the heavily commercial area.
