UNITED NEIGHBORHOODS
Community-led and community-based model to create sustained neighborhood change.
Our United Neighborhoods strategy works to change the odds for individuals and families living in our region’s most under-resourced neighborhoods. From helping families become financially stable and find affordable housing, to preparing children to enter school ready to learn and read, the needs of these communities are many and varied.
United Neighborhoods launched in 2017 with a $2.4 million commitment over three years into the Renaissance and Grier Heights neighborhoods in Charlotte. Working with a lead partner in each community, United Way funds and guides the work toward achieving its collective goal of building a thriving community where families want to live.
Learn MoreTransformation and revitalization efforts are driven through community-specific strategies backed by multi-year funding and staff resources from United Way. Needs are identified by residents and addressed by a coalition of community stakeholders that includes residents, schools, nonprofits, government officials, churches, hospitals and businesses.
Get involvedBlock Building Grants
United Neighborhoods expands with the addition of six “Building Block Grants”.
These grants support neighborhoods in the early stages of comprehensive revitalization.
Grants will build the capacity of “community quarterback” organizations, fund community engagement activities and complete resident-driven neighborhood planning to identify needs and solutions.
Neighborhoods Include:
- Brookhill
- Hidden Valley
- Lakewood
- Smithville
- West Boulevard Corridor
- and an effort focused on Freedom Drive
It Takes a Village
We are bringing together the people and resources needed to help achieve economic mobility at the neighborhood level.
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Changing the odds for our community | United Neighborhoods
September 29, 2017
The Hard Truth When a 2013 study by Harvard University/UC Berkeley uncovered that Charlotte/Mecklenburg ranked 50th out of 50 in economic mobility among the largest…
Grier Heights | United Neighborhoods
United Way is excited to announce Grier Heights as one of the first two neighborhoods selected for the United Neighborhoods initiative. Located just three miles south of…
Renaissance | United Neighborhoods
United Way is excited to announce Renaissance as one of the first two neighborhoods selected for the United Neighborhoods initiative. Located in west Charlotte, the Renaissance neighborhood, at…