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 into the Renaissance West and Grier Heights neighborhoods in Charlotte. Working with a “community quarterback” lead partner in each community, United Way funds and guides the work toward achieving its collective goal of building a thriving neighborhood where families want to live.
Transformation 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.
Block Building Grants
United Neighborhoods expands with the addition of six “Block Building 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
- Lakeview
- North End Community Coalition
- Smithville
- West Boulevard Corridor
It Takes a Village
We are bringing together the people and resources needed to help achieve economic mobility at the neighborhood level.
View Our Neighborhood Partners