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Neighborhood News and Announcements

Posted: May 30, 2008

The Charlotte Tailgate Farmers Market is Open in SouthEnd

The Tailgate is open for the season!  Join us on Tuesday evenings from 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm and Saturdays from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm at 100 West Park Avenue in South End, across from Phat Burrito.   Shop and meet the farmers who sell their own sustain ably grown produce, meat, dairy, eggs, flowers, and herbs. Enjoy prepared foods and crafts handmade by carefully selected artists and artisans.  Events are planned throughout the season to provide a fun, educational experience!  More information about the only local food farmers market in Charlotte at http://www.charlottetailgatemarket.com.  You can sign up for weekly market news at http://mylist.net/listinfo/tailgate

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Local Architect Buys PNC Houses

In December, local architect Lucia Zapata Griffith and her husband, Mike Griffith, purchased the house at 329 E. Worthington Avenue from Preservation North Carolina.  Lucia and Mike plan to renovate the house and use it as their personal residence, and restoration work should begin in January. More...


Save Historic Dilworth Campaign

A partnership with Preservation North Carolina to save and restore the homes at 329 E. Worthington Avenue and 1818 Euclid Avenue

Thanks to all the generous donors who have pledged or contributed to the “Save Historic Dilworth Campaign” as of Quarterly deadline 1/15/08.  We have raised $42,875, and one house has sold and the second is under contract!  To learn more about Preservation North Carolina, please visit www.presnc.org.


 

Preservation of Historic District
The effort began with the Preservation North Carolina (PNC) purchase of 329 E. Worthington Ave. and 1818 Euclid Ave. in the Spring of 2007.

 


Dilworth residents and 2007 DCDA Board members gather at 329 E. Worthington Ave to celebrate the announcement of PNC's acquisition of two historic properties. From left, Lane Jacobs, Tamara Titus, Chris Moeller, John Fryday, Frances Alexander, and Jill Walker


 

Cankerworms Spring Update

Date: March, 2008

From:  Jack McNeary

Subject: Time to Replenish Those Traps

Time To Replenish Those Traps

Below is an article written for the Myers Park Homeowners Association newsletter.

It is time to replenish the tanglefoot on your cankerworm traps.
Jack McNeary,

Tree Arborist

Cankerworms Spring 2008

A contractor for the city of Charlotte will be spraying approximately 63,000 acres for the fall cankerworm in early April. That is over ten times the number of acres that the city sprayed in 1998. It will take from four to seven days of decent weather, and the odds of having little wind and no rain for that seven-day period in the early spring are not good. Read More...


 

Dilworth Moves to New Police Jurisdiction

Our police officers and patrol district will change in January when most of residential Dilworth will become part of the Providence District jurisdiction. We will still use 911 and 311 for reporting, but e-mail addresses and pager numbers will be changing. The DCDA will report these changes to you as we receive them. There is a new CMPD site for getting the most up-to-date crime information: http://crimeincharlotte.blogspot.com.





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