Charlotte
Charlotte Celebrates Arts Night Out June 15
Arts and culture continue to take center stage in downtown Charlotte. Arts Night Out, a collaboration between Windwalker Underground Gallery, CharlotteRising, and the Arts Council of Greater Lansing, will fill the community will local art Friday, June 15 during...
City of Charlotte’s 2018-19 budget shows an investment in revitalizing downtown
Such a great emphasis has been placed on the revitalization of downtown Charlotte by a number of local organizations. On Tuesday, May 29, Charlotte City Council showed its interest in partnering with community members, organizations and businesses in those efforts by...
Remembering Reverend Timothy Olson
For the many who may not have heard, Rev. Timothy Olson, pastor of First Lutheran Church of Charlotte, died unexpectedly the morning of Wednesday, May 29. His death was a result of a car accident, and the shock of the news spread quickly among family, close friends,...
Art of Charlotte to unleash community’s wealth of talent
It may be a surprise to some to learn that both the state and national Main Street organizations identified arts and culture as a key strategy to downtown Charlotte’s revitalization efforts. Through extensive research, both organizations concluded the arts and culture...
Teachers unite in red for students
Several Charlotte Education Association members are concerned their students are not fully getting the help they need and have chosen to voice their concern by joining the statewide movement “Wear Red for Public Ed.” That participation, however, has been met with...
Charlotte is Rising all around us
Charlotte Rising is a figurative slogan, an aspirational goal and an inspiring idea – but as of Summer 2018 it’s also an objective reality. Charlotte is seeing an obvious wave of development and redevelopment, investment and reinvestment. Charlotte is rising, right...
Charlotte receives second $10,000 LEAP placemaking grant
The City of Charlotte has been awarded its second Public Art for Communities grant from the Lansing Economic Area Partnership (LEAP) and PNC Foundation. CharlotteRising executive director Dillon Rush and Mayor Tim Lewis were presented a check for $10,000 Friday, May...
Pocket Park project earns national praise, receives $35,000 in local and national grants
Charlotte’s Pocket Park transformation from a blighted building into a vibrant gathering place gained even more momentum locally and nationally. Last week, CharlotteRising and the City of Charlotte earned a $10,000 Public Art for Communities grant from the Lansing...
HGB announces campus refresh as part of Sparrow affiliation
Beginning Tuesday, May 8, construction started on a 15-month renovation project at Hayes Green Beach Memorial Hospital. The Promise Project is the next significant step in an initiative that represents an additional $9 million investment in local community care by...
Lilypepper Boutique adds style to downtown Charlotte
Fashion has been a passion of Michelle Taylor’s for as long as she can remember. Initially, she planned to get into the fashion world through photography, and spent several years in Chicago doing just that for department store catalogues. A move back to Michigan more...