Beatties Ford Road/ Rozzelles Ferry Road

Access Charlotte: The Access Charlotte program is a range of investments to promote digital inclusion. $1.5 million will be used to bring Wi-Fi to some public and residential areas. Locations set to receive free public Wi-Fi include Five Points Plaza, Beatties Ford Road and LaSalle Street, and Beatties Ford Road and Tate Street. Learn more about Access Charlotte.

Alternatives to Violence: Violence interruption is an evidence-based program that utilizes a public-health approach to address violent crime. In partnership with Cure Violence Global, and Youth Advocate Programs (YAP), the city and Mecklenburg County will launch Alternatives to Violence (ATV) in the Beatties Ford area.

To celebrate the launch of ATV, join us on August 14 from noon to 6 p.m. at Northwest School of the Arts for QC Fest.

Beatties Ford Road Parallel Bike Boulevard: This project brings bicycle connectivity through the neighborhoods along the east and west sides of Beatties Ford Road from Oaklawn Avenue to Gilbert Street. Improvements will include traffic-calming measures, wayfinding signage and pavement markings.

Beatties Ford Road Sidewalks: This project will provide sidewalks and planting strips along Beatties Ford Road from LaSalle Street to the Northwest School of the Arts. The project is currently in the advance planning and design phase, with planning currently in progress. For questions, please contact Project Manager Lamar Davis at 704-315-7609 or lamar.davis@charlottenc.gov.

Catherine Simmons Avenue and Beatties Ford Road Traffic Signal: This project adds leading pedestrian interval signals, truck aprons, and realigns crosswalks to shorten pedestrian crossing times.

Charlotte Equity Fellowship: This infrastructure includes community-created programming, meaningful relationships and connections between community members, increased grassroots leadership capacity, and the ability to have self-determination.

E-Fix Redevelopment: E-Fix Development Corp, in partnership with the Historic West End Partners and the City of Charlotte, is leading an upfit commercial redevelopment project at 2023 Beatties Ford Road that will feature JP Morgan & Chase Co. as an anchor tenant. Learn more about the redevelopment project.

Five Points Center: A renovated shopping center in the heart of the Five Points area featuring small businesses and eateries.

Oaklawn Avenue and Beatties Ford Road Intersection Improvements: This project adds leading pedestrian interval signals, truck aprons, and realigns crosswalks to shorten pedestrian crossing times.

Corridor Playbook: A corridor-specific playbook is in development to prioritize needs in the area, define capital investments, and provide guidance for specific land use and urban design for private properties where appropriate. Register for the Albemarle Road/Central Avenue Playbook Kickoff meeting. Two sessions are available at noon and 6 p.m. Language assistance will be provided upon request.

If you are not able to attend or would like to get a head start, please take the Albemarle Corridor Playbook: Issues & Opportunities survey.

Shape the vision: A Corridor Playbook will be developed to understand the vision and shared future of the I-85/Sugar Creek Corridor. During the Playbook Process, city staff will ask corridor residents and businesses to share their needs, desires, and visions for their community. We will then collaborate with the community and key stakeholders to bring these ideas to life. This Playbook will serve as the community's vision for the corridor over the next 3-15 years. Mark your calendars for June 24 @ 6 pm for the second I-85/Sugar Creek Corridor Playbook Process meeting. Shape the vision for your community by letting your voice be heard. This is a virtual event. Reserve your spot by registering today.

Design Sprint: Residents, community leaders and business owners in the corridor participated in a design sprint to identify short, medium and long-term solutions to reduce crime and increase upward mobility opportunities.

Camera pilot: The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department (CMPD) will install security cameras at businesses throughout the Sugar Creek Road/I-85 corridor. Footage from these cameras will feed directly into the CMPD real time crime monitoring center. This pilot and business partnership looks to reduce CMPD response time and criminal activity, and increase CMPD capacity to close active cases

Street lights To improve the safety of drivers and pedestrians and increase community safety, the city will upgrade street lighting along W. Sugar Creek Road from Equipment Drive to Nevin Road. In addition, new street lights will be installed along Regan Drive and Equipment Drive both north and south of the I-85 interchange.

West Boulevard Corridor vision

City West Commons Business Matching Grant

Mr. Jim's Pizza Business Matching Grant

Remount Road and West Boulevard Intersection Improvements: The project will bring leading pedestrian interval signals and truck aprons, and realign crosswalks to shorten pedestrian crossing times to the intersection.