Paw Creek NewsLocal news for Paw Creek (Charlotte, NC) continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Greenway coming west- March 16, 2008 "Our neighborhood plan included a small expansion of our neighborhood park" Lakewood Community leaders in western Mecklenburg have handed in a proposal for a major greenway system across that portion of the county.The proposal asks the Mecklenburg Park and Recreation Department to modify its master plan to include a trail from center city Charlotte to the U.S. National Whitewater Center, winding through Lakewood along the way.The proposal also calls for Lakewood's neighborhood park to be...http://www.topix.net/city/charlotte-nc-paw-creek/2008/03/greenway-coming-west?fromrss=1 Northwest Charlotte: First phase of 200-acre park nearly complete- March 12, 2008 "However, other parts of Phase 1 have been delayed because of the drought and water restrictions." Mecklenburg County park officials say they're nearing completion on part of the first phase of Robert L. Smith Park in northwest Charlotte.The park, on Little Rock Road about a mile north of Tuckaseegee Road, eventually will cover 200 acres and provide facilities for picnics, walking and jogging, and for sports teams.The first phase will be considerably limited.Mecklenburg County Park and...http://www.topix.net/city/charlotte-nc-paw-creek/2008/03/northwest-charlotte-first-phase-o... Red Dirt Alert: a rediscovery along Freedom Drive- March 10, 2008 "If you live in the complex, literally out your door is a golf course" It's been 37 years since Allenbrook got a new apartment community, the Park Fairfax on Freedom Drive near Paw Creek.Architect and former Mecklenburg County Commissioner Ken Andrews told the Freedom Drive Development Association last week that the time is right for Charlotte to rediscover this part of Mecklenburg County just west of I-85.His answer: Freedom Greene, a community of 451 apartments, for-sale townhomes and...http://www.topix.net/city/charlotte-nc-paw-creek/2008/03/red-dirt-alert-a-rediscovery-alon... |