Communities in Uptown

First Ward

Charlotte's First Ward is an award-winning mixed income mixed income district that was recently revitalized through a $41.6 million HUD HOPE VI grant. The neighborhood is home to about 1,000 residents as well as the Spirit Square Arts Center, Imaginon, Charlotte Bobcats Arena, Levine Museum of the New South, and the Mint Museum of Craft + Design. First Ward's boundaries are E Trade St., N Tryon St., and I-277 (an urban loop highway). First Ward has experienced a wave of major development bringing new residential homes and entertainment venues.

Second Ward

Charlotte's Second Ward, known as "the government district", is also undergoing a surge in exciting new growth. This area, which was once dominated by city office buildings, now features a new county courthouse and is the site for Charlotte's new NASCAR Hall of Fame, new convention center, several upscale hotels and exclusive condominium residences. The Center City 2010 Vision Plan recommends a master plan be produced for Second Ward with a major emphasis on creating a new neighborhood with lots of housing, restaurants, shops, and a neighborhood park.

Third Ward

Charlotte's Third Ward today is the most diverse of the city's four original quadrants. It includes a sports and entertainment area focused on Bank of America Stadium and a planned new AAA baseball stadium with a 5-acre park. Residential neighborhoods are a mix of single-family homes, apartments and condominiums, with dozens of new developments planned, under construction and nearing compl

Fourth Ward

Charming. Quaint. Delightful. These reactions are typical of a first-time visitor's stroll through Fourth Ward. This predominantly residential neighborhood artfully blends restored 100-plus-year-old homes with newer construction designed to be compatible with its surroundings. Along the edges of the neighborhood, features include the vitality of the North Tryon arts and entertainment district and as well as pricey new condominiums. In fact, one hallmark of much of the recent development has been combining retail offices, restaurants and galleries - on the Tryon Street side with residential on the Church Street side. And although mid-rise structures characterize much of the new developments in the area, the scale has been monitored carefully so as not to overwhelm adjacent single family homes.