This is an article about “community” and “development” … in a philosophical sense. I moved to NoDa in 2007. I bought the last house that I could afford to buy in this neighborhood before everything got really, really expensive. And I was keenly aware that my house was already really, really expensive to the community…
Category: NoDa Development
East Sugar Creek Flows Once Again
On Wednesday, April 17, after nearly three and a half years, East Sugar Creek Road reopened with a soaring new roadway bridge over the LYNX light rail and North Carolina Railroad corridor. Think back to that sad old intersection and railroad crossing: traffic backed up to North Tryon and The Plaza multiple times per hour…
How Rezoning is Changing NoDa
NoDa residents are certainly no strangers to the development and redevelopment growth happening throughout the neighborhood of NoDa, which is officially bordered by Matheson Avenue, North Tryon Street, Sugar Creek Road, and The Plaza. In 2018, we saw seven formal rezoning requests that were filed with the city and subsequently reviewed by the NoDa Neighborhood…