Myers Park News

Civic-By-Design Forum on the Queens-Providence Road intersection. When: 5:30-6:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Where: Details: 704-338-1060; www.festivalinthepark.org . Parking information: * On-street parking is only permitted on Queens Road between Radcliffe and Princeton Avenues.

Festival goers enjoy the relaxed atmosphere. Freedom Park Charlotte, NC Festival in the Park, now in its 45th year, is a Charlotte tradition designed to stimulate interest in the arts.

Dylan Mask, 11, of Boy Scout Troup 17, is the recipient of a National Certificate of Merit from The Boy Scouts of America for rescuing elderly neighbors in Myers Park in August 2008 after flooding caused by remnants of Tropical Storm Fay.

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Both elegantly preserved historic homes as well as newly constructed ones will be featured in the 37th Annual Dilworth Home Tour next week.

First Floor space and in a two story red brick and tinted glass office building right with abundant parkijng surrounded by one of the original Historic neighborhoods of Charlotte's own Myers Park.

It's 3 p.m. on a recent weekday, and Andy Brantley, 24, and Eli Montague, 23, are relaxing on blue, oversized couches, watching 'SportsCenter' on a 40-inch, flat-panel TV.

Not far from the original site of the Rea family homeplace, descendants of John Laney Rea Sr.

The Myers Park Neighborhood Association plans to move forward on a "downzoning" of 40 acres - more than 300 properties - in the heart of Myers Park despite a pending agreement with the developer that sparked the rezoning case.

Moviegoers gather at Dilworth's Freedom Park for "Movies in the Park." Photo Courtesy of Watershed Charlotte http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2009/07/16/10/564-B82132727Z.1_20090716103211_000+GNAKTGP3.2.embedded.prod_affiliate.138.JPG 211 Families gather to watch a movie outside at Concord's "Stars in the Park" series.

Motorists traveling down Runnymede Lane near Selwyn Avenue in Myers Park could hardly believe their eyes last Wednesday.

The downed tree has caused power outages in the Myers Park area, including the campus of Queens University of Charlotte.

A minivan got stuck in a sinkhole Tuesday afternoon in Charlotte's Myers Park neighborhood.

Free haircuts and pre-interview hair care consultations for the unemployed. WHEN: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

Crews are working to fix a sinkhole along Selwyn Avenue in Myers Park after a pipe burst.

Charlotte City workers reopened a road in Myers Park that collapsed under a minivan.

A Charlotte woman is ok this morning after her minivan fell into a sinkhole Tuesday afternoon in the Myers Park area.

People line up before the 11:30 a.m. opening of the Wednesday soup kitchen at First Christian Church on East Boulevard.

Total Nutrition Technology recently moved their Myers Park office into Balance Fitness Studio at 507 Providence Road, Suite 200 in Charlotte.