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University City Partners Update

The mission of University City Partners is to envision and implement strategies and actions to drive University City’s long-term economic vitality as a center for employment, living, education, commerce, and entertainment.

Our vision is for Charlotte’s University City to be a vibrant place that is urban in scale and design. It will be energized by transit and will be a popular and accessible destination offering diverse and unique choices for living, shopping, working, learning and enjoying leisure time. It will become a premier employment center in the region with sophisticated infrastructure and attractive amenities.

The organization concentrates resources in these three key areas: planning and development, economic development and marketing and communications. As a catalyst, facilitator and thought leader, University City Partners promotes public/private partnerships to create and sustain the economic vitality of University City.

Agenda:

8:30AM - 8:40AM - Open Networking
8:40AM - 8:45AM - Welcome and Speaker Introduction
8:45AM - 9:30AM - Presentation and Q&A
9:30AM - 10:00AM - Open Networking for those who can stay

Speaker:

Darlene Heater, University City Partners

Darlene Heater is the executive director for University City Partners, which envisions and implements strategies and actions to drive University City’s long term economic vitality as a center for employment, living, education, commerce and entertainment.

Heater is a graduate of The Ohio State University.  She has held roles in the public sector for nearly twenty years.  Prior to joining University City Partners, she was the Vice President of Neighborhood Development and Sustainability at Charlotte Center City Partners and Director of Strategic Partnerships for Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools.

Heater has worked on transformational projects such as the Charlotte 2020 Vision Plan, which serves as the blueprint for development for Center City, Envision Charlotte, Uptown’s sustainability initiative, and South End’s Good To Great vision plan.  She has built strong relationships with municipal partners at all levels and elected officials while actively engaging in the communities she has served.

Originally from Kent, Ohio, she has resided in the University area for seventeen years with her husband and their two children.  Both of their children have ties to UNC Charlotte.  Their daughter Lyndsay is a UNC Charlotte Bioinformatics grad student alum and their son Nicholaus is an undergraduate student.

A link to join the meeting will be sent after registration.