CharlotteTrolley.org Old school trolley service at Charlotte
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- C H A R L O T T E T R O L L E Y ::
Description
Charlotte Trolley, Inc. (CTI), a volunteer-driven non-profit organization, preserves vintage trolley service for education, neighborhood improvement and economic development. Vintage trolleys animate the city center, connecting thriving urban neighborhoods with business and entertainment, creating a moving, changing classroom for exploring science, technology and the story of Charlotte's past and future.
In conjunction with restoring vintage electric streetcars, CTI has developed a museum devoted to the history of streetcars in the South, and an educational program focusing on history and technology. The region's public and private school teachers use Charlotte Trolley as a one-of-a-kind resource for teaching neighborhood development, map reading, transportation, and civic awareness.
In June, 1998, the Charlotte City Council allocated $16.7 million in public funds to create a two-mile rail transit corridor through Uptown Charlotte and Historic South End which would accommodate both vintage trolley and eventually light rail transit. Trolley proponents believed this investment would stimulate economic development along the corridor, and that property tax values would be high enough to repay the investment in eight years. In fact, it took only four years, and the City’s investment paid off even before the Uptown component of the trolley line was established. Since the creation of the Historic South End Municipal Service District in 2001, property values in the corridor have increased by 89.6%. Today, more than $400 million in private funds have been invested in the development of over 800,000 square feet of space along South End’s trolley corridor. Beginning in 2006, the Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS) will begin Charlotte’s first light rail service along this corridor, leading to even greater levels of development, and connecting Uptown and South End even more closely.
Contact
- Charlotte Trolley, Inc
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- Charlotte North Carolina
- United States 28203
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- +1.7043750850
