Revitalizing Charlotte’s North End

The City of Charlotte, in partnership with Horizon Development Properties (HDP) and INLIVIAN, are embarking on a planning effort to support the redevelopment of Dillehay Courts Apartments, with the intention of applying for a Choice Neighborhood Implementation grant in the future.

The Next in North End Transformation Plan will provide a vision and strategy not only for the Dillehay Courts housing site, but also the surrounding North End neighborhood, reimagining housing, public space, infrastructure and economic development and empowerment. The Choice Neighborhoods program leverages significant public and private dollars to support locally driven strategies that address struggling neighborhoods with distressed public housing through a comprehensive approach to neighborhood transformation.

Project Overview

The City, HDP and INLIVIAN are working together to revitalize the Dillehay Courts public housing site and imagine a dynamic future for the North End neighborhood. This initiative prioritizes community participation, involving local leaders, residents, and diverse stakeholders such as City departments, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, businesses, property owners, nonprofits, and community organizations. Through extensive stakeholder engagement and collaboration, a comprehensive redevelopment strategy will be crafted to transform both Dillehay Courts and the North End neighborhood.

Rendering of future housing development

Rendering of future housing development

Project Area Neighborhood Map

The map below shows the project area boundaries and the location of the future housing development in the Dillehay neighborhood.

Map of project area

Project Timeline

January - July 2024

  • Engage residents and build capacity

  • Review existing plans

  • Interview stakeholders

  • Collect demographic and other available data

  • Survey residents

  • Inventory open space, transportation, housing, businesses, crime, services, etc.

  • Complete market studies

Phase 1: Assessment (Today)

Project Goals

  • Housing: Replace distressed public and assisted housing with high-quality mixed-income housing that is well managed and responsive to the needs of the surrounding neighborhood.

  • People: Improve outcomes of households living in the target housing related to income and employment, health, and education.

  • Neighborhood: Create the conditions necessary for public and private reinvestment in distressed neighborhoods to offer the kinds of amenities and assets, including safety, good schools, and commercial activity, that are important to families’ choices about their community

July - September 2024

  • Convene Working Groups

  • Analyze data

  • Identify assets/opportunities and needs/challenges

  • Develop community vision and priorities

  • Identify development opportunities and housing program

Phase 2: Visioning (Tomorrow)

October 2024 - April 2025

  • Continue Working Group meetings

  • Develop strategies to address priorities

  • Develop housing replacement options

  • Integrate other planning efforts

  • Identify Critical Community Improvements (CCI) Projects

Phase 3: Strategies (How We Get There)

August - September 2025

  • Finalize goals and strategies

  • Establish budget and timeline for implementation

  • Identify metrics to track progress

  • Continue community capacity building and engagement

Phase 4: Implementation (Doing It)