Mae Israel
$6M Wells Fargo investment advances Three Sisters Market
By Mae Israel
A major corporate donation has pushed the Three Sisters Market closer to a groundbreaking and opening date. The market, an effort long-championed by west Charlotte leaders and supported by Johnson C. Smith University and UNC Charlotte, will be the first grocery store in Charlotte’s West Boulevard corridor in nearly 40 years – and the first cooperative market in the city.
Wells Fargo, among the largest banking institutions in the city, announced Tuesday, April 7, 2026, a $1.5 million grant to the West Boulevard Neighborhood Coalition. The coalition, which is building the market, hopes to begin construction by the end of the year […]
Meeting the Needs of the West Sugar Creek Corridor
By Mae Israel
How one Charlotte community is learning to navigate its changing and conflicting identities […]