Mae Israel

Grantees of Wells Fargo's $6M West Charlotte investment receive grant check alongside elected officials, bank and educational leaders. Photo: Asha Ellison

$6M Wells Fargo investment advances Three Sisters Market

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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 […]