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New South Charlotte Parks: What Is Actually Open
One is open, one opens September 26, and the rest are a construction site, bought land, a lapsed timeline and a bond voters rejected.
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Community by community, town by town. Schools, commutes, HOA fees, what is being built, and what homes are really selling for. Filmed on location and written up in full.
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Communities
All CommunitiesProfiles of individual neighborhoods and master-planned communities: what living inside them is actually like.
Communities
Cureton in Waxhaw: Homes, Schools, HOA and Taxes
Cureton in Waxhaw is 725 home lots in seven sections under one master HOA. Twelve months of Canopy MLS sales…
Communities
Hollister in Waxhaw: prices, HOA fees and what to verify
Hollister in Waxhaw, NC as of September 2026: listing prices above $1 million, HOA dues, build years, thin inventory, and…
Communities
Quellin in Waxhaw: when it was built, HOA dues and prices
Quellin in Waxhaw, NC as of September 2026: the corrected build years, current listing prices, HOA dues, which amenities check…
Towns
All TownsTown-level guides to daily life across the South Charlotte area.
News & Development
Weddington Town Park: Is It Actually Being Built?
Weddington has approved $0 to build a park and $20,000 to design one. What the town has actually voted on,…
Towns
Daily life in Weddington NC: wells, trash and deputies
Weddington has 27 commercially zoned acres, no town park and no police department of its own. What that actually means…
Towns
Why Charlotte Buyers Keep Crossing Into Indian Land SC
Indian Land is not a town, and the South Carolina property tax break is an application, not a default. What…
Moving Here
All Moving HereRelocation guides and honest comparisons between South Charlotte towns.
Moving Here
South vs North Charlotte: The Tax Myth and the Real Gaps
Both sides sit in Mecklenburg County and pay the same county rate. On combined rate the north lake towns are…
Moving Here
Waxhaw or Weddington: what the town line actually changes
About 88 percent of the Waxhaw mailing area is outside town limits. The two towns do not even zone by…
Moving Here
Indian Trail to Indian Land: What the State Line Changes
Income tax, property assessment, vehicle fees, senior relief and school systems all change at the NC to SC line. The…
Things to Do
All Things to DoParks, restaurants, events and places worth the drive across South Charlotte.
News & Development
New South Charlotte Parks: What Is Actually Open
One is open, one opens September 26, and the rest are a construction site, bought land, a lapsed timeline and…
Things to Do
Inside Waxhaw’s Downtown Park on Givens Street
Waxhaw cut the ribbon on its Downtown Park at 301 Givens Street on March 1, 2024. What is actually on…
Things to Do
Inside the Southwest Regional Library in Waxhaw
Union County opened the Southwest Regional Library at 1720 Cuthbertson Road in Waxhaw on April 19, 2024. What is inside,…
News & Development
All News & DevelopmentNew construction, rezonings, road projects and what is being built across South Charlotte.
News & Development
New South Charlotte Parks: What Is Actually Open
One is open, one opens September 26, and the rest are a construction site, bought land, a lapsed timeline and…
News & Development
Union County Building Moratorium: Is There One?
Union County has no building moratorium on its books. What it has is two wastewater plants that are 90.6% and…
News & Development
Indian Land Building Moratorium: What It Stops
Lancaster County extended its residential development moratorium by 90 days on August 10, 2026. Here is what the ordinance stops…