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The Center City of Charlotte has been the focus much attention over the past few years. The Center City is the most vibrant neighborhood in the Uptown. The Center City is divided into four neighborhoods, called Wards, that are numbered one through four. |
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The Fourth Ward is a predominantly residential neighborhood that blends restored 100-plus-year-old homes with newer construction. The Fourth Ward is a pedestrian-friendly neighborhood that is often described as charming and delightful. The neighborhood has not always been this way though. Today's serenity is due largely to the work of a few individuals in the 1980s who decided that the neighborhood was worth the effort needed to bring it to glory. The neighborhood, once run-down and largely abandoned, now sits as the most desired community in the Uptown. The neighborhood stands as a beacon of restoration and renewal of older homes and construction of new housing in the Urban core.
Third Ward today is the most diverse of the city's wards. It includes a sports and entertainment area, a university, a residential neighborhood, and a 1.5 million square foot mixed use complex called Gateway Village. This neighborhood offers something for everyone and is growing rapidly. As the Third Ward develops closer to the center of the Uptown, there is an increased excitement in once dormant parking lots that onced seperated Gateway Village from the rest of the Uptown. With a new baseball park planned, city park, and numerous towers under construction, the future of this area is bright. 
Traditionally known as "the government district", the Second Ward of Uptown Charlotte is home to city and county office buildings, county courthouse, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools administration, the Law Enforcement Center and the Charlotte branch of the Federal Reserve Bank. The Second Ward is bordered by Trade Street running East and West, Tryon Street running North and South, and 277 as a southernmost border. More recently, Second Ward has been renewed through the redevelopment projects that have brought households, shopping, and entertainment to the Uptown. 
In 1993, the Charlotte Housing Authority received a federal grant to redevelop Earle Village, a public housing complex. The redevelopment of First Ward Place is being hailed nationally as an enlightened and economically viable alternative to low-income housing, providing nearly half its residents housing assistance. First Ward Place, in turn, became the engine that drove the economic miracle that is the First Ward neighborhood today.