CHARLOTTE, N.C. ( QUEEN CITY NEWS ) – All over Charlotte, there’s a battle of new versus old.
Neighborhoods around the Queen City are undergoing big transformations, as historic homes are torn down to make way for new development.
While some argue that change is a good thing, it also pushes people out with nowhere to go. On Charlotte’s West side, there’s a need to blend both.
Inside her four walls, there are countless stories.
“So, the satellite is to my right, and I’ll see planes on the left. I hear the birds. So, I’m country, but I’m city,” laughed Neicy Mendez.
When Neicy thinks of her life and how everything came together, her home and where it is plays a big part in all of it.
“How big of a role? Wow,” said Neicy.
Neicy lives off of Barlowe Road in Charlotte’s West End. She moved to the area 29 years ago. The west end is a historic African-American corridor that’s just over eight miles. She said what was once overlooked is now an area many people are moving to.