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LINKS TO OTHER STEELE CREEK AREA ORGANIZATIONS AND SITES
Use
the links below to visit other fine sites where you can learn
more about the Steele Creek Community and local organizations
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(Links
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History Schools Parks, Recreation, and Nature
Other Public
Agencies and Facilities
Neighborhood and
Homeowner Associations
Institutions of Faith and Other
Ministries
Community Organizations Business
Organizations
Other Sites
HISTORY
Steele
Creek Historical and Genealogical Society
The
Society no longer is active, but click on the link above to learn about life in Steele Creek years ago when it was a rural,
farming community.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg
Historic Landmarks Commission
The
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Historic Landmarks Commission exists to
recommend the designation of individually significant historic
property, both real and personal, as historic landmarks and to
secure the preservation of same. The Commission prepares a Survey
and Research Report for each prospective historic landmark, documenting
the historical significance, both associative and architectural,
of the prospective historic landmark. After a review by the Commission
and the North Carolina Division of Archives and History, sites
that are determined to possess individual historic significance
are presented to the local government board with zoning jurisdiction
over the property for official designation.
Use
the link above to visit the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Historic Landmarks
Commission web site.
Use
the links below to take a driving tour and to view the Survey and Research Reports for historic
landmarks in the Steele Creek Community.
Northwestern
and Western Mecklenburg Driving Tour
Take Exit 29 on I-85 and go north on Sam Wilson Road for 1
mile to Moores Chapel Road. Turn left and go 3/4 miles to Hawfield
Road and pick up the tour at Stop 12 - Hovis Spratt House.
Survey
and Research Reports
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SCHOOLS
Sites for public schools
located within Steele Creek.
Palisades Park Elementary School
River Gate Elementary School
Steele Creek Elementary School
South Pine Academy
Winget Park
Elementary School
Kennedy Middle
School
Southwest Middle School
Olympic
High School
Palisades
High School
Palisades Episcopal School
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PARKS,
RECREATION, and NATURE
Mecklenburg
County Park and Recreation Department
The
Southwest Park District operates several parks in Steele Creek,
including the
McDowell
Nature Center and Nature Preserve,
Berewick Park,
Copperhead Island,
Steele Creek Neighborhood Park,
and
Thomas McAllister Winget District Park, plus two
recreation centers:
Berewick Recreation Center and
Winget Recreation Site.
Plans
for the
Berewick Regional Park and were announced in 2008.
Walker Branch Greenway is located along Walker Branch
at RiverGate behind the building containing Best Buy and Pet
Smart. Although a part of the Mecklenburg County Park System, it
was built by the developers of RiverGate in 2006. Mecklenburg County
voters approved bonds to extend the greenway south to Smith Road
with a connection to the Steele Creek Athletic Association fields.
This addition opened in summer 2020. The county plans to extens
the greenway nortn to Sledge Road. See
Virtual Public Meeting for Walker Branch/Hoover Creek Greenway
and
Walker Branch/Hoover Creek Greenway Public Input Page.
The Parks
Department sponsors many activities, including day camps and
athletic programs. Visit the
Park
and Recreation web
site for more information.
To locate a park
near you, use the
Park
Explorer .
Steele
Creek Athletic Association
The Steele
Creek Athletic Association offers baseball, girls softball, boys
and girls soccer, boys and girls basketball, cheerleading, and
football to any child interested in participating. Games are at
the Steele Creek Athletic Complex at 13350 Choate Circle and other
facilities throughout the community.
Steele Creek Family Branch YMCA
This YMCA Express facility is located in the Ayrsley
community.
Lake
Wylie Marine Commission
The Lake Wylie Marine Commission has been fundamental in establishing legislation and ordinances that
mandate boating safety and education. The Commission has also created lake
charts and maps to increase navigational safety and to better the response time
of police and other public safety agencies.
Lake Wylie - Lake Facts and Maps
Information from Duke Energy on public access areas, lake levels,
and more!
Charlotte Power Squadron
The Charlotte Power Squadron is a non-profit, fraternal
organization whose purpose is to promote high standards of
seamanship and navigation and safe boating for all on Lake Wylie
and other area waterways.
Catawba Riverkeeper/Catawba River Foundation, Inc.
The Catawba River Foundation is dedicated to promoting its
environmental obligation to preserve, protect and restore the fragile ecosystem
of the Catawba Basin’s rivers, lakes and creeks. Through education, enforcement
and coordinated efforts, they are committed to halt present abuse, to restore past
beauty, and to assure a watchful balance of community and environmental needs
for generations to come.
Catawba
Lands Conservancy/Whitehall Nature Preserve
Catawba Lands Conservancy is a nonprofit land trust that
protects the land, water and wildlife resources of the Southern
Piedmont and Lower Catawba River Basin of North Carolina. The
45-acre Whitehall
Nature Preserve is an unexpected oasis within a commercial and light industrial
park. The preserve supports an unusual type of wetland called an upland depression
swamp forest and is an important breeding habitat for many species of amphibians.
Access is restricted. Contact Catawba Lands
Conservancy
for
information on periodic tours.
Anne
Springs Close Greenway
The Anne Springs Close Greenway is
located on
Steele Creek in nearby Fort Mill, SC. It is
a beautiful park-like area consisting of 2,300 acres of oak-hickory dogwood
forests, shimmering lakes and rolling pastures that provide trails for hiking,
cycling and picnicking, rental facilities for both formal and informal events,
and recreational and educational activities that give participants a deeper
appreciation for the area.
Daniel
Stowe Botanical Garden
Located across Lake Wylie
in nearby Gaston County, these 110 acres of rolling meadows and woodlands are being
developed as one of the most beautiful gardens in the world. The Gardens are divided into
separate areas, each with a distinctive feel and theme, and contain a 13,500 sq. ft. Visitor Pavilion.
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OTHER PUBLIC AGENCIES AND FACILITIES
Charlotte Fire Department
Fire Station 26 has been serving portions of Steele
Creek within the Charlotte city limits since 1989. Because of
growth and annexation, the city has built two new stations in
recent years to provide timely response to all areas of the city.
Fire Station 26 - 9231 S Tryon St (Opened in 1989)
Fire Station 37 - 13828 S Tryon St (Opened January
2007)
Fire Station 38 - 12100 Shopton Rd W (Opened in
September 2008)
Steele
Creek Branch Library
Located in front of Southwest Middle School, the Steele Creek Branch Library
opened in August 2004. It is one of the busiest libraries in the
Charlotte Mecklenburg System.
The
Steele Creek Library
Association is working to raise funds and make the Steele
Creek Branch Library the best in Mecklenburg County. Click on the
library association link and find out how you can help.
Steele Creek Division - Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department
The Steele Creek Division comprises 60.6 square miles in the
southwest section of Mecklenburg County. In addition to numerous
residential, commercial and industrial areas, Steele Creek
Division also borders a large section of Lake Wylie.
West Mecklenburg Recycling Center
Conveniently located on Byrum Drive just south of the airport, the
center accepts a wide variety of materials, from newspapers and
bottles and cans to motor oil, computes, and scrap metal. The
center provides a great opportunity to help wipe out waste!
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NEIGHBORHOOD AND
HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATIONS
Bennington Place II
Berewick
(login required)
CedarBrook
The
Crossings
Greycrest
Hamilton Green
Huntington Forest
Lions Gate
Planters Walk
Steele
Oaks-Braddock Green
Southwest Area Neighborhood Coalition
Steelecroft Place
Stowe
Creek
WaterLyn
Withers Grove
Yorkshire
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INSTITUTIONS OF FAITH AND OTHER MINISTRIES
Blood of the Lamb Deliverance (BOLD) Church
2735
West Arrowood Road
Charlotte, NC 28273
Central Steele Creek Presbyterian Church
9401
South Tryon Street
Charlotte, North Carolina 28273
Christ
the King Church
13501 York Road
Charlotte, NC 28278
Good
Shepherd United Methodist Church
13110 Moss Road
Charlotte, NC 28273
Lake Wylie
Baptist Church
16105 York Road
Charlotte, NC 28278
Steele Creek Presbyterian Church at Pleasant
Hill
15000 York Road
Charlotte, NC 28278
Rod of
God Ministries
7400 S Tryon St
Charlotte, NC 28217
Steele
Creek Church of Charlotte
1929 W Arrowood Road
Charlotte, NC 28208
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COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS
Boy
Scouts of America - Mecklenburg County Council - Apache District
The Apache District of the Mecklenburg County Council generally
serves the southwestern quadrant of Mecklenburg County. The following
Steele Creek area churches sponsor Boy Scout Troops and Cub Scout
Packs:
For more information, contact these churches' offices or
see the unit contact information here:
Apache
District of the Mecklenburg County Council.
Piedmont Kennel
Club
As an AKC sanctioned all-breed club, the Piedmont Kennel Club
exists to support and enhance the dog fancy in the Piedmont region
of North and South Carolina. To that end, the club holds two
all-breed shows and matches annually. They also sponsor a variety
of classes and various other dog events each year.
The
Red Fez Shrine Club
This Shrine Club is located on Lake Wylie near the Buster Boyd
Bridge. The clubhouse, built in 1925 and recently renovated, and
the picnic shelter are available for lease for weddings and other
functions. The club helps support the Shriners Hospitals for
Children and provides family oriented facilities and activities
for its members.
Steele Creek Masonic Lodge
The mission of Freemasonry in Steele Creek Lodge is to raise the
moral, social, intellectual, and spiritual conscience of society
by teaching the ancient and enduring philosophical tenets of
Brotherly Love, Relief, and Truth, which are expressed outwardly
through service to God, family, country, and self under the
Fatherhood of God within the Brotherhood of Man.
Steele Creek Community
Trail Committee
A committee of community volunteers that are working with government
agencies, landowners, developers, homeowner associations, and
businesses to connect our community with a network of trails and
bikeways that will follow greenways, utility easements, road
rights-of-way, and neighborhood common areas. Their objective is
to promote a sense of community and a healthy lifestyle.
Fort
Mill Art Guild
Dedicated to educating the Carolinas communities in the value of
pursuing their creative skills and promoting local artists. Meets
monthly at The Art Mill at 213 Main Street in downtown Fort Mill.
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B USINESS
ORGANIZATIONS
Arrowood
Business Association
Arrowood
is a concentrated industrial area in Southwestern Mecklenburg
County and Northern York County. It is home to over 2,200
businesses with over 60,000 employees in the Westinghouse
Boulevard, Arrowood Road, and Carowinds Boulevard industrial
corridors. The needs of these businesses are unique, differing
greatly from those in uptown Charlotte and other business developments.
To provide a forum for these needs, the Arrowood Association was
formed as a non-profit organization in 1975.
Lake Wylie Chamber of Commerce
Serving the Lake Wylie community primarily on the South Carolina
side of the Buster Boyd Bridge
Charlotte Chamber SouthWest Chapter
The mission of the Charlotte Chamber SouthWest
Chapter is to promote business development in the CityWest/Southwest
region of Charlotte-Mecklenburg through education, information and
leadership growth. The SouthWest Chapter also strives to be the source
of information to our members about the developments and policy issues
affecting the CityWest/Southwest
area of Charlotte Mecklenburg. The geographic coverage of the
SouthWest Chapter generally is that part of Mecklenburg County south
of Wilkinson Boulevard and west of South Boulevard. See
Chapter Map.
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OTHER SITES
Serve Charlotte's Homeless
Serve Charlotte’s Homeless (formerly Steele Creek Outreach) is a
nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the quality of life
of Charlotte’s unsheltered homeless population.
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