Merry Oaks Neighborhood Association

Neighborhood Energy Grant

Neighborhoods Empowered to Reduce Energy Consumption
 
Seven Charlotte neighborhoods have been selected to receive grant funding from the Neighborhood Energy Challenge, a program encouraging neighbors to join forces to develop innovative and practical strategies for improving their neighborhoods’ energy use. Initially the program was designed to fund five neighborhoods, but additional American Resource and Recovery Act funding enabled the selection of the following seven neighborhoods:

• Avenue Condos (Uptown)
• Eco District (Belmont, Optimist Park, Villa Heights)
• Merry Oaks
• NoDa
• Plaza Midwood
• Spring Park
• Wilmore

Applications were judged on their proposed Energy Conservation Action Plans which focused on a variety of projects ranging from education and awareness to promoting the use of alternative transportation. The scopes of work for each of the neighborhood’s plans are currently under review to ensure compliance with U.S. Department of Energy criteria. 
 
Funding for these neighborhoods is provided through the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program. For more information, visit the City’s Economic Recovery web site.