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History Schools Parks, Recreation, and Nature
Other Public
Agencies and Facilities
Neighborhood and
Homeowner Associations
Institutions of Faith
Community Organizations Business
Organizations
Other Sites
HISTORY
Steele
Creek Historical and Genealogical Society
The
Society meets on the last Monday of each month at 7:00 pm (except
July & Dec) at the Steele Creek Branch Library.
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
Early
Settlers to Steele Creek - The Bingham Families
Historical
information on the Bingham Families and other early settlers in
Steele Creek.
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SCHOOLS
Sites for public schools
located within Steele Creek.
Sites for public schools
whose attendance areas extend into northern Steele Creek.
Palisades Episcopal School
Opening in fall 2007
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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,
Copperhead Island,
Steele Creek Neighborhood Park,
and
Thomas McAllister Winget District Park. The Parks Department plans
to add several facilities in the area, including the
Berewick District Park. Also nearby on Tyvola Road is the
Renaissance Park with its golf course and tennis
center.
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
Facility Locator
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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
The new YMCA Express facility is located in the Ayrsley
community.
Steele Creek Cricket Club
This group is dedicated to playing cricket with a hard tennis ball
and/or soft baseball (also known as T-Ball) for fun in the Steele
Creek Area. They play cricket every Sunday morning (weather
permitting) at the
Steele
Creek Athletic Association fields. Visit the
Steele Creek Cricket Club web page or check out current
news at their
Yahoo Group page.
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. 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
Steele Creek Volunteer Fire Department
Providing fire
and rescue services to the unincorporated areas of Steele Creek.
Steele
Creek Branch Library
Located in the Steele Creek Commons Shopping
Center. the Steele Creek Branch
offers children's programming, internet access, and a collection of over 41,000 books and materials.
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.
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NEIGHBORHOOD AND
HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATIONS
Bennington Place II
Berewick
Braddock
Green / Steele Oaks
The
Crossings
Greycrest
Griers
Fork
Hamilton Green
Huntington Forest
Planters Walk
Southbridge Forest
Steele
Creek Subdivision
Steelecroft Place
Stowe Creek
Southwest Area Neighborhood Coalition
Sullivans Trace
Wiltshire Manor
Withers Grove
Yorkshire
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INSTITUTIONS OF FAITH
Central Steele Creek Presbyterian Church
9401
South Tryon Street
Charlotte, North Carolina 28273
Chrio
Church Community
11040
South Tryon Street
Charlotte, NC,
28273
Christ
the King Church
13501 York Road
Charlotte, NC 28278
element
9110 Kings Parade Boulevard
Ayrsley Grand Cinemas 14
Charlotte, NC 28273
Good
Shepherd United Methodist Church
13110 Moss Road
Charlotte, NC 28273
Horizon Christian Fellowship
7936 Steele Creek Road
Charlotte, NC 28217
Lake Wylie
Baptist Church
15630 York Road
Charlotte, NC 28278
LifePointe Christian Church
Services held at
Southwest Middle School
Morningstar United
Methodist Church
11440
Shopton Rd West
Charlotte, NC 28278
Pleasant
Hill Presbyterian Church
15000 York Road
Charlotte, NC 28278
Sanctuary Charlotte
13331
York Center Drive
Charlotte, NC, 28273
Steele
Creek Church of Charlotte
1929 W Arrowood Road
Charlotte, NC 28208
Steele
Creek Presbyterian Church
7407 Steele Creek Road
Charlotte, NC 28217
Zoar
United Methodist Church
14701 Thomas Road
Charlotte, NC 28278
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COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS
Lake Wylie
Community Radio Project
A non-profit, educational organization whose mission is to
establish and operate a non-commercial; educational, 100-watt FM
radio broadcast station to serve the Lake Wylie Community.
The station, WYLI-LP, 93.7 FM, offers a unique, community
oriented radio service with news, information and special
educational programming of specific interest to people who live
and play on Lake Wylie.
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.
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.
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