Park Benefits

Atlanta, just down the street, hosts these events to great success hosting to the Shaky Knees Festival and the Music Midtown Festival among many other events.

Our initial plans call for a Great Lawn at the south end of the park that will make for a world-class venue for music festivals. A common criticism of Charlotte is that we are lacking in culture and a recognizable heart of the city. In turn, having a designated gathering place for cultural events, will bring in tourism dollars and serve as an “engine” that drives economic support to our local businesses and surrounding neighborhoods.

Residents from all over Charlotte flocked to Freedom park and overcrowded its capacity. Queen's park will be up to 5 times the size of Freedom park and allow us all to have enough space

Parks also support economic development and tourism. The question isn’t “who benefits from tourism”, the question is, “who doesn’t?” 

Queen's Park will provide intrinsic economic and monetary benefits to its surrounding neighborhoods, and city as a whole. When cities have enough space to host events, they welcome businesses and organizations to spend their dollars within their city. Tourism will continue to boost our economy, employ thousands of people, enrich local businesses and pay for instrumental public services, such as education. Perhaps once in for all, this will facilitate a new stream of revenue for underserved neighborhoods that fall into segregated communities.