Highland Creek (Charlotte neighborhood)
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Highland Creek is a subdivision located in Charlotte, North Carolina. The city of Concord completed the annexation of its portion of Highland Creek in June 2007.


Golf course

The development was built around an 18-hole championship golf course. Spread throughout the course are five lakes creating water features for 18 holes. The course was rated one of Charlotte's hardest in 2014.


Recreation and amenities

In addition to the 18-hole Highland Creek Golf Club, the subdivision includes the following amenities: Five swimming pools: *Prosperity Park Pool *Christenbury Pool *Clarke Creek Pool *The Sports Club - 2 pools including water slides and a shallow "kiddie" pool Highland Creek has six tennis courts: *Prosperity Park Tennis Courts (4) *Clarke Creek Tennis Courts (2) The Sports Club has a Fitness Center and community gathering area that is used for such occasions as receptions, martial arts instruction and massages. The Sports Club Fitness Center now has five new Life Fitness treadmills, three ellipticals and two new rowing ergometers. There are several basketball and volleyball courts in the neighborhood and a park that is used for outdoor movies in the spring and summer. Highland Creek employs a private security firm and off-duty police officers to patrol the subdivision.


Education

According to its website, Highland Creek Elementary School houses 1,154 students in grades K-5 with a before and after school program to provide care for the Highland Creek community. The facility which includes provides students with 39 classrooms, several learning cottages, a state of the art media center and computer lab, with an art room with a kiln and a music room. In 2012, Highland Creek Elementary school was named a school of excellence - placing it in the top 1% of elementary schools in the state of North Carolina.
Mallard Creek High School Mallard Creek High School is a comprehensive public high school located in Charlotte, North Carolina. It was the 21st high school in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools district. The school opened to 1,200 students on August 27, 2007. Campus and f ...
, located at 3825 Johnston Oehler Rd. Charlotte, serves the Highland Creek area. The school opened in the 2007-2008 school year. It houses about 2000 students. Built with a budget of nearly 60 million dollars, the school has state-of-the-art educational and athletic amenities.
Cox Mill High School Cox Mill High School is a comprehensive public high school in Concord, North Carolina. History In 2006, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, Cabarrus County officials began looking for land in the western portion of the county for a high school th ...
services kids who live in the Cabarrus County portion of Highland Creek. It was opened in the 2009-2010 school year. In Summer, 2009, Ridge Road Middle School opened to hundreds of students. The school was constructed adjacent to the elementary school. The construction costs totaled around $15.4 million. The two-story school has 54 classrooms and spans . Image:Mallard Creek High School.JPG, Mallard Creek High School Image:Mallardhs1.jpg, The Mascot: Mavericks Image:S6300208.JPG, Mallard Creek High School Football/Soccer Field


Surrounding area

Highland Creek is in a section of Charlotte called the "University Area." The University of North Carolina at Charlotte is about from the subdivision. Many university employees live in Highland Creek. The
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campus is the fourth largest campus in the Carolina system with over 21,500 students. Racecar on track.jpg, Charlotte Motor Speedway - Summer Shootout 2007 - Number 11 - Highland Creek resident Kayla Marshall, Age 11, races toward the finish line.
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, which hosts two
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Sprint Cup races each year, is less than away. North Carolina's number one tourist attraction,
Concord Mills Mall Concord Mills is a shopping mall located in Concord, North Carolina. The mall is in Cabarrus County, just a few hundred feet from the Mecklenburg County border and Charlotte city limits, and about from Uptown Charlotte. It is one of two mall ...
is just from Highland Creek. Uptown Charlotte is about a 25-minute drive South from Highland Creek. Many residents commute South to work at such businesses as Duke Energy and
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each of which is headquartered in Charlotte. Wells Fargo, which purchased Wachovia in 2008, remains one of the city's largest employers. The local area is also home to the Southern campus of TIAA CREF. The
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are about a two-hour drive West,
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, about four hours Southeast.


Transportation

Highland Creek lies between two major interstate highways,
I-85 Interstate 85 (I-85) is a major Interstate Highway in the Southeastern United States. Its southern terminus is at an interchange with I-65 in Montgomery, Alabama; its northern terminus is an interchange with I-95 in Petersburg, Virginia, ...
and I-77. It is also located just outside the 485 loop, which circles Charlotte and connects to both I-85 and I-77. The community is located just west of
Concord Regional Airport Concord-Padgett Regional Airport is a city-owned, public-use airport located seven nautical miles (13 km) west of the central business district of Concord, a city in Cabarrus County, North Carolina, United States. According to the FAA's ...
, with a runway. It is also convenient to
Charlotte/Douglas International Airport Charlotte Douglas International Airport ( IATA: CLT, ICAO: KCLT, FAA LID: CLT), typically referred to as Charlotte Douglas, Douglas Airport, or simply CLT, is an international airport in Charlotte, North Carolina, located roughly six miles we ...
, with service by many major domestic and international airlines.


References


External links


Highland Creek's Official Web Site
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