CHARLOTTE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — Plans to revitalize a once-thriving hub for Black life in west Charlotte are getting closer to becoming a reality.

Supporters and even founding members of the historic Excelsior Club spoke at Tuesday night's Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners meeting, where leaders discussed funding part of the $1.5 million project.

Many of the speakers shared personal anecdotes from their time spent at the club, recalling all the friendships and connections made there.

"When I came here (to Charlotte) I did not feel safe... the Excelsior Club is where I felt safe," said the Rev. Corine Mack, president of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg NAACP.

"It was a social institution for entertainment, politics and progress... and fish plates. A place where prominent elected of

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