Neighboring Concepts

Starting the 2026 season with some momentum! Neighboring Concepts opens the Charlotte Area Architects Volleyball League (CAAVL) with a strong first win.

Team Terminetters showing up with energy, teamwork, and a little fun both on and off the court. 🤖🏐💚

Featuring (from Left to Right):
Denver Sells
Courtney Guy
Ellen Filiatreau (Captain)
Gordon Douglas
Logan Winstead
Brittany Howze
Carlos Lopez
Sheldyn Merrell

Swipe to see the Neighboring Concepts staff’s impact for their day of community service with Nourish Up!

Follow the Neighboring Concepts staff as we join one of our clients, Nourish Up, for our annual team volunteer event. Nourish Up is an area non-profit committed to combatting food insecurity in Charlotte. What began as a 190,000 SF Sears warehouse, after undergoing a complete facility renovation, now serves as the Hunger Hub, the Headquarters for Nourish Up’s network of food pantries and meal delivery services.

Together with 14 staff members, we helped distribute more than 40 meals to residents across Charlotte. Neighboring Concepts is proud to support our clients and community as we’re committed to mission-centered, community-driven design that reminds us that architecture isn’t just about structures. It’s about people, their stories, and deepening community impact.

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🍎Creating safe, vibrant and inclusive learning environments for students, teachers and families is one of our most beloved sectors and passions!

📚 Gordon Douglas (center in suit and tie, photo 1) Designer, Job Captain and Construction Administrator for the design of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools' Esperanza Global Academy joined the EGA and CMS staff and students for their opening ceremony… the joy was palpable.

✏️ To be part of designing the first Charlotte public school with a Latin name is another beautuful thread woven into our 29-year history of transforming communities through architecture and celebrating diversity.

🍏 70% of the EGA student population is Hispanic and the EGA teachers are predominately bilingual: a beautiful representation of the East Charlotte community.

👏 Teachers: we see, appreciate and celebrate you today and all year long!

📸 photos 1,3-4: WBTV News Enlace Latino NC Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools

Grateful and honored to see our own team member Sheldyn interviewed by NPR's WFAE for this piece on our current Reconnecting The West End Planning project our firm is leading.

Charlotte study explores ways to reconnect the West End to uptown and redevelop I-77 A two-day charrette began on Tuesday in Charlotte to gather community input on ways to redevelop Interstate 77 and undo some of the harm caused by its construction.