First Base
  Eastland and Area 2 & 3   Eastland and Area 2 & 3

Main Roads: Sharon-Amity, Albemarle Rd, 
Central Avenue, Eastway, The Plaza

Hits: Older homes close to downtown. Moderate pricing. Robinson Church Road, Grove Park, Ravenwood.

Strikes: Growing pains of becoming an international population, Independence Blvd.

Profile:
Central Avenue leads the way past Plaza Midwood area and into Charlotte’s growing international community. Diversity is in abundance within a matter of blocks there are dozens of ethnic markets and restaurants.

The Real Estate Lady® notes:
Housing is still affordable and shopping is plentiful: Eastland Mall and Independence Boulevard’s retail centers. The home site of one of the signers of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence, Hezekiah Alexander, is along Shamrock Drive. Also the newly modernized and expanded Charlotte Museum of History is inviting as the gateway to the site and Alexander’s 1770s home.