NorthEnd Partners, Inc., founded in 1992 as TryonNorth Development Corporation, serves as a non-profit advocate for the improvement and redevelopment of the North Tryon Corridor. The organization’s boundaries are 10th Street to University City and include the surrounding areas along the corridor.

NorthEndPartners Board members Chuck Howard, CEO of Autobell, and Carol Burke, Treasurer of NorthEndPartners met with others to place the "NorthEndPartners Welcomes YOU to Charlotte" sign at the Amtrack Station on North Tryon Street.
 
Placing the sign followed the August 4 Board meeting where Mike Jerew, Amtrak Station Manager for the Amtrak Stations from Charlotte to Raleigh, gave an update on the Amtrak plans in North Carolina.  Charity Kimmel of Southwood Signs is pictured at the installation.  She had the sign designed and the installation scheduled to follow the August 4 NorthEndPartners meeting to emphasize the partnership that NorthEndPartners has with Amtrak.