one of denver s largest communities is celebrating half a century. [ chanting ] reporter: in the northeast corn error of diverse corner of denver sits a community full of pride. they live out here and they go to school out here. reporter: also among the most diverse neighborhoods in the city. our community predominantly has been people of color from the beginning. and it continues to be so today. reporter: this year makes 50 years developed, and the community is marking the anniversary with a celebration of diversity. music, vendors and games, a neighborhood sometimes perceived as a crime-riddled community came together for a day filled with family fun. with all the crime, the violence going on, and all the things they re saying that s a celebration for us. regardless of our backgrounds, we can get along and have a beautiful community. and i think today will demonstrate that. reporter: that s definitely a good reason to be proud. the festival goes on unt
all parents are getting the opportunity, the same opportunity to voice their opinions, another education group called one charlotte said some parents can t get to meetings in places like matthews and job schedules make it hard for them to attend. are we asking the questions to people that always get their opinions heard or are-we reach out to the marginalized communities? reporter: now, once charlotte is planning on holding list campaigns in different areas so parents won t be left out. they ll have another opportunity to voice their opinions on this topic. the meeting starts at 9:00 this morning. reporting live in south charlotte. angela hong, channel 9, eyewitness news. thank you. we have posted a link on our website for parents to take the cms survey on reassignment. we have information about monday s forum on wsoctv.com. look for the story on our home page. happening today, a judge convicted in a murder for hire plot against her ex-husband. a jury found fasha dav
construction zone so far, so good. we re looking at your drive times in the area. if you re coming down, yesterday, we saw an hour coming down from mooresville into huntersville. right now. currently. it is just nine minutes from 150 heading down towards sam furr at 65 miles an hour. as issues come up, we ll update you on channel 9 and twitter. follow me this morning at traffic team nine. i-77 is becoming really a constant headache for drivers who not only have to deal with toll construction but also a growing number of crashes. we tell you about the crashes on a regular basis they are happening between gilead and sam furr in mecklenburg county. we ve investigated the efforts to keep everyone safe? the problem is they can t move some of them because of the channel 9 learned there have been more than 600 crashes on i-77 in 2016. there were 228 crashes on the stretch through charlotte, # 40 in february, and 162 crashes in march already. that is double the amount of crashe