FYI
Serving with Excellence,
Dwayne C. Patterson
Neighborhood Services Supervisor
Community Services Department
919.996.5710
Website: Community Services Homepage
Oct.
16, 2009
CAPITAL
AREA TRANSIT TO OPERATE STATE FAIR SHUTTLE
Avoid the traffic and parking hassles at the North
Carolina State Fair by riding Capital Area Transit’s (CAT) State Fair
Shuttle Service. CAT will offer daily service from two park-and-ride locations
and from fixed-route service along
The shuttles will operate every 20 to 30 minutes each
day of the fair, including Sundays, and all passengers will be dropped off at
Gate No. 1 at the Fairgrounds. The fare will be $4 round-trip. Children below
40 inches tall will ride free with a paying adult. UPASS and GoPass agreements
do not include State Fair service. Discounts will be available for senior
citizens and persons with disabilities.
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Shuttle service will run 7 a.m. to
midnight, except on Thursday when the service starts at 1 p.m.
This route will begin downtown on
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Shuttle service will run 8:30 a.m. to
midnight, except on Thursday when the service starts at 1 p.m.
One block south of the I-440 Beltline,
follow the green State Fair signs.
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Shuttle service will run 8:30 a.m. to
midnight, except on Thursday when the service starts at 1 p.m.
Take I-40 to exit 290 or 291, follow the
green State Fair signs.
For more information, call the regional
GoTriangle customer service line at 485-RIDE or visit the City of
The three winners and honorable mention entries of the Moore
Square Design Competition will be announced at noon in
The winning designs will be on public display at the
DOWNTOWN
SHOWS OFF ITS CREATIVE GENIUS COLLECTIVELY ON
What could be more appropriate for the
inaugural gathering on
than a collection of Downtown Raleigh
entrepreneurs showing off their stuff? That’s exactly what the Downtown
Raleigh Alliance has pulled together for Oct. 24 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. A
“baker’s dozen” of creative merchants will celebrate Raleigh
Wide Open4 (RWO4) on the plaza along with the SPCA of Wake County and the Wake
County Public Library. The following offers a profile of the
participants:
Ablutions
Spa – Ablutions Spa is
a culturally and spiritually inspired line of skin care and bathing
accoutrement. Its products are handmade daily in
Elizabeth
Galeck Photography – Since
1995 Elizabeth Galeck has engaged in the fine art of capturing life’s
“real” moments; family outings, days at the beach, friendly
gatherings, expressive portraits – all candid, all comfortable all real.
The art Ms. Galeck will be showing at RWO4 will reflect a different side of her
craft; the exploration of a new subject – quiet spaces in
The
Collectors Gallery – In
addition to its permanent presence in the southeast pavilion on
Ahpeele
– Ahpeele is a husband-and-wife
design/screen print company. The pair takes on jobs from all areas of printing
techniques. In addition to being printing professionals, the couple makes its
own line of clothing. Hiromi Peele produces the concepts, manages the business
and sources the clothing. Adam Peele is the artist and printer. The
Peele’s clothes and art have a positive vibe inspired by Asian culture,
nature and life experience. www.ahpeele.bigcartel.com
Ornamentea
– Ornamentea offers fine
craft ingredients and classes in metal smithing, beading, felting and jewelry
making to both beginners and experienced artisans. With help from the Raleigh
Metals Club, Ornamentea will offer a stamped pendant necklace project during
RWO4 that allows participants to create in just minutes a custom pendant
necklace with their chosen word or initials for just $5. The metal disc pendant
will be fun to make and wear and is suitable for ages 14 and up. www.ornamentea.com
The
Handmaidens – The Handmaidens is a
collective of eight
The
SPCA of
Each year the SPCA finds homes for more than 3,000 animals through its
innovative adoption programs and lost-and-found efforts. Stop by the booth
during RWO4 to visit some canine friends (some adoptable and some already
adopted.) Low-cost spay/neuter information, adoptions information and volunteer
opportunities also will be available. www.spcawake.org
Stitch/Holly
Aiken Bags – Stitch is the home base
of Holly Aiken Bags and pretty little things to make your eyes twinkle. Durable
and supremely cool, Holly Aiken bags are a staple to anyone’s bag
collection. Not in the market for a bag? Stitch has sweet wallets, key chains
and arm coasters among its vast array of wares. Plus, all of these vinyl
treasures are locally designed and made on
The
Barkery – Unlike any pet store you
have ever visited The Barkery provides the best natural alternative diets,
up-to-date nutritional information, cool collars and the wildest toys and gifts
for both cats and dogs. Healthy treats for your canine friends will be
available for purchase at the Barkery booth during RWO4. www.thebarkerydowntown.com
Sweet
T, a cakery – Sweet T offers a
fantastic selection of gourmet cupcakes and pastries, made completely from
scratch and faithfully following old-fashioned recipes. Using only the finest
organic and local ingredients, Sweet T cupcakes are as delicious as they are
beautiful. The cupcakes can be purchased online as well as at the Moore Square
Farmer’s Market. During RWO4 Sweet T will be offering a selection of
cupcakes, brownies, muffins and pastries along with hot caramel apple cider and
whimsical Halloween treats. www.sweettcakes.weebly.com
Annelore’s
German Bakery – German professional chef
Annelore Gstattenbauer brings more than 30 years of culinary experience to the
market. Baking authentic German pastries of the finest quality and
sophistication and offering genuine Bavarian Lye Pretzels, Annelore’s
German Bakery is a unique find in the Triangle.
Escazu
Artisan Chocolates – Escazu
Artisan Chocolates is proud to offer quality chocolates, full of character and
personality, made entirely from the bean in its
La Farm
Bakery – Celebrating its tenth
anniversary this month, La Farm is a modern bakery that continues the
centuries-old baking traditions and techniques that honor the ordinary yet
extraordinary boulangeries that once flourished in every little town in France.
www.laframbakery.com
Captive
Collective – Captive Collective is
ART
Twenty-One
Tarheel Artists Offer Their Wares at RWO4
The first-ever use of
Artsplosure has recruited 21
Mary-Anne
and Bill Collins
Zach
Chen
Zach Chen of
Larry
Favorite
Mebane’s Larry Favorite crafts
ironwood boxes, vases, bowls and sculptures which are inlayed with silver and
turquoise.
John
Furches
John Furches of Elkin creates original
etchings and aquatints, using handcrafted designs from zinc plates.
John Harmon
Photographer John Harmon, of Roaring Gap,
uses both film and digital cameras to capture his wide range of subjects.
Arlie
M. Harris
Mark
and Kathi Haynes
Kathi and Mark Haynes are
Steven
Heiner
Steven Heiner of
Natasha
Caine and
This
Craig
Kassan
Carl Kassan uses woodturning in his
Franklinton studio, to create wooden sculptures and wall art.
Kimberly
D. Kearney
Anna N.
Kurtz
Anna Kurtz uses ironwood inlayed with
turquoise, sterling silver and other stones to create her handcrafted jewelry.
She is from Elfland.
Keith
Martindale
Seagrove’s Keith Martindale creates
ceramic designs from lamps to dishes.
Karen
Mason
Karen Mason uses traditional and
non-traditional metalsmithing techniques to create her jewelry in sterling
silver, copper, semi-precious stones, netting and pearls. She is from
Ryan
McCord
Ryan McCord of
Catherine
Murphy
Catherine Murphy favors pieces of copper
sheet, wire and tubing to fabricate her metal creations. She is from
Dan
Murphy
Dan Murphy of
Diane
Ness
Yumi
Okita
Yumi Okita of
Eric
Paige
Using layers of Lucite and metal, bolted
together for a multidimensional appearance, Eric Paige creates original
sculptures from his
Wendy
Pittillo-Rae
Wendy Pittillo-Rae of
RWO4:
IT’S MUSIC X 18!
Yes, Raleigh Wide Open 4’s
headliner is a Blues legend, but while Delbert McClinton is the piece de
resistance, there are 17 others to make your toes tap and your heart sing from
11:30 in the morning to 10:30 the night of Oct. 24. Let’s meet each of
the acts.
HEADLINERS
Delbert
McClinton ( Main stage on
Delbert McClinton is a three-time Grammy
Award-winning artist. His 2001 album “Nothing Personal” and
2005’s “Cost of Living” both won Grammy Awards in the Best
Contemporary Blues Album category. In 2002, his “Room to Breathe”
was nominated in the same category. The quintessential Texas Blues rocker
scored his first Grammy Award in 1991 for his duet with Bonnie Raitt,
“Good Man, Good Woman.” In addition to being a legendary performer,
Mr. McClinton is a peerless songwriter, pianist and harmonica player. He
released a new 14-track album on Aug. 18 that has garnered widespread,
enthusiastically admiring reviews. “Acquired Taste” is Mr.
McClinton’s 13th album and is described as a juke-joint blend
of county soul, masterfully infused with blues, rock and jazz.
Tao
Rodriguez Seeger (Main 7:30 p.m. to 8:30
p.m.)
Tao Rodriguez Seeger is an American
contemporary folk musician. He plays banjo, guitar, harmonica and sings in
Spanish as well as English. He was a founding member of The Mammals and is the
grandson of folk legend Pete Seeger.
PLAZA
ACOUSTIC STAGE
(
Chuck
Phillips (11:30 a.m. to 12:45
p.m. and 4:45 p.m. to 6 p.m.)
For several years Chuck Phillips has been
performing with cover bands. While he still does that, he mixes in some of his
original acoustic/rock/folk tunes that he began penning two years ago.
Mr. Phillips released his first album independently in February 2008. “In
Progress” features 10 original songs recorded at home on a laptop with
Chuck playing all the instruments. Violinist Patricia Williams accompanied him
on “
www.myspace.com/chuckphillipsmusic
Eric
Scholz (1:30 p.m.
to 2:30 p.m.)
This native North Carolinian’s live
performances often win comparisons to a young Bruce Springsteen, Ryan Adams and
Jacob Dylan. In 2003 Eric independently recorded and released “Leaving
Left” which gained air play on 88.5 FM WMNF in
Th’
Bullfrog (3:00 p.m. to 4:15
p.m.)
The old saying “tis truly an ill
wind that blows no good” has proved to be true for Raleigh and its
adopted son, Th’ Bullfrog. Bullfrog grew weary of the lashing storms
beating up
www.myspace.com/thbullfrogwillardmcghee
CHERRY
BOUNCE STAGE
(
Sky
Larkin (12:30 p.m. to 1:15
p.m.)
This oh-so clever indie alternative rock
trio was formed in 2005 in the members’ native Leeds in
Old
Avenue (1:45 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.)
Old Avenue was created on a cold December
day in 2007 right here in
Peggy
Sue (3:00 p.m. to 3:45 p.m.)
This two-girl/one-guy trio has been
tagged with indie nomenclature from post-folk to anti-soul, but elementally the
trio is a concoction of acoustic instruments and wry lyricism sung atop
chugging gypsy rhythms. The three call London/Brighton their base.
The
Balance (4:15 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.)
The Balance is three guys with beaucoup
original material, volts of energy and a positive hip-hop message.
www.myspace.com/thebalancelive
Schooner
(5:30 p.m. to 6:15 p.m.)
This Carrboro quartet was formed in 2003
with a 4-track project. The two men and two women describe their music as:
“disheveled pop that moves from mellow sad-eyed tunes to erratic rock
numbers highlighted by boy-girl harmonies and existential lyrics.
Fin
Fang Foom (6:45 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.)
Fin Fang Foom fans are eagerly
anticipating Nov. 24, the date the band will release “Monomyth,”
its first record in six years. The Chapel Hill-based band has been
recruiting fans globally for a dozen years. This despite outrageous misfortune:
The drummer Peter Enriquez’s death in 2004 and guitarist Michael
Triplett’s near death from spinal meningitis the same year. The harrowing
experiences add eerie authenticity to the band’s slow-burning, post rock
that embraces the human struggle via indie and experimental rock.
The
Hood Internet (8:00 p.m. to 8:45 p.m.)
The Hood Internet is a Chicago-based duo
specializing in mashups of hip-hop (from the mainstream to the underground) with
indie rock. They also run a blog of the same name through which they release
their music, a venture that helped them earn notability as a minor Internet
phenomenon and hence, the name. Paste Magazine states “the closest
analogue to the Hood Internet is probably Girl Talk, a comparison the duo finds
flattering, though they have a wildly different style…The Hood men are
musical alchemists of sorts, distilling a mixture of indie and hip-hop
into….gold.”
Man Man (9:3 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.)
Hailing from
(
The
Shucks – (12:20 p.m. to
1:05 p.m.)
“Alt-country cowpokes meet the
ex-punks in The Shucks, a rootsy Triangle quintet that features the male/female
vocal swaps and sugarded harmonies of Billie Karel and Travis Creed on twangy
tunes that range from upbeat swings to lazy shuffles.” Spencer Griffith,
The Independent
The
Design – (1:15 p.m.
– 2:15 p.m.)
Adam
Pitts – (2:30 p.m. to
3:15 p.m.)
The list of musicians that Adam Pitts
credits as having influenced his honest and energized omni-rock is as
lengthy as the list of instruments he plays – guitar, piano, ukulele, ka
zoo and mouth organ to name a few. Add to that, he is solid on vocals.
www.myspace.com/rivercityransomband
Airiel
Down – (5:15 p.m. to
6:15 p.m.)
Airiel Down is an independent rock band
based out of
CITY GRANT APPLICATIONS
AVAILABLE FOR HUMAN SERVICE AGENCY FUNDING
The City of
The City is seeking
applications from agencies that provide human services to
Qualified applicants
must:
·
be
private, non-profit organizations with headquarters in
·
have at
least one year of recent experience in the delivery of the proposed services to
the specified target group or groups;
·
maintain
501c(3) tax-exempt status; and,
·
demonstrate
sensitivity to the special needs of their clientele.
Interested
agencies should contact Marionna C. Poke-Stewart at the City of Raleigh
Community Services Department,
ARTS
COMMISSION TO LAUNCH TWO DOWNTOWN PUBLIC ART PROJECTS
The City of
“Zoom
Prior to joining the faculty of the
“Zoom
The second interactive public art
project, “Horizon Line,” will be a permanent display that employs
cutting-edge light technology to create two colorful, interactive and
imaginative spaces for pedestrians entering and exiting the
Ms. Page’s art can be found in many
public and private collections, including the Baltimore Museum of Art, the
Mr. Logan, who also teaches in the art
department at UNC-Chapel Hill, has created art featured in more than 250 solo
and group exhibitions in venues across the country, including exhibitions at
the North Carolina Museum of Art, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the
The Oct. 23 reception also will include
an exhibition of the original designs for the second round of ART-ON-THE-MOVE, a public art project featuring artwork
by local artists that is exhibited on the sides of Capital Area Transit buses.
The first ART-ON-THE-MOVE
was in 2007.
For more information about “Zoom
Raleigh,” “Horizon Line,” and the ART-ON-THE-MOVE exhibition,
contact the City of
Established in 1977 as the official
advisory body and advocate for the arts to the Raleigh City Council, the City
of
Starting on Nov. 1, the City of
The City will collect the unwanted cooking oil and grease at no
charge. The service will not be offered to commercial establishments in
The goal of the pilot program is to protect the environment by
keeping cooking oil and grease out of the City’s sewer system and
preventing sewer overflows. The collected cooking oil and grease will be
converted to biofuels, a renewable source of energy used to power vehicles,
heat homes and cook food. The holiday season was selected for the program
because of the high amounts of grease usually generated at this time from
holiday gatherings.
The pilot program will be a joint effort
of the City of
Starting on Nov. 1,
Households will place the containers with
grease or cooking oil on the curb on their designated weekly trash collection
day after they have called
the City’s Solid Waste Services Department to arrange for curbside
collection of the materials. The City will make arrangements with places of
worship to pick up their cooking oil or grease. The amount of cooking oil or
grease to be collected from each household or place of worship must be at least
half a gallon. City Solid Waste Department vehicles will take the collected
cooking oil and animal grease to two large bulk containers provided and
maintained by Triangle Biofuels.
Only
For more information about the City of
RALEIGH
The City of Raleigh Citizens Advisory
Councils (
Since 1977, the
Recipients of the 2009 Neighborhood
Recognition Awards are:
·
·
Bobby
Poole, individual contributions,
·
Chad
Ingham, individual contributions,
·
Maggie Bennett,
individual contributions, Five
Points CAC;
·
Will
Allen, individual contributions, Hillsborough
CAC;
·
Bennie
L. (III) and Sandra Overton,
residential, North Central CAC;
·
Friends
of Horseshoe Farm, grassroots organization,
·
Jennifer
Norris, individual contributions, Six Forks CAC;
·
·
Harriett
B. Webster Taskforce for Student Success, Inc., educational institution, South Central CAC;
·
Centennial
Parkway/North Carolina State University Campus Development, educational
institution,
·
Jo
Todd, individual contributions, Wade
CAC; and,
·
Susan
Todd, residential,
The awards ceremony will be held on
Wednesday, Oct. 21 in Room 304 of the
All
Anyone interested in participating in a
CAC can learn more by calling the City of Raleigh Community Services Department
at 996-6100.
COUNCIL AMENDS AND ADOPTS THE
2030 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
The Raleigh City Council
on Wednesday adopted the 2030 Comprehensive Plan after agreeing to make three
minor amendments to the document.
The first amendment
changes the
The Council considered
amending the designation of a parcel of land located at Women’s
CITY OF
The Raleigh City Council voted unanimously Oct. 7 to accept a bid
from Brasfield & Gorrie to construct the City’s state-of-the art
transit operations center in southeast
The transit operations center will sit on a 23-acre site on the
south side of
The transit operations center will consist of a
27,400-square-foot, two-story operations administration building, a
single-story maintenance facility of 56,000 square feet, a 7,500-square-foot
bus wash building, and a two-lane fueling depot building. A bus shelter on
Construction of the center is expected to begin late this month,
with completion set for the spring of 2011. Brasfield & Gorrie is proposing
to subcontract 21.1 percent of the work to Minority- and Women-Owned Business
Enterprises.
PLAZA’S
Gallucci
Created Towers and Bollards
The design, the character, the flavor of
The collaborators were the City of
The light towers are
While both elements are “art”
they also serve a practical purpose. The towers are very adaptable for
projection equipment that can provide light for myriad events. The bollards are
positioned to control the vehicular traffic that will return to the 500 block
of
Jim Gallucci was chosen to be the
Mr. Gallucci said that the project evolved from modest light panels when he
first envisioned the project, and that this evolution continued through the
months he fabricated this centerpiece for the city.
Mr. Gallucci’s contract with the
City for the design, fabrication and installation of the towers and bollards is
for $2,289,356. The lighting for the towers was designed by Colorlume, Inc. of
Carrboro.
“I am very honored and excited to
be involved in such an important project,” Mr. Gallucci
said.
Why You
Know Jim Gallucci
Mr. Gallucci’s work is familiar to
thousands of Triangle residents since we are the home to two of his famous
gates. He designed the 62-foot-long functional gate for
The City of
CITY’S
GETTING READY FOR
Raleigh Wide Open is the
The City of
Raleigh Wide Open 4 kicks off at 10 a.m.,
Saturday, Oct. 24 with a parade that will begin at Morgan and
The 50-unit parade will include bands
from
The parade will conclude by 11 a.m. and
that’s when the street, with all five blocks open for the first time
since 1976 will come alive with 80 vendors offering:
·
palatable
pleasures ranging from fried Snickers to sushi;
·
a
kids’ zone;
·
a beer
garden featuring
·
a wine
garden;
·
a
casting call for ABC’s “Wheel of Fortune” on Hargett Street
from noon to 6 p.m. on the steps of the Wake County Courthouse;
·
arts
and crafts;
·
·
18
bands on four stages – the Cherry Bounce Stage featuring some of
·
The
Raleigh Rocks Stage at
·
The
acoustic stage on the
·
The
main stage on the City Plaza that will open with American contemporary folk
musician Tao Rodriguez-Seeger at 7:30 and culminate the day-long celebration
with Texas Blues King Delbert McClinton consuming the stage at 9:30; and,
·
Fireworks
at 10:30.
The Downtown Raleigh Alliance is
programming the
The first-ever use of
The winners of the Moore Square Redesign
Competition will be announced at high noon during Raleigh Wide Open. Mayor
Charles Meeker will make the announcement in
‘Getting
Ready for RWO4’ Viewing Schedule
October 16
11:30 a.m. and 5 p.m.
October
17
10 a.m. and 9 p.m.
October
18
10:30 am., 1:30 p.m. and 10 p.m.
October
19
8 a.m. and 10 p.m.
October
20
8 a.m. and 10 p.m.
October 21
8:30 p.m.
October
22
11 a.m.
October
23
10 a.m. and 11:30 p.m.
October
24
10 a.m.
SCULPTURES
FROM THREE
As part of the
City festivities celebrating the
The sculpture artists selected are
William Donnan of Franklinville, Hanna Jubran of Grimesland, and Adam Walls of
Red Springs. Artist applications were received from across the state and
reviewed by a panel comprised of representatives from Artspace, Visual Art
Exchange, and the City of
“Visual Art Exchange is excited to
help showcase
VAE, in partnership with Artspace and the
City’s Arts Commission, is sponsoring the outdoor sculptures. “It
is wonderful that the city is providing this opportunity for public art on
the plaza,” Ms. Powers added.
The three works of art selected vary in
style, materials, and size. Mr. Donnan’s sculpture, “Bow,” is
a reinforced cement sculpture, 10 feet, 6 inches high and weighing 1,000
pounds. “In the case of ‘Bow’ I was trying to take a
simple human gesture and interpret it as a study in balance and grace,”
Mr. Donnan said. “By using massive rock forms held up by a delicate bone
form I am … giving the viewer the feeling that the sculpture is only
temporarily at rest.”
From 1978 to 1983, Mr. Donnan worked on
the design staff of the
Hanna Jubran’s sculpture
“Opposing Forces” is painted steel that is 14 feet high and weighs
1,300 pounds. “This sculpture is from a series of works that deals with
the concept of the four elements --- earth, water, fire and wind,” he
explained. “It expresses the cycle of life, growth and continuum
through the interplay of shape, form, space, and colors.”
Mr. Jubran has exhibited his work and is
in collections around the world, including
Adam Walls’ piece, “Toy
Defense,” is 7-foot-high high sculpture of painted steel and tires. It
weights 1,700 pounds. “I am incredibly inspired by pop culture
items such as toys, comics, and science fiction,” he said. “My
sculpture entitled ‘Toy Defense’ is obviously derived from these
influences. ‘Toy Defense’ allows a space for the viewer-participant
to engage with it by becoming part of the piece in much the same way that I
wanted to play with my action figures as a child.”
Mr. Walls has exhibited his work
throughout the South. In addition to this series of colorful and playful
sculptures, which he calls “Toys,” he also fabricates large
geometric steel sculptures and works in wood and ceramics. Mr. Walls
received his master’s degree in fine arts from
Established in 1977 as the official
advisory body and advocate for the arts to the Raleigh City Council, the City
of
For more information about the Art on City Plaza project, contact the
Arts Commission’s public art coordinator, Jerry Bolas, at 831-2414 or Gerald.bolas@ci.raleigh.nc.us; or visit www.raleighnc.gov/arts.
VOLUNTEERS TO BE MARKING STORM
DRAINS OCT. 17
More than 100 volunteers will be covering
parts of north
Elaine Whitford, who is coordinating the
event with the Neuse Riverkeeper Foundation, said that volunteers will also be
distributing door hangers to certain neighborhoods as well. Residents who are
interested in joining the effort can contact the Neuse Riverkeeper Foundation
by calling 856-1180 or by email at Elainew@neuseriver.org.
DOWNTOWN
WIFI NETWORK AVAILABLE SOON
The Wi-Fi service will be provided by the
City of
The WiFi network will be for outdoor use
only. Also, in order to ease bandwidth demands, the City will place limits on
downloads while on the network as well as the length of time users can be
connected. Users will be responsible for maintaining their own firewall and
anti-virus software.
For more information, visit www.raleighnc.gov.
CITY OF
Beginning Oct. 19, the City of
PUBLIC
LISTENING SESSIONS
The public listening sessions will be
held:
·
Monday,
Oct. 19 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at North Raleigh Church of Christ, 8701 Falls of
Neuse Road;
·
Wednesday,
Oct. 21 from noon to 2 p.m. at All Saints Chapel,
·
Wednesday,
Oct. 21 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Meymandi Concert Hall lobby at the
All three sessions have the same program
format: A brief presentation will be followed by breakout table discussions on
the City’s current zoning and subdivision code, suggested changes, and
questions about the new code development. Each table will report out to
the larger group before adjourning.
For event planning purposes, attendees
should RSVP to NewCode@ci.raleigh.nc.us. Indicate
which session you plan to attend. On-site registration will begin half an
hour prior to the start of each session.
STAKEHOLDER
MEETINGS
The stakeholder meetings will take place
at the
October
19
1 p.m.-2 p.m.
Affordable
Housing
2 p.m.-3 p.m.
Development
Services Advisory Council
4 p.m.-5 p.m.
Land Use
Attorneys
October
20
2 p.m.-3 p.m.
Developers,
Builders, Realtors
3
p.m.-4 p.m. Board of Adjustment, Historic Districts
Commission, Appearance Commission
4 p.m.-5 p.m.
5 p.m.-6 p.m.
Environmental
October
21
2
p.m.-3 p.m.
4 p.m.-5 p.m.
Land
Planners, Architects, Engineers, Surveyors
October
22
8:30 a.m.-9:30
a.m. Stormwater Management Advisory Commission,
Environmental Advisory Board, Tree Conservation Task Force
10:30 a.m-11:30
a.m. Business Groups
11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Schools, Hospitals,
Government
For more information and to register to
attend the stakeholder meetings, email NewCode@ci.raleigh.nc.us.
Please indicate which session you plan to attend.
The goal of the City of
Areas of key concern to be incorporated
into the New Code include:
·
Creating
regulations that provide a means of implementing the policies and goals of the
newly released Comprehensive Plan;
·
Creating
regulations that address market trends, incorporate best practices and address
contextual issues throughout the City;
·
Removing
or amending outdated standards;
·
Consolidating
uses or user groups;
·
Creating
clear definitions and terminology;
·
Providing
graphics and illustrations to supplement written regulations; and,
·
Crafting
regulations that provide for effective enforcement capacity.
It is expected to take about 18 months to
draft a new development code. The City plans to hold additional public meetings
to gather citizen input.
In compliance with the Federal Americans
with Disabilities Act, the City of
For more information about the
development code process, visit the City of
PUBLIC HEARING SET TO DISCUSS
CONDITIONAL USE ZONING PROCESS
On January 19, 2010, the
Raleigh City Council will hold a public hearing to discuss a proposed text
change to the City’s conditional use zoning process. At Wednesday’s
Council meeting, the City’s planning staff was directed to review the
25-year history of the process and draft a text change.
The proposed text change
will require that the neighborhood meeting for rezoning petitions take place
prior to an applicant’s submittal of the petition and include other
benchmarked dates regarding submittal of conditions. The January 19 meeting will
be held at 6:30 p.m. in the Council Chamber.
RECYCLING DROP OFF CENTER BEHIND THE
The City of Raleigh Solid Waste Services
Department recycling drop-off center located on private property behind the Brennan
Station shopping center at
The Solid Waste Services Department staff
is working diligently to locate a new recycling drop-off center in the
vicinity. In the interim, residents are welcome to use one of the other drop
off sites or any of Wake County’s
convenience centers.
City of
Raleigh Drop-Off Centers:
·
Jaycee Park
at
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North Boulevard Plaza
at
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Solid Waste Services Administrative
Office at
·
City of Raleigh Yard Waste Center
at
·
Sam’s Wholesale Club
at
·
Habitat
Wake ReStore at
·
EcoLube at
Wake County Convenience Centers:
·
10505 Old Stage Road, Raleigh
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6025 Old Smithfield Road, Apex
·
266 Aviation Parkway Morrisville
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3600 Yates Mill Pond Road
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8401 Battle Bridge Road
·
3913 Lillie Liles Road
·
9008 Deponie Drive
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2001 Durham Road
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5216 Knightdale - Eagle Rock Road, Knightdale
·
5051 Wendell Blvd. (US
Wendell
NEW LAW
IN
“This is a wonderful new
law,” Linda Leighton, waste reduction specialist for the City of Raleigh
Solid Waste Services Department, said of the new law. “A great number of
our residents would willingly comply and keep plastic bottles out of the
landfill, if we make them aware of the new law.”
Ms. Leighton pointed out that since 1991
it has been illegal in
Currently the average
In addition to plastic bottles, the City
of
·
newspapers
and all inserts;
·
magazines
and catalogs;
·
white
paper, including junk mail;
·
corrugated
cardboard;
·
paperboard,
chipboard and paper tubes;
·
steel
food cans;
·
aluminum
beverage cans;
·
aluminum
foil and trays that are free of food debris;
·
plastic
beverage rings;
·
glass
food and beverage containers;
·
gable
top cartons; and,
·
aseptic
(drink) boxes.
These items -- along with ink jet and
toner cartridges and cell phones without accessories --- can also be taken to
any of the City’s seven recycling drop-off centers. Unless otherwise
noted, the drop-off centers are open 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
The recycling drop-off centers in
·
·
·
Solid
Waste Services Administrative Office at
·
·
City of
·
Sam’s
Wholesale Club,
·
Habitat
Wake ReStore at
For more information about the City of
HEARING SET FOR TEXT CHANGE TO
SEDIMENTATION CONTROL PROGRAM
On Tuesday, October 20, the Raleigh City
Council will hold a public hearing to discuss possible text changes to the
City’s Sedimentation Control Program. The public hearing will be held at
the 6:30 p.m. council session.
If approved, the text change would:
·
Increase
the current soil erosion control design standards to a 25-year storm level;
·
Increase
the detention requirements during construction to a tiered system for
controlling a higher level of runoff during construction;
·
Limit
the duration of grading permits to two years with a one-time extension of six
months;
·
Require
construction site operators with disturbed areas of one-acre or more to submit
the information that is required for National Pollutant Discharge Elimination
Permits to the City of
·
Establish
a tiered system for land disturbing activity permit fees ranging from $200 per
acre to $600 per acre based on the size of the site;
·
Decrease
the amount of days required for general site stabilization from 21 days to 14
days;
·
Decrease
the amount of days required for slope stabilization from 21 days to 7 or 10
days depending on the steepness of the slope; and,
·
Increase
the design standards for settling efficiency of sediment control devices from
70 percent to 85 percent.
The public hearing will
be held in the Raleigh City Council Chambers, Avery C. Upchurch Government
Complex, 222 W. Hargett Street
TEXT
CHANGE ADDRESSES DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS; PUBLIC HEARING SET FOR OCT. 20
The Raleigh City Council, on Sept. 15,
approved TC-5-07 and authorized a public hearing on TC-12-09 on Oct. 20, 6:30
p.m.
TC-12-09 proposes to allow increased
floor area ratios (FAR) for Office and Institution (O&I) zoned office
buildings that are not located adjacent to low-density residential
developments; and expands the list of performance standards which allow all
O&I-zoned office buildings to increase their FAR by proposing new
environmental design standards.
The amended version of TC-5-07 as
approved by the City Council retains the portions of the text change which are
non-substantive to development regulations. It corrects minor errors found in
the code during the drafting of the proposed ordinance. Portions of the text
change that had proposed to allow a development’s land area, zoned
O&I-1, to be devoted to both residential density maximums and floor area
ratio (FAR) maximums were removed.
The Comprehensive Planning Committee will
consider revisions to TC-1-08. the text change was amended so it would not
eliminate the building lot coverage requirements for office uses within the
O&I districts, as originally proposed, but to allow the existing building
lot coverage maximums to be doubled when certain performance standards are met
and when the property is not located adjacent to a low-density residential
development.
DAILY BEAST" NAMES RALEIGH -DURHAM AMERICA
Raleigh-Durham came in first in The Daily Beast’s inaugural
ranking of
The publication wrote: “Raleigh-Durham has just about every
intangible useful in attracting and developing a smart populace; It’s a
university hub, including two of the nation’s elite schools (Duke and the
The ranking compared the nation’s 55 metropolitan areas that
have a population of greater than 1 million. The evaluation criteria was
divided; half for education and half for intellectual environment. The
education half measured how many residents had bachelor’s degrees (35
percent weighting) and graduate degrees (15 percent). No credit was given for
attending either undergraduate or graduate school. The environmental half had
three parts. They were nonfiction books sales (25 percent) the ratio of
institutions of high education that impart intellectual vigor to a community
(15 percent) and the percentage of eligible voters who cast ballots in the last
presidential election (10 percent).
The remaining top ten smart cities are:
2 – San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose;
3 –
4 – Minneapolis-St. Paul;
5 –
6 – Hartford-New Haven;
7 – Seattle-Tacoma (tie);
7 –
9 –
10 –
FOLLOW THE CITY VIA TWITTER!
Looking
for the most up-to-date information from the City of
Twitter is a free service that allows you
to “follow” people or subjects via short, frequent updates. The
City of
Currently, the City maintains the
following accounts:
·
RaleighGov -
This feed features links to any news releases and alerts issued by the City of
·
HillsboroughSt
- This feed features frequent updates to the Hillsborough Street Roundabout
projects;
·
RaleighParks
– This feed features any news and information related to the City of
Raleigh Parks and Recreation Department;
·
CORTraffic
– This feed features scheduled road closings due to construction or road
races in the City of Raleigh; and,
·
RW911
– this feed features traffic accidents reported to the
To follow any of these, simply choose
“Find People” from your Twitter home page and type in the account
name you are interested in and then click “follow.” It’s that
easy.
DOWNTOWN
TRAFFIC ALERTS
The following street closings will affect traffic patterns
downtown over the next several weeks. This listing will be continuously updated
so bookmark this page or check back often.
OCTOBER
·
Traffic
will be affected on Oct. 17 from 7:30 p.m. until 9:30 p.m. for an event. The
group will gather on the Halifax Mall. At 7:30 p.m. they will enter onto
Wilmington Street at Lane Street, proceed north on Wilmington Street, right
onto North Street, right onto Blount Street, right onto Morgan Street, left
onto Wilmington Street, right onto Davie Street, right onto Fayetteville
Street, left onto Morgan Street, right onto Salisbury Street, right onto
Edenton Street, left onto Wilmington Street and proceed back to Halifax Mall.
·
Traffic
will be affected on October 17. The 200 block of
·
PARADE: Traffic
will be affected downtown on Oct. 17 from 10 a.m. until 11:30 a.m. for a
parade. At 10 a.m., the parade will enter N. State Street, turn right on
Glascock Street, right on Delaney Drive, right on Milburnie Road, right on
Boyer Street, right on Tarboro Road, left on Oakwood Avenue and right on State
Street.
·
ROAD RACE:
Traffic will be affected downtown on Oct. 25 for a road race. This event will
require the 300 block of
·
On the
evening of Oct. 23 and Oct. 24, several streets will be closed for Raleigh Wide
Open 4. Look for more information on www.raleighnc.gov.
·
ROAD RACE:
Traffic will be affected on Oct. 24 from 9 a.m. until 11 a.m. for a road race.
The 300 through 500 blocks of
·
ROAD RACE:
Traffic will be affected downtown on Oct. 25 from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. for a road
race. The 200 block of
·
Traffic
will be affected on October 24 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. The 100 block of
·
Traffic
will be affected on October 31. The 1500 block of
FOR