Mar 3, 2017 | CAC, City Council, Community Services, Neighborhoods, News, Raleigh Planning, Vision
By Clodagh Bastian – Raleigh’s Citizen Engagement Task Force is nearing its deadline for recommendations to City Council this month. The group’s mission is to flesh out what citizen engagement means and how community-municipality dialog can be improved, but one...
Jan 26, 2017 | Community Services, Economic Development, Raleigh Planning, Vision
By Karen Rindge – Rapid growth and urbanization in Wake County have brought opportunity, but have also affected land values and rents. A rising number families spend more than 30% of income on housing prompting growing concern about the need for housing that’s...
Jan 15, 2017 | Community Services, Good Info, Government, Solid Waste Services
-By Ann Sides If you see a big municipal truck with a long, tubular snout crawling along the street gutters, don’t be surprised. Raleigh’s leaf collection trucks are beginning their second –and final—seasonal cleanup of loose leaf piles in our neighborhoods. The job...
Oct 10, 2012 | Community Services
Each year, Citizen Advisory Councils (CACs) from around Raleigh nominate organizations and community members for the spectacular things they are doing and positive impacts they are having in their communities. The Raleigh Citizens Advisory Council (RCAC), made up of...
Sep 13, 2012 | Community Services, Events, Neighborhood
It’s Neighborhoods Month in Raleigh, a time to celebrate our communities and the joys of being a good neighbor. The City of Raleigh is hosting the ninth annual Raleigh Neighborhood Exchange. This year’s event will be held from 8am to 2pm, Saturday, September 15,...
Aug 17, 2012 | Community Services, Parks & Rec, South West Raleigh
“You make a living by what you get, but you make a life by what you give.” – Winston Churchill Anytime is a great time to volunteer and the City of Raleigh Parks and Recreation department has several ways for you to give some time and, in some cases,...
