Mar 10, 2014 | Innovation, Vision
Guest post by Mike Ingram Nothing makes a city or region more unique than its geography and topography—and its not unusual for these elements to become the focus–or identity–of an area. Western North Carolina: the Blue Ridge Mountains. North Carolina coast: the beach....
Feb 20, 2013 | Events, Innovation, Parks & Rec, Vision
The City of Raleigh Parks and Recreation Department held several community meetings about a month ago to engage the citizens and learn about their needs and priorities for the System Plan. The System Plan is a five-part process that is intended to help guide the...
Aug 3, 2011 | Parks & Rec, South West Raleigh
From playing sports, walking, and having picnics to viewing the numerous gardens there is such a variety of activities at Fletcher Park. Fletcher Park is located at 802 Clay St inside the beltline. Parking is available along Washington St or in the nearby parking lot....
Jul 27, 2011 | Parks & Rec, South West Raleigh
For our next greenway trip we visited the portion of Reedy Creek Trail [PDF] that begins at Meredith College and extends to the I-440 pedestrian bridge. There is not a parking lot on the Meredith College side, but there is plenty of street parking on the nearby...
Apr 23, 2011 | Parks & Rec, South West Raleigh
Guest post by Patrick Cooney The Carolina Pines Dog Park located on Lake Wheeler Road is closed until further notice due to tornado damage. There are 20 to 30 large trees down, and another 5 or 6 leaning or hung up that pose serious safety concerns. Once the trees...
