City Offering Compost Bin Sales in May
The City of Raleigh Solid Waste Services Department will be offering compost bins for sale to the general public. The sale will be from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on May 7 at 4121 New Bern Avenue. The FreeGarden Earth Compost Bin will be $45. Also for sale will be Kitchen...
Landlord Training for March 23rd
We've talked previously about the PROP and rental registration, but what if you're a new landlord, real estate agent, or property manager? Do you need a refresher on all the updates from the City of Raleigh? The landlord training program offered by the City could be...
Centennial Campus Town Hall on Thursday (3/17)
A town hall meeting for Centennial Campus is scheduled for Thursday, March 17th at 1:30 pm. The town hall will be held in the Monteith Research Center (MRC) theater, room 136. The main items for discussion will be: campus development updates from the campus...
Senate bill could stop Raleigh’s billboard ban
Originally posted on Raleigh Public Record. By Bryan LeClaire – Mar 10th, 2011 Highways and interstates in Raleigh could look very different if a bill in the state Senate becomes law. S.B. 183 would nullify ordinances in Raleigh and other communities that ban...
TTA Workshops for Rail and Expanded Bus Services
If you've travelled to other cities that have more comprehensive transit services, you may wonder if Raleigh and the Triangle region is ever going to have these opportunities. You can provide input to the future of the Triangle's rail and expanded bus service by...
South West Citizens to Map Out Lake Wheeler Road
There is a meeting of the South West Citizens Advisory Council (SWCAC) on, March 14, 2011 at 7:00 pm at the Carolina Pines Community Center, 2305 Lake Wheeler Road. Not sure if you live in the SWCAC, check out the CAC map [PDF]. You can download the agenda [PDF] or...
History: The Carolina Pines Hotel
Carolina Pines Resort and Hotel Located on the north side of Tryon Road adjacent to the Norfolk and Southern Railroad right-of-way, the Carolina Pines Hotel stands as a reminder of the early 20th century resort hotel movement in North Carolina. Opened on July 23, 1933...
1st Annual State Patty’s Day Scavenger Hunt
The Hillsborough Street Community Service Corporation (HSCSC) is organizing the first annual State Patty's Day Scavenger Hunt. The event will take place on Hillsborough Street on Saint Patrick's Day, March 17th , from 6-10 pm. HSCSC will also be collecting canned food...
The PROP, five years later
Southwest Raleigh has benefited greatly from the implementation of the PROP or Probationary Rental Occupancy Permit Ordinance created in 2005. Raleigh Public Record takes a look at the past five years of this innovative policy and how setting the bar high for rental...
AIGA Raleigh Hosts Studio Open House on March 10
Several design firms, advertising agencies and in-house design teams will be opening their doors to the public Thursday March 10th from 5:30pm to 8:30pm as part of AIGA Raleigh's Studio Open House Tour. AIGA Raleigh, the local chapter of the professional association...
Central Citizens Review Blount Street Transitional Area
There is a meeting of the Central Citizens Advisory Council (CAC) tonight, March 7, 2011 at 7:00 pm at the John P. ‘Top’ Greene Center (401 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd). Not sure if you live in the Central CAC, check out the CAC map [PDF]. You can download the agenda...
Artist Christopher Terrell & the Obama Art Museum
Artist Christopher Terrell has created and invites you to visit the Obama Art Museum in Southwest Raleigh. It is his goal for people, young and old, to always have a time and place in history that truly shows our unity and how far we've come as a nation and human...
Focus on Education
For the month of March, the editors would like to focus on identifying the educational resources in Southwest Raleigh. There are opportunities at all levels, pre-school, K-12, community college, and higher education. Then, there are the resources like our libraries,...
Service Raleigh: 2,000 Volunteers And Your Community Project
Guest post by Service Raleigh. The Park Scholarship Foundation and NC State Student Government are proud to announce that Service Raleigh will be held on Saturday, March 26th. The event, started in 1998 by Park Scholars at State, is a one day service initiative which...
Rental Registration Renewal Starts March 1
The rental registration program seems to be very successful for both landlords and tenants throughout Raleigh. The program has been in effect for just over a year now and the City of Raleigh has been promoting the registration through various educational tools...
Residents get crash course in UDO
Originally posted on Raleigh Public Record. By Ariella Monti - Feb 24th, 2011 Some residents got a sneak peek recently at the city’s planning process during the Hillsborough Community Advisory Committee meeting. Members of the city’s planning department walked...
Boundaries Changing for Citizen Groups
It's no secret that the City of Raleigh is growing—and South west Raleigh is a great place to live and a great place for citizen involvement. One way for citizens to get involved is to participate in their local Citizens Advisory Council (CAC). There are 18 CAC's for...
Raleigh, NC—the world’s first open source city
This article and interview with Raleigh's Mayor, Charles Meekor, was published on opensource.com, where we are exploring how the principles of open source are applied beyond technology--to our government, education, and much more. It's relevant to South West Raleigh...
Cameron Village development moves forward
Originally posted on Raleigh Public Record. By Jennifer Novelli - Feb 16th, 2011 The Raleigh City Council gave final approval this week for a site plan to build a six-story building at the corner of Clark Avenue and Oberlin Road in the Cameron Village shopping center....
Josh Stein on Education, Dorothea Dix, and the NC Economy
The 2011-2012 biennium of the North Carolina General Assembly convened on January 26, 2011. Last month, we caught up with NC House District 38 representative Deborah Ross to find out what we could expect from this years session. Now we turn to the Senate side of the...
Wheeler Park Community Getting Organized
The Wheeler Park Community/Neighborhood will host an organizational meeting on Thursday, February 24, 2011. The meeting will start at 7:00 pm and will be at Carolina Pines Park in the large meeting room. The purpose of this meeting is to address several topics and...