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Roberts Park Volunteer Mural Painting

Roberts Park 1300 East Martin Street, Raleigh

Join artists Lamar Whidbee and Delayna Robbins on Sept. 16, to help paint a large-scale mural at Roberts Park Community Center. Volunteers should register by Sept. 14. Learn more about volunteering and sign up to participate This project is a partnership between Raleigh Arts and the City of Raleigh and Southeast Raleigh Promise, Habitat For Humanity, Partners for Environmental Justice, and Wells Fargo as part of the 5th Annual Home Preservation and Parks Improvement Volunteer Day of Service. About the Artists Lamar Whidbee is an interdisciplinary artist and licensed clinical mental health counselor associate whose practice merges visual art with therapeutic inquiry. His work explores memory, fatherhood, Black identity, and mental health. Lamar’s early work involved teaching art alongside prison psychologists on death row and using practices such as life mapping to help individuals visually reconstruct their personal narratives—using art as a tool for accountability, reflection, and healing. Learn more about Lamar Delayna Robbins is a painter, illustrator, and creative mentor. Known online as "A Colorful Chaos," she creates vibrant, Afro-Surrealist artwork that explores themes of healing, identity, ancestry, and divine love. Raised in a military family and now deeply rooted in the Triangle art community, Delayna blends her lived experiences […]

Planning Commission Text Change Committee

Raleigh Municipal Building 222 W. Hargett St., Raleigh

Public Meeting - September 16, 2026 The City of Raleigh Planning Commission Text Change Committee will conduct a public meeting on Wednesday, September 16 at 4 p.m. at the Raleigh Municipal Building in conference room 305. If you are interested in participating, please email Justin.Rametta@raleighnc.gov. Please include your name, address, and the case you would like to comment on. For more information about the meeting, please visit the Planning Commissionwebpage. A. Call to Order B. New Business B.1 TC-5-26: Daycare Amendments At the August 18, 2026 City Council meeting, the Raleigh City Council authorized staff to prepare a draft ordinance to reduce regulatory barriers to childcare facilities. The text change will consider potential amendments to increase enrollment limits and allow non-resident employees for home daycares, as well as streamline the approval process for daycare centers in residential districts by replacing the Special Use Permit requirement with clear, objective use standards. C. Other Business Approval of August 19, 2026 Draft Text Change Committee Meeting Minutes D. Adjournment The Text Change Committee is a subcommittee where changes to the zoning code, known as the Unified Development Ordinance, are discussed. This subcommittee reviews the language of any potential code change. The committee typically […]

Dix Park Stewardship Committee Meeting

All Faith's Chapel at Dix Park 1030 Richardson Drive, Raleigh

The Stewardship Committee will advise the Dix Park Commission on the implementation of the Dix Park Master Plan and related projects, and steward community engagement efforts. Date: Sept. 16, 2026 Time: 5 - 7 p.m. Location: 1030 Richardson Drive, Raleigh, NC 27603 Directions Via Western Boulevard: Enter at Hunt Drive or S. Boylan Avenue Via Lake Wheeler Road: Enter at Umstead Drive Follow signs towards Chapel