Livable Raleigh

Mordecai National Night Out (rescheduled from 8/6 due to weather)
2024-08-21 18:30 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Halifax Community Center, 1023 Halifax Street, Raleigh, NC, United States
*New Date- we rescheduled from 8/6 due to rain:
Come join your neighbors at the Halifax Community Center for this year’s National Night Out on Wednesday, August 21 from 6:30 – 8:00 pm!
This year’s event is co-sponsored by the Mordecai CAC and the Halifax Community Center.

Visit with community leaders, police officers, and fire fighters
Cool off with ice cream from Howling Cow
Play on the Halifax Community Center playground
Create sidewalk chalk art
Get active with jump ropes and hula hoops
Spend time visiting with your neighbors
Learn to play Pétanque!
Climb inside in a fire truck!

What to bring
Yourself, your family, and your neighbors.
National Night Out is an annual community-building campaign that promotes police-community partnerships and neighborhood camaraderie to make our neighborhoods safer, better places to live and work. For more information about National Night Out, visit natw.org
The Mordecai Community Action Coalition serves several downtown neighborhoods, including Mordecai, Oakdale, Pilot Mill, East Mordecai, Capital Park, Person Street, Seaboard, and part of Historic Oakwood.
Please email MCAC social chair Erin Case at social@mordecaicac.org or Halifax Community Center director Emily Collins Emily.Collins@raleighnc.gov if you have any questions or would like to volunteer.
We are looking forward to seeing and meeting members of our community!

Neighborhood Rezoning Meeting: 8415 Honeycutt Road
2024-08-21 18:45 - 19:45 | Abbotts Creek Community Center, 9950 Durant Rd, Raleigh, NC, 27614
August 21, 2024 6:45 p.m.
Abbotts Creek Community Center, 9950 Durant Rd, Raleigh, NC 27614
8415 Honeycutt Rd.
Pre-Submittal
R-1 w/FWPOD TO R-6-CU w/FWPOD
(Additional Information)
A
Sam Morris
Tate

District D Neighborhood Alliance (DDNA) Meeting
2024-08-24 09:30 - 11:00 | Thomas G. Crowder Woodland Center, 5611 Jaguar Park Drive, Raleigh, NC, 27606, United States
Our next meeting is scheduled for August 24th at 9:30 AM at the Thomas G. Crowder Woodland Center with District D City Councilor Jane Harrison.
This will be an open meeting so please bring your thoughts, concerns, and updates to share with the group. If you have questions or concerns that need a more immediate response please contact Coucilor Harrison.
This meeting will not be available via Zoom. We plan to return to the traditional third Saturday in September (9/21).
Look forward to seeing you there!

Neighborhood Rezoning Meeting: 9000 & 9004 Litchford Road
2024-08-26 17:00 - 18:00 | Abbotts Creek Community Center, 9950 Durant Rd, Raleigh, NC, 27614
August 26, 2024 5 p.m.
Abbotts Creek Community Center, 9950 Durant Rd, Raleigh, NC 27614
9000 & 9004 Litchford Rd.
Pre-Submittal
R-1 TO R-10
(Additional Information)
B
Nash Taylor
Redus

Neighborhood Rezoning Meeting: 901 Birch Ridge Drive
2024-08-26 18:00 - 19:00 | Worthdale Park Community Center, 1001 Cooper Road, Raleigh, 27610
August 26, 2024 6:00 p.m.
Worthdale Community Center, 1001 Cooper Rd, Raleigh, NC 27610
901 Birch Ridge Dr.
Post Submittal
IX-5 w/SHOD-1 TO CX-5-CU w/SHOD-1
(Additional Information)
C
Collier Marsh
Redus

A Celebration of Mount Hope Cemetery Fourth Ward
2024-08-26 18:00 - 19:00 | Mount Hope Cemetery, 120 Prospect Avenue, Raleigh
Fourth Ward Celebration
August 15, 2024
You’re invited!
Greetings! I am Octavia Rainey, a Raleigh Historian. I would like to invite you to an event series to learn more about the Fourth Ward neighborhood you live in.
The history goes back to the Cannon Planation. The Cannon family land was located near the railroad track and sold to freedmen. The Fourth Ward neighborhood was once a thriving African American neighborhood that was destroyed in the mid-1960s by urban renewal. The Fourth Ward is the name of our neighborhood, and we must maintain the name of our neighborhood.
The City of Raleigh has a long-standing history of supporting activities that celebrate the rich history and cultural heritage of the city’s neighborhoods both past and present.
This weeklong celebration is an excellent opportunity to come out and meet your old neighbors, talk about the past, and learn about the future of the Fourth Ward.
Please join me at any or all of the six Fourth Ward Celebration events listed below. I’m looking forward to seeing you there.
August 26 – September 1 Events
Monday, August 26, 6p.m. – 7p.m.: A Celebration of Mount Hope Cemetery Fourth Ward, Mount Hope Cemetery, 120 Prospect Avenue
Wednesday, August 28, 6p.m. – 8p.m.: Kickoff of the Fourth Ward Exhibit at the City of Raleigh Museum, 220 Fayetteville Street (Exhibits will run through Sunday, Sept. 21 2024)
Thursday, August 29, 6p.m. – 8p.m.: The Fourth Ward Meet and Greet, at the Raleigh Pathways Center, 900 S. Wilmington Street (Additional parking is available at the Memorial Auditorium, 2 E. South Street)
Friday, August 30, 6p.m. – 8p.m.: A session on Restrictive Covenants, the African Enslaved Project, and Black Land Loss, Dorothea Dix Chapel, 1030 Richardson Drive
Saturday, August 31, 1p.m. – 5p.m.: The Fourth Ward Cookout, Roberts Park, 1300 E. Martin Street Sunday, September 1, 4p.m. – 6p.m.: Gospel Extravaganza – The Five Black Churches of The Fourth Ward –
Black Neighborhood Expo, Fletcher Hall, 2 E. South Street
Octavia Rainey
RSVP to: Octavia Rainey, Octavia_Rainey@yahoo.com

Hybrid Midtown Citizens Advisory Council Meeting
2024-08-26 19:00 - 21:00 | Eastgate Park, 4200 Quail Hollow Dr,, Raleigh, NC, 27609
Agenda

Hybrid Midtown Citizens Advisory Council Meeting

Monday, August 26, 2024, 7:00-9:00 pm

1) 7:00 Call to Order and Welcome to Midtown CAC

2) 7:05 Review of Minutes of Prior MCAC meetings

3) 7:10 RPD officers Winkle and Garcia

Activity and Crime Stats Report for Midtown

Question and Answer

4) 7:40 North Hills Development Update
Bonner Gaylord
Chief Operating Officer, Kane Realty Corporation

5) 8:20 City Council Updates

6) 8:40 Old / New Business, Announcements, Remarks

7) 9:00 Adjournment

In Person Location:

Eastgate Park Community Center

4200 Quail Hollow Drive

Raleigh, NC 27609

Zoom Meeting Link:

Available by Request

Visit our Midtown CAC Facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/MidtownCAC

Economic Development and Innovation Committee Meeting
2024-08-27 13:30 - 15:00 | Raleigh Municipal Building, 222 W. Hargett St., Raleigh, NC, 27601, United States
A. MEETING CALLED TO ORDER BY THE CHAIR

1. Item 22-06: Leveling the Playing Field (Workforce Development Organization) (5/7/24)
This Agenda Item Contains an Attachment.

B. PENDING ITEMS

1. Item 22-01: Economic Development Roundtable – Historically Black Colleges & Universities (2/21/23)

2. Item 22-04: Downtown Raleigh Economic Development Strategy (2/13/24)

Growth and Natural Resources Committee Meeting
2024-08-27 16:00 - 17:30 | Raleigh Municipal Building, 222 W. Hargett St., Raleigh, NC, 27601, United States
A. MEETING CALLED TO ORDER BY THE CHAIR

1. Item 22-14: Rezoning Z-39-23 – East Side of Nowell Road (5/21/24)
This Agenda Item Contains an Attachment.

2. Item 22-15: Falls Watershed Regulatory and Conservation Updates (6/4/24)
This Agenda Item Contains an Attachment.

B. PENDING ITEMS

1. No Items Pending

Neuse River Park Master Plan Update
2024-08-27 17:30 - 18:30 | NC
Following the previous email sent last week regarding the Neuse River Park Master Plan, please note the following important corrections to the timeline and meeting format:

The August 27 Community Advisory Group (CAG) meeting will now be held virtually. The agenda and virtual meeting details are available on the engagement portal.
The target date for the Parks, Recreation, and Greenway Advisory Board meetinghas been updated to November 21, 2024 (previously October 17).

Thank you for your understanding and continued support as we work to ensure the success of this project.

Neuse River Park Master Plan Update

We wanted to provide you with a few important timeline updates regarding the Neuse River Park Master Plan.
Raleigh Parks is targeting the October 17th meeting of the Parks, Recreation and Greenway Advisory Board Meeting for Master Plan approval. We will be holding an additional Community Advisory Group meeting to determine which park elements will be prioritized for the first phase of development and which may need to be included in future phases.
Upcoming Meetings:

August 27, 2024, at 5:30 PM: Discussion on final priorities with the Community Advisory Group at Annie Louise Wilkerson, MD Nature Preserve Education Center.
September 23, 2024, at 5:30 PM: Additional Community Advisory Group Meeting at Forest Ridge Park to vote on the final Master Plan document.

Your feedback is essential to ensuring that the Neuse River Park meets the needs of our community. If you have any questions or need further information, please visit the project website.
Thank you for your ongoing support.

Hillsborough-Wade CAC meeting
2024-08-27 19:00 - 21:00 | NC
Hi CAC neighbors,
A week from today our Hillsborough-Wade CAC meeting will be on Tuesday, August 27th at 7:00 PM. We will meet on Zoom and the link is at the bottom of this email.
Current Agenda:
• Police report
• Update from the Hillsborough Street Community Service Corporation.
• Update on rezoning case Z-83-22 (property includes where the Arby’s was on Hillsborough Street).
• City Councilors Christina Jones and Jane Harrison will tell us what the City of Raleigh has been doing since the February 2024 vote to re-establish City support and official recognition of the RCAC. Then we’ll have a group discussion about the future of Raleigh’s CACs.
As you know, our H-W CAC boundary includes parts of City Council Districts D and E. So I’m very excited that we’ll get to hear from our City Council representatives about what the City of Raleigh has been doing since the February 2024 vote to re-establish City support and official recognition of the RCAC. It will also be very productive and useful for our CAC residents to hear about our Councilors’ vision for the future of CACs, and for our City Councilors to hear from you about what you would like to see happen in the future.
The RCAC Board is currently asking each CAC Board to complete a survey asking for opinions and visions for the future of Raleigh’s Citizen Advisory Councils. I hope to be able to share that with you at our August 27th meeting. This is obviously a very important topic to our CAC members, and we need to make sure we’re “all on the same page” and hopefully “rowing in the same direction.” (That’s enough metaphors for a Friday afternoon!)

The RCAC Board is currently asking each CAC Board to complete a survey asking for opinions and visions for the future of Raleigh’s Citizen Advisory Councils. I hope to be able to share that with you at our August 27th meeting. This is obviously a very important topic to our CAC members, and we need to make sure we’re “all on the same page” and hopefully “rowing in the same direction.”
See you next Tuesday,
Mike

Michael Lindsay
Chair of the Hillsborough-Wade CAC
Mobile: 919-429-0177
inform@nc.rr.com

Hillsborough-Wade CAC meeting: Tuesday, August 27th at 7:00 PM

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Kickoff of the Fourth Ward Exhibit at the City of Raleigh Museum
2024-08-28 18:00 - 20:00 | City of Raleigh Museum, 220 Fayetteville St, Raleigh, NC, 27601

West Raleigh CAC
2024-08-28 19:00 - 21:00 | NC
Meeting on Wednesday August 28th at 7pm

It’s time to meet and talk about what’s going in in West Raleigh! We will discuss several items of interest to our members and hope you can join us via zoom on Wednesday evening at 7pm. Zoom Link follows the agenda

I440 Update from DOT (Cody Winkler)
Athens Drive Community Library (Michi Viola)

Various Community Updates (All)

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The Fourth Ward Meet and Greet
2024-08-29 18:00 - 20:00 | Raleigh Pathways Center, 900 S. Wilmington Street

A session on Restrictive Covenants, the African Enslaved Project, and Black Land Loss
2024-08-30 18:00 - 20:00 | Dorothea Dix Chapel, 1030 Richardson Drive, Raleigh

The Fourth Ward Cookout
2024-08-31 13:00 - 17:00 | Roberts Park, 1300 East Martin Street, Raleigh, NC, 27610, United States

Gospel Extravaganza – The Five Black Churches of The Fourth Ward – Black Neighborhood Expo
2024-09-01 16:00 - 18:00 | Fletcher Hall, 2 E. South Street, Raleigh

Meet the Candidates
2024-09-08 14:00 - 15:30 | Beth Meyer Synagogue, 504 Newton Road, Raleigh

Red Hat Amphitheatre community engagement event
2024-09-09 18:00 - 19:30 | Memorial Auditorium, 2 East South Street, Raleigh
Join us on September 9 to learn more about the Red Hat Amphitheater relocation
You’re invited to join us for an information session on plans to relocate Red Hat Amphitheater. Staff from multiple City departments will host this free event in the lobby of Memorial Auditorium at the Martin Marietta Center for the Performing Arts from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 9.
There will be short presentations and opportunities to ask questions about:

the amphitheater relocation
traffic impacts
future plans for the Chavis-Dix Strollway

Light refreshments will be offered, and free childcare will be provided by Raleigh Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Resources staff.
Free event parking will be available at the surface lots across from the performing arts center. You will need to walk through a metal detector and have your bag searched upon entering the building.
View the event listing with the latest information, FAQs, and agenda. This is also where you can submit your questions in advance.
We hope to see you there!

Five Points CAC virtual (Zoom) meeting
2024-09-09 19:00 - 20:00 | NC
Zoom link:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84111555416

Please join us next Monday!

We expect to have a police report and a guest speaker from the City of Raleigh, Karen Ray, Raleigh’s Customer Experience Manager.

And City Council Member Christina Jones will be with us to share news about progress on CAC’s and about City Council recent decisions and deliberations and issues before the council.

Edie

Southwest Community Engagement Meeting
2024-09-09 19:00 - 21:00 | Carolina Pines Community Center, 2305 Lake Wheeler Road, Raleigh, NC, 27603, United States
After four and a half years, we have approval for access to the Carolina Pines Community Center (2305 Lake Wheeler Rd.)
We will meet in person, without streaming, this coming Monday evening, September 9th, at 7:00 pm. There will be reports from Raleigh Police Officers and City Inspections followed by social time. Hopefully, we can also return to having a program update about Carolina Pines Park’s activities.
I have been told that we can also use the Center’s freezer. Therefore, I will, as previously promised, donate some ice cream. Please come and help with the ice cream. Since I have no idea as to how many will attend I don’t need to be left with melting cartons and no freezer space.
This meeting is intended to be focused on sharing interests, and concerns and just reacquainting ourselves with our neighbors. Several of our City Councilors have indicated they plan to attend. Please join this gathering if you can. Hopefully, we will have a good turnout. So much of the World has changed over the last few years. If this goes well, I plan to schedule in-person meetings four times a year. (next one in December) The others will continue to use Zoom,
Chair set-up in our traditional room will start at about 6:45 pm.
Our next meeting in October will resume the Zoom/Streaming format. We have been promised an update from City Engineering Services about actual construction activity starting on Carolina Pines Ave.
Thank you all for taking an active interest in our community.
Bob Edgerton
Southwest Community Engagement
(formerly SWCAC)

Mordecai CAC Virtual Meeting
2024-09-10 17:30 - 19:00 | NC
It is time for the Mordecai CAC to begin our 2024-25 meeting year. The first meeting will be held on Zoom on Tuesday, September 10.
Tuesday, September 10
MCAC Meeting, 5:30pm on Zoom
Topics:
Pedestrian crossings on Wake Forest Road
Halifax Community Center Overview
RCAC Update
Community Announcements
You are invited to a Zoom meeting.
When: Sep 10, 2024 05:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Register in advance for this meeting:
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After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Neighborhood Rezoning Meeting: 9000 & 9004 Litchford Rd.
2024-09-10 18:45 - 19:45 | NC
September 10, 20246:45 p.m.
Abbotts Creek Community Center, 9950 Durant Rd, Raleigh, NC 27614
9000 & 9004 Litchford Rd.
Pre-Submittal
R-1 TO R-10
(Additional Information)
B
Sam Morris
Redus

Councilor Jones District E Community Conversation
2024-09-11 18:00 - 20:00 | La Cucina Italiana, 6552 Glenwood Avenue

Neighborhood Rezoning Meeting: 1400 Edwards Mill Road
2024-09-11 19:00 - 20:00 | Raleigh Marriott Crabtree, 4500 Marriott Drive, Raleigh
Sept. 117 p.m.
Raleigh Marriott Crabtree Valley, 4500 Marriott Drive, Raleigh, NC 27612
1400 Edwards Mill Rd.
Pre-Submittal
CX-12-CU TO PD
(Additional Information)
D
Gardner Culpepper
Burns

Neighborhood Rezoning Meeting: 3108 & 3114 Globe Road
2024-09-12 17:30 - 18:30 | Brier Creek Community Center, 10810 Globe Road, Morrisville, 27560
September 12, 2024 5:30 p.m.
Briar Creek Community Center, 10810 Globe Rd, Raleigh, NC 27617
3108 & 3114 Globe Rd.
Pre-Submittal
RR TO R-6
(Additional Information)
E
Keith Larson
Burns

Southeast CAC (SECAC) September meeting
2024-09-12 19:00 - 21:00 | Barwell Road Community Center, 5857 Barwell Park Dr, Raleigh, NC, 27610, United States
Good morning neighborhood leaders,

When: Thursday, September 12, 2024.
Where: Barwell Road Community Center
5857 Barwell Park Drive. Raleigh, NC 27610
Time: 7:00 pm
Two new officers were elected at our July 11,2024 meeting.:

Positions for Two Cochairs, one Vice Chair and, Recording Secretary will stay open until filled.
Your nomination should be submitted ASAP to ulane6@nc.rr.com

Please following SECAC on Facebook at www.facebook.com/SERALEIGHCAC
(20+) Facebook
Please start sharing this with neighbors in your community.

Ulysses J Lane VMD
SECAC Chair

Crabtree West Celebration
2024-09-14 08:30 - 12:30 | NC
Celebrate Crabtree Creek Trail’s Extension
“Our greenways are a signature amenity that differentiates Raleigh from other places,” says Beverley Clark, chair of the city’s parks recreation and greenway advisory board and founder of the Friends of Raleigh Greenways (FRoG). On Sept. 14, FRoG is celebrating the completion of the final extension of the Crabtree Creek Trail, which closes the gap between Umstead Park and the Neuse River. “It has spectacular elevated switchbacks and a beautiful suspension bridge,” says Clark. Join FRoG for a 5K race or 10-mile bike ride, or watch the little ones parade across the new bridge. Meteorologist Elizabeth Gardner will host the event, which also includes a DJ and food trucks. Proceeds will go toward public art installations along the greenway. “We are eager for more citizens to understand the importance of our greenways,” says Clark. “They’re essentially Raleigh’s largest park, connecting people and places from one end of the city to the other.” Sept. 14 | 8:30 a.m.; $20 to race; free to attend festival; parking lot of Grubb Ventures, 5171 Glenwood Avenue; friendsoftheraleighgreenway.org

Wake County Social and Economic Vitality(SEV) 6th Annual Community Day celebration
2024-09-14 11:00 - 15:00 | John Chavis Community Center, 505 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Raleigh, NC, 27601, United States
Wake County Social and Economic Vitality(SEV) is excited to announce the collaboration of The City of Raleigh, and many of our community partner’s 6th Annual Community Day celebration!
This year’s Community Day will be on Saturday, September 14th, 2024, with a rain date of September 21st, 2024, from 11:00am-3:00pm. Location: John Chavis Community Park
Save the date for this free, family friendly, fun, food, and entertainment packed event! We want to see everyone there! Over the next five months we will continue to send updates to inform you all with details pertaining to Community Day. Stay tuned for our next email blast which will include an updated flyer.
If you are interested in becoming a vendor, volunteer, or attendee please use the following links below:

Vendor RSVP: https://forms.gle/pxsvdiVCXi8zwwmB8

Volunteer RSVP: https://forms.gle/rM13d1yQrqWAC8tc7

Attendee RSVP: https://forms.gle/gpmw53T1NLJUeBGX8

Thanks
Wanda Hunter
(919) 757-8760
wmicheleh@gmail.com

Neighborhood Rezoning Meeting: 200 Diversity Way
2024-09-17 17:30 - 18:30 | Roberts Park Community Center, 1300 E. Martin St, Raleigh, NC, 27610
September 17, 20245:30 p.m.
Roberts Park Community Center, 1300 E Martin St, Raleigh, NC 27610
200 Diversity Way
Post-Submittal
R-10-CU TO RX-4-CU
(Additional Information)
C
Isabel Mattox
Redus
