Livable Raleigh

City Budget Listening Sessions
2025-10-01 18:00 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | Chavis Community Center, 505 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, Raleigh, NC, United States
The City is seeking input from residents about priorities for the next City budget. The Budget and Management Services Department (BMS) will host listening sessions between October 1 and 16, and a budget priorities survey will be available between October 1 and November 30. Resident input is critical in creating a representative City budget.
There will be six opportunities for in-person engagement, in addition to a virtual session.
Virtual Session
The virtual listening session will be held via Zoom. Residents who choose the virtual session must pre-register and will receive the Zoom link the day before the session.
Wednesday, October 15, 6-7:30 p.m.
In-Person Sessions
In person sessions will kick off on October 1 and run through October 16. They will be held at community centers in each district.
• registration is not required to attend an in-person session, however residents that would like an email reminder, free childcare, or free interpretation services should register using this link
– childcare is available at all in-person sessions, except Budget and Brews, if requested at least three days in advance
– interpretation services (for any language) are available at all sessions if requested at least three days in advance
• to ensure that all voices are heard, residents are asked to attend only one listening session
Residents may attend any session, regardless of what district they live in. If you’re not sure what district you live in, visit the Services web page and enter your address.
Schedule for in-person sessions:
Wednesday, October 1, 6-7:30 p.m. – District C – Chavis Community Center, 505 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
Thursday, October 2, 6-7:30 p.m. – District A – Green Road Community Center, 4201 Green Rd.
Tuesday, October 7, 6-7:30 p.m. – District B – Abbots Creek Community Center, 9950 Durant Rd.
Monday, October 13, 6-7:30 p.m. – District D - Jaycee Community Center, 2405 Wade Ave.
Tuesday, October 14, 6-7:30 p.m. – District E – Laurel Hills Community Center, 3808 Edwards Mill Rd.
Budget and Brews
Budget and Brews is the final in-person listening session. There, residents can share their thoughts about the City budget with free pizza provided!
Thursday, October 16, 6-7:30 p.m. – State of Beer, 401 Hillsborough St., Suite B
Budget Survey
A budget priorities survey will be available from October 1 through November 30. Residents may attend a session and/or share their thoughts via the online survey! The survey link will be added to the web on October 1.
For more information, visit RaleighNC.gov and search “budget input”. BMS is also available to answer questions by phone at 919-996-4270, or email at budget@raleighnc.gov.

City Budget Listening Sessions
2025-10-02 18:00 - 19:30 | Green Road Community Center

Fire Prevention Week at Lowe's Home Improvement
2025-10-04 09:00 - 13:00 | Lowes Home Improvement, 4831 Grove Barton Road, Raleigh, NC, 27613
The Raleigh Fire Department and Lowe’s Home Improvement are partnering to present this year’s Fire Prevention Week theme during Lowe’s Community Outreach Event. Families and community members are invited to stop by and learn about important fire safety practices, including this year’s focus on “Charge into Fire Safety™: Lithium-Ion Batteries in Your Home.”
Date: Saturday, Oct. 4
Time: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Location: Lowe’s Home Improvement, 4831 Grove Barton Road, Raleigh, NC 27613

Neighborhood Rezoning Meeting: 831 Wake Forest Road & 904 Mordecai Drive
2025-10-06 18:00 - 19:00 | Halifax Community Center, 1023 Halifax Street, Raleigh, NC, United States
October 6
6 p.m.
Halifax Community Center, 1023 Halifax St, Raleigh, NC 27614
831 Wake Forest Rd & 904 Mordecai Dr
Pre-Submittal
OX-3 w/NCOD TO OX-4-CU
(Additional Information)
C
Jamie Schwedler
Marziano II

Neighborhood Rezoning Meeting: Jones Ridge Trail Assemblage
2025-10-06 18:00 - 19:00 | Marsh Creek Community Center, 3050 N. New Hope Rd., Raleigh, NC, 27604, United States
October 6
6 p.m.
Marsh Creek Community Center, 3050 N New Hope Rd, Raleigh, NC 27604
Jones Ridge Trail Assemblage
Pre-Submittal
Wake County R-30 TO R-10
(Additional Information)
B
Ben Williams
Hunt

City Budget Listening Sessions
2025-10-07 18:00 - 19:30 | Abbotts Creek Community Center, 9950 Durant Rd, Raleigh, NC, 27614

Hispanic and Immigrant Affairs Board Meeting
2025-10-08 18:00 - 19:00 | Raleigh Pathways Center, 900 S. Wilmington Street
The Hispanic and Immigrant Affairs Board advises City Council on barriers that impact the Hispanic and immigrant community in social, economic, and vocational pursuits. View the agenda and minutes on Boarddocs.
Date: Wednesday, Oct. 8
Time: 6-7 p.m.
Location: Raleigh Pathways Center
900 S. Wilmington Street
Raleigh, NC 27601
For more information, visit Hispanic and Immigrant Affairs Board.

Human Relations Commission Meeting
2025-10-09 18:00 - 19:30 | Raleigh Pathways Center, 900 S. Wilmington Street
The Human Relations Commission works to promote human dignity, equal opportunity and harmony among Raleigh residents. View the meeting agenda on Boarddocs.
Date: Thursday, Oct. 9
Time: 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Location: Raleigh Pathways Center
900 S. Wilmington Street
Raleigh, NC 27601
For more information, visit Human Relations Commission.

Ceremonial tree planting
2025-10-13 12:15 - 13:15 | Moore Square, 200 S. Blount St., Raleigh, NC, 27601
Please come out to Moore Square in downtown Raleigh on Monday, October 13 at 12:15 pm for a ceremonial planting of an oak tree, the first of 250 trees to be planted in Raleigh in celebration of our nation’s 250th birthday.

This wonderful campaign to plant 250 trees is being organized by Rotary Club of Raleigh. They are raising funds and partnering with the City of Raleigh and other organizations to plant the trees over the next year.

WRAL TV5 will be covering the event, and North State Bank is the presenting sponsor.

If you’d like to make a gift to help plant the 250 trees, please visit: https://www.givsum.com/opportunities/america-250-oak-city-250-tree-campaign-fa6ce4311

What a great gift to commemorate Raleigh’s heritage as the City of Oaks and honor our shared legacy of service, sustainability and community.

City Budget Listening Sessions
2025-10-13 18:00 - 19:30 | Jaycee Park Community Center, 2405 Wade Avenue, Raleigh

Southwest Raleigh Community Engagement Virtual Meeting
2025-10-13 19:00 - 20:30
Join us Monday night, October 13th at 7 PM for our regularly scheduled Southwest Raleigh Community Engagement Meeting. This will be a virtual meeting using Zoom.

Greetings to Friends and Neighbors
City of Raleigh Inspections Report – City Inspector David Johnson will tell us what is changing this season with property upkeep.
City of Raleigh Monthly Report and Update – Captain Manson (SW-Southwest). Captain Nieters (SE-Southeast), Captain Van Antwerp (DT-Downtown). Our SW area is part of three different Raleigh Police Districts. Popular subjects are vandalism and Porch Pirates. (Always report porch pirates to Raleigh Police Dept)
Carolina Pines Community Center Projects and Updates – Playgrounds and tennis courts are being modified.
Carolina Pines Ave Improvement Project – Extending from Lake Wheeler Rd. to South Saunders St. Construction has started with alternating single lane traffic much of the day. This is going to be a complex project. Suggest avoiding the area if you don’t live there.
Raleigh Golf Association (RGA) – Land Sale and Rezoning – RGA property north of Tryon Rd. is in the process of being sold. A rezoning case that will allow “Affordable 60% AMI” apartments being built there was approved on October 7th. The number of units planned is currently about 370. Planned improvements to Fairway Drive along with a signal light at Tryon Rd will affect us all.
Lake Wheeler Road Construction at Dix Park – The section of Lake Wheeler Road from South Saunders south to the railroad crossing is about to begin significant construction. Traffic in the area will be severely limited. Avoid or plan well in advance.
Community Safety – We all need to discuss any ideas about how we can make our neighborhoods safer. Incidents occur. How we come together matters a lot. Comments and updates from our community leaders and residents.
Our November 10th meeting will be Virtual using Zoom. Agenda is open at this time.
For December 8th we will be back to our in-person Holiday Social. We are scheduled at our traditional home Carolina Pines Community Center, 2305 Lake Wheeler Rd. for our In Person Community Meeting at 7:00pm.

Join the Zoom Meeting

Special Public Hearing on Proposed New Noise Ordinance
2025-10-14 18:00 - 19:00 | Raleigh Municipal Building, 222 W. Hargett St., Raleigh, NC, 27601, United States

Neighborhood Rezoning Meeting: 6309 Litchford Rd.
2025-10-14 18:00 - 19:00 | Millbrook Exchange Park, 1905 Spring Forest Rd, Raleigh, NC, 27615
October 14
6 p.m.
Millbrook Exchange Park, 1905 Spring Forest Rd, Raleigh, NC 27615
6309 Litchford Rd
Pre-Submittal
R-4 to R-10-CU
(Additional Information)
B
Toby Coleman
Hunt

City Budget Listening Sessions
2025-10-14 18:00 - 19:30 | Laurel Hills Community Center, 3808 Edwards Mill Road, 27612

Neighborhood Rezoning Meeting: 4804 & 4808 Spring Forest Road
2025-10-15 18:00 - 19:00 | Millbrook Exchange Park, 1905 Spring Forest Rd, Raleigh, NC, 27615
October 15
6 p.m.
Millbrook Exchange Park, 1905 Spring Forest Rd, Raleigh, NC 27615
4804 & 4808 Spring Forest Rd
Pre-Submittal
4804 & 4808 Spring Forest Rd
(Additional Information)
B
Hunter Winstead
Hunt

City Budget Listening Sessions
2025-10-15 18:00 - 19:30 | Virtual

Budget and Brews - City Budget Listening Session
2025-10-16 18:00 - 19:30 | State of Beer, 401 Hillsborough Street, Suite B

DDNA (District D Neighborhood Alliance) Meeting
2025-10-18 09:30 - 11:00 | Thomas G. Crowder Woodland Center, 5611 Jaguar Park Drive, Raleigh, NC, 27606, United States
This is a chance to meet your neighbors and discuss what’s on your mind. There is no agenda.

Neighborhood Rezoning Meeting: 2806 Gresham Lake Road
2025-10-20 17:30 - 18:30 | 2806 Gresham Lake Road, 2806 Gresham Lake Road
October 20
5:30 p.m.
2806 Gresham Lake Rd, Raleigh, NC 27615
2806 Gresham Lake Rd, Raleigh, NC 27615
Post-Submittal
IH w/SHOD-2 TO IX-3-CU w/SHOD-2
(Additional Information)
A
Isabel Mattox
Hunt

Neighborhood Rezoning Meeting: 523 S. West St.
2025-10-20 18:30 - 19:30 | Carolina Pines Community Center, 2305 Lake Wheeler Road, Raleigh, NC, 27603, United States
October 20
6:30 p.m.
Carolina Pines Community Center, 2305 Lake Wheeler Road, Raleigh, NC 27603
523 S West St
Pre-Submittal
DX-5 TO DX-6
(Additional Information)
D
Suzanne Prince
Burns

Neighborhood Rezoning Meeting: Lassiter Mill Road Assemblage (North Hills) (Z-34-25)
2025-10-22 17:30 - 18:30 | One North Hills Tower, 4000 Center at North Hills Street, Raleigh, 27609
October 22
5:30 p.m.
Z-34-25
One North Hills Tower, 4000 Center at North Hills St, Raleigh, NC 27609
Lassiter Mill Rd Assemblage (North Hills)
Post-Submittal
CX-12-UL w/SHOD-2 & CX-5-PL TO CX-40-CU w/SHOD-2, CX-20-CU w/SHOD-2, & CX-12-CU
(Additional Information)
A
Jamie Schwedler
Burns

West Raleigh CAC Virtual Meeting
2025-10-22 19:00 - 20:30
Meeting Wednesday October 22nd at 7pm

It’s time to meet and talk about what’s going on in West Raleigh!
The change in the air doesn’t just mean the annual State Fair is in full swing, it also means that treasured places in West Raleigh will see an abundance of fall color.
Our area continues to attract interest for infill developments and we are going to hear from two applicants for projects along Trailwood Drive.

We will discuss these and several other items of interest to our members and hope you can join us via zoom on Wednesday evening at 7pm. Zoom Link follows the agenda

*Agenda*
Hillsborough Street Improvements
Trailwood Rezoning Z-38-25 – Floresta
Trailwood Rezoning (unfiled) – LDG Development
Community Updates

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Transportation and Transit Committee Meeting
2025-10-23 15:00 - 16:30 | Raleigh Municipal Building, 222 W. Hargett St., Raleigh, NC, 27601, United States

District C Conversation with Councilor Corey Branch
2025-10-27 18:30 - 20:30 | Halifax Community Center, 1023 Halifax Street, Raleigh, NC, United States
District C Conversation

Oct 27, 2025, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Raleigh, 1023 Halifax St, Raleigh, NC 27604, USA

Hillsborough-Wade CAC meeting (virtual)
2025-10-28 19:00 - 21:00
Hi CAC neighbors,
Our next Hillsborough-Wade CAC meeting is two weeks from today on Tuesday, October 28 at 7:00 PM. The meeting will be on Zoom and the link is at the bottom of this email. Please put the meeting on your calendars.
AGENDA
• Phase III of Hillsborough Street improvements, presentation by Jeff Murison of the Hillsborough Street Community Service Corporation.• Libby Stephens will talk with us about the HOST program (Housing Options for Students Today). HOST matches college students who need short-term housing with hosts who provide a safe, private, affirming space in their home.
• YMCA program for Community Service for Teens, Mikayla Escamilla will explain how this program works.
• Report on the new developing relationship between CACs and the City of Raleigh.
All agenda items will have Q&A time following each presentation.
See you on Zoom in two weeks,
Mike

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

Hillsborough-Wade CAC meeting on October 28
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District A Meeting with Councilor Silver
2025-10-29 18:00 - 19:00 | Anne Gordon Center for Active Adults, 1901 Spring Forest Road, Raleigh, North Carolina, 27615

Neighborhood Rezoning Meeting: 1523 Crest road
2025-10-30 18:00 - 19:00 | Method Road Community Center, 514 Method Road, Raleigh, NC, United States
October 30
6 p.m.
Method Community Center, 514 Method Road, Raleigh, NC 27607
1523 Crest Rd
Pre-Submittal
RX-3-SRPOD TO RX-7-UL-CU
(Additional Information)
D
Timberly Southerland
Burns

Neighborhood Rezoning Meeting: New Bern Ave. Assemblage
2025-11-06 18:30 - 19:30 | Tarboro Road Community Center
November 6
6:30 p.m.
Tarboro Park Community Center, 121 N Tarboro St, Raleigh, NC 27601
New Bern Ave Assemblage
Pre-Submittal
Various to Various
(Additional Information)
C
City of Raleigh
Klem

Community Conversation on Zoning with Mayor Pro Tim Forte
2025-11-06 19:00 - 21:00

Neighborhood Rezoning: 1901 Old Milburnie Road
2025-11-10 17:30 - 18:30 | Hampton Inn Raleigh, 3621 Spring Forest Road
November 10
5:30 p.m.
Garden Room at Hampton Inn Raleigh-Capital Blvd North, 3621 Spring Forest Rd, Raleigh, NC 27616
1901 Old Milburnie Rd
Pre-Submittal
AP TO R-6
(Additional Information)
B
Daniel C. Gunter
Hunt
