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Join us Monday night, August 12th at 7 PM for our regularly scheduled Southwest Raleigh Community Engagement Meeting we will be meeting on Zoom. Greetings to Friends and Neighbors City of Raleigh Inspections Report - Inspector David Johnson. City of Raleigh Monthly Report and Update - Captain Manson (SW-Southwest). Captain Notch (SE-Southeast), Captain Van Antwerp (DT-Downtown). Our SW area is now part of three Raleigh Police Districts. City Solid Waste and Recycling - Chesley Wiggins, City of Raleigh Solid Waste Services, Waste Diversion Analyst will provide an overview of recycling and City trash collection programs. We should also get an assessment of how Southwest Raleigh collections are performing based on a Composition Study of recyclable materials. I suspect we can all learn to make the task easier. (No plastic bags please.) Community Group Forum - Comments and updates from our community leaders and residents. The City Staff proposed South Street closure for a relocated Red Hat Pavilion has received considerable interest. For our September meeting (Monday the 9th at 7:00p.m.) we will be returning to our traditional home at Carolina Pines Community Center. Currently, Engineering Services has agreed to provide an update for the Carolina Pines Ave. Improvement Project. Hopefully, […]

The East CAC will meet on Monday, August 19, at 7 p.m. at Lions Park Community Center. The purpose of this meeting is an organizational meeting and to elect officers to serve a term of 1-year as leaders of ECAC. Open positions include Chair, Vice Chair, and Secretary. If you are interested in serving in a leadership role, please email Mark Turner and Lynette Pitt at candidatecommittee@eastraleigh.org. We will also take nominations from the floor. Please join us to reinvigorate our area’s Citizen Advisory Council. Neighborhoods served include: Belvedere Park, Woodcrest, Oakwood North, Longview Gardens, Longview Park, Windsor Park, Gatewood, Lockwood, and others. Please spread the word. Hope to see you there! Mark Turner and Lynette Pitt _______________________________________________

*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 […]