by S M | Mar 16, 2020 | Blog
Your best resources for COVID-19 information: US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – https://www.cdc.gov/ State of North Carolina – www.ncdhhs.gov Wake County – www.Wakegov.com City of Raleigh...
by S M | Mar 16, 2020 | Blog
Local developers want a share of the Raleigh and Wake County hospitality tax. It’s the extra six percent you pay on local hotel bills and the extra one percent you pay on restaurant and bar tabs. They’re requesting $13 million a year for the next 20...
by S M | Mar 14, 2020 | Blog
The Planning Commission’s Text Change Committee will be discussing Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) at their March 17 meeting. Raleigh Real Estate Broker and Appraiser Bob Mulder recently sent the following memo to the Planning Commission. In it he discusses concerns...
by S M | Mar 12, 2020 | Blog
We are all likely aware now that Raleigh’s City Council disbanded the near 50 year old citizen engagement process of the Citizen Advisory Councils or CACs. And the reasons given by council for this surprise move was that CACs didn’t get high enough...
by M L | Mar 4, 2020 | Blog
The attraction of Raleigh’s favorable quality of life and cost of living may be their undoing, as continued rapid in-migration translates to more daily trips stuck in congested traffic, more trees cleared for maximum infill, and fewer young and old residents who...
by B G | Mar 3, 2020 | Blog
The City Council’s vote (6-2, Cox and Branch dissenting) to abolish the 18 Citizen Advisory Councils — the CACs — leaves a big void where community consideration of rezoning applications is concerned. A hastily prepared substitute was rushed through...
