Upcoming Raleigh Events
CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS
Transportation and Transit Committee Meeting
Transportation and Transit Committee Meeting
City Council Pre-Budget Work Session
City Council Pre-Budget Work Session
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
District D Neighborhood Alliance (DDNA) meeting
District D Neighborhood Alliance (DDNA) meeting
Councilor Jones District E Book Club
Councilor Jones District E Book Club
In-Person Water Billing Help Session
In-Person Water Billing Help Session
Neighborhood Rezoning Meeting: 3621 & 3703 Page Road
Neighborhood Rezoning Meeting: 3621 & 3703 Page Road
Neighborhood Rezoning Meeting: 1523 Crest Road
Neighborhood Rezoning Meeting: 1523 Crest Road
Neighborhood Rezoning Meeting: 319 Heck Street
Neighborhood Rezoning Meeting: 319 Heck Street
Neighborhood Rezoning Meeting: 5925 Glenwood Avenue
Neighborhood Rezoning Meeting: 5925 Glenwood Avenue
Meeting to Reactivate South CAC in Raleigh’s District C
Meeting to Reactivate South CAC in Raleigh’s District C
In-Person Water Billing Help Session
In-Person Water Billing Help Session
Raleigh Commission for Persons with Disabilities Meeting
Raleigh Commission for Persons with Disabilities Meeting
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November 18, City Council Meeting
Highlights of November 18, 2025 Work Session and Afternoon Session
Raleigh’s Christmas Parade – Let the Children Participate!
I plead for your assistance in preserving one of Raleigh’s greatest cultural events—the Raleigh Christmas Parade. Christmas and Christmas Parades are for CHILDREN. I sat next to Hailey Brooks’ father in 2022 as he pleaded that you not eliminate the parade following his daughter’s tragic death. I am here to ask you to reconsider the banning of participation by the under-8 set unless they are on a vehicle. By doing so, you have effectively closed the opportunity to many children who don’t have a ride.
LET THE CHILDREN participate.
Council showed a complete lack of interest for residents’ concerns
It was hard to process the complete lack of interest or support by this City Council for the concerns repeatedly raised by residents. Countless emails, phone calls, meetings, and petitions were met with silence. Council was misled—partly by a Planning Department analysis that failed to identify any policy inconsistencies, and partly by Council member Silver’s one-sided defense that dismissed legitimate concerns raised by residents.
When and How does Raleigh Vote? – Event Rescheduled
The next election for Raleigh Mayor and City Council will be held November 3, 2026. But there’s a brand-new primary election first, on March 3, 2026. With a deadline for candidates to file and get on the ballot THIS YEAR — by December 19, 2025. Join Livable Raleigh Advisory Committee Members and our guest Elections Expert Gerry Cohen on Wednesday, January 7, at 7pm for a ZOOM meeting to learn all the details.
Glenwood South neighborhoods are simply not safe
Glenwood South and surrounding neighborhoods are simply not safe. We unfortunately have to live with what former city leaders created and you have allowed to fester. The sad, shameful truth of it all and everyone knows it is that if any of you lived in the area and had to live with this ‘vibrancy’ it would have ended years ago.
November 12 Public Comments
The Work Session was cancelled. The Evening Public Comments Session focused on the Big Branch Greenway Connector, rezoning, preservation, and Glenwood South. 17 of 26 people who had signed up to speak followed through.
November 4 City Council Meetings
Highlights from the November 4, 2025 Afternoon and Evening Raleigh City Council meetings.
The City is falling behind in infrastructure support
The City does have a plan to support that growth. It is called a Comprehensive Plan. Does the City follow that plan when adding density? Most times, the answer is no!
Raleigh elections will be here sooner than you think
The next election for Raleigh Mayor and City Council will be held Nov 2026. But there’s a brand-new primary election first, in March 2026. With a deadline for candidates to file and get on the ballot THIS YEAR — in Dec 2025. That’s right: To run in 2026, you must file with the Board of Elections in 2025. Here are the changes to know about …
Healthcare Facilities Need Protection from Noise
I’m here out of concern for what the proposed changes to the current noise ordinance could mean for our patients—people who are already facing enough challenges by the time they arrive at our facility. I urge each of you to visit our facility and witness these transgressions for yourselves. Step into our patients’ shoes—hear what they hear—and experience what it’s like for them to seek care under those conditions. These changes are not about limiting free speech—they are about protecting the health, dignity, and safety of everyone in our community.
The ‘symbolic ownership’ brought by condos will destroy DIX Park
There is a movement advocated by some rich and powerful people which is very ill-advised. Some people want to put condominiums in Dix Park. The concept of ‘symbolic ownership’ is the reality of people feeling that they own something even if in fact they are only located nearby. This is certainly what will happen if folks are able to purchase condominiums in Dix Park. They will ‘symbolically own’ a portion of the park and will be offended when normal citizens, who just want to enjoy the open space, invade ‘their’ park.
October 14, 2025 Planning Commission Meeting
Highlights from the 10/14/2025 Planning Commission Meeting
All residents’ voices MUST be heard.
The current proposal to eliminate boards — or to merge multiple community-focused efforts into a single entity — is deeply disappointing. As a volunteer commission, the HRC is not structured to provide adequate attention and voice to the wide range of community issues.
October 21, 2025 City Council Meetings
Highlights from October 21 Work Session and Afternoon Session
Mayor Cowell talked compromise for 6 months. What happened?
The approval of Z-12-25 was a huge disappointment to many of the residents in Raleigh’s neighborhoods. What is most disappointing is that there was a workable compromise that would have respected all parties.
David Cox announces decision
A few weeks ago I wrote in a blog that I would consider running for Mayor of Raleigh. I stated that there is much concern about the direction of the City and many have asked that I consider returning to Council. I identified three major areas of concern. I see these as essential issues facing the City and its future. Only with citizen involvement and a Council and Mayor willing to support its citizens will Raleigh be sustainable in the future as a desirable and affordable place to live. We can choose to be Raleigh or we can choose to be New York or Atlanta.
Aggies DO! If you don’t, Get Out The Way!
Byron Laws spoke to the Raleigh City Council on the topic of the City Council approved African American Affairs Board that has never been seated. Byron is an Aggie and says Aggies DO! If you don’t, GET OUT THE WAY!
City Council Meetings October 14, 2025
Updates on the Comp Plan and the Mobility Study. Public comments on the noise ordinance as well as the Big Branch Greenway connector, changes to City Boards and Commissions, community engagement, Dix Park, and issues with GoRaleigh. A number of bus drivers are concerned about their own safety and other working conditions.
City Council Disappoints Again with Z-12-25
The City Council’s decision to approve the rezoning case on West Street (Z-12-25), adjacent to the Glenwood-Brooklyn neighborhood, is hard to understand – unless, that is, you understand that a majority of Council always approves rezoning cases, no matter how outsized, because the development industry controls them.
October 7, 2025 City Council Meeting
Highlights from 10/7 Council Meeting