Upcoming Raleigh Events
CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS
Safe, Vibrant and Healthy Community Meeting
Safe, Vibrant and Healthy Community Meeting
Growth and Natural Resources Committee Meeting
Growth and Natural Resources Committee Meeting
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
Neighborhood Rezoning Meeting: 2601 Vanderbilt Avenue
Neighborhood Rezoning Meeting: 2601 Vanderbilt Avenue
Raleigh Convention Center Expansion Meeting
Raleigh Convention Center Expansion Meeting
Neighborhood Rezoning Meeting: 901 Nowell Road
Neighborhood Rezoning Meeting: 901 Nowell Road
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Council Candidates are asked about the RDU Quarry
The City of Raleigh is one of four owners of the Raleigh-Durham Airport (RDU). Natalie Lew is asking all City Council candidates to respond to questions about the proposed expansion of the RDU Quarry. If candidates respond, we will publish those responses.
August 20, 2024 City Council Work Session and Afternoon Meeting
Highlights from 8/20/24 City Council Work Session and Afternoon Session
Position Statement – Boylan Heights Neighborhood Association
Whereas the Boylan Heights Association supports the Red Hat Amphitheater remaining downtown, the Association requests that the City of Raleigh provide multiple plans with public input for the design of the amphitheater without closing South St., before development decisions are finalized.
Engagement and Transparency missing in Red Hat decision
Residents want better communication with city leaders and a review of the Red Hat Amphitheater’s future. This echoes a pattern of residents and business owners feeling less secure about the current leadership’s decisions.
The City of Lost Oaks
As everyone knows, you can’t have walkability without shade tree coverage. Trees are the core of environmental relief and make simple things like waiting for a bus or strolling down a sidewalk pathway more comfortable. However, in Raleigh, there are many factors that contribute to tree loss and prohibit the return of medium and large tree replacements.
Our Candidate Questionnaire
How will Raleigh candidates respond to questions of voter concerns, including the declining confidence in Council and the rising pain of growth impacts? Livable Raleigh believes that engaging voters and candidates in open and honest conversation about these questions will build trust with voters and produce broadly supported ideas and leaders for Raleigh’s future.
Indy Election Preview Cites Livable Raleigh Poll
INDY Week, whose readers earlier this year named Livable Raleigh the Best Local Activist Group in Wake County for the third time, has published a piece detailing the upcoming City Council election. Three months out, Raleigh City Council Election Taking Shape.
Our historic fabric is getting threadbare
Our historic fabric has been under threat for decades and is getting threadbare in areas—particularly in areas associated with the African American experience in downtown Raleigh.
Noise, Light and Saving the Raleigh We Love
I am a resident of Raleigh NC and live in an established neighborhood surrounded by rapid in-fill growth. My ability to enjoy my property has diminished immensely over the past several years due to increased noise and light pollution.
Polling Questions & Answers
Our citywide poll of registered Raleigh voters conducted by Public Policy Polling was published Tuesday, July 23. At publication time we included contact information at PPP for questions about the methodology. For anyone who is hesitant to contact PPP, we have put together this quick primer on polling and the accuracy levels of polls. Our poll was conducted by PPP using a database of Raleigh Registered voters. It is NOT a poll of self-selected followers of Livable Raleigh.
Wake Up People, It’s Time for Change
Venality in the corridors of power, especially within local governments, can erode the very foundation of public trust and hinder effective governance. Raleigh, like many cities, is not immune to these challenges
In a New Poll, Voter Confidence in Raleigh Council Falls as Growth Pains Rise
Livable Raleigh’s new 2024 citywide poll of registered Raleigh voters highlights continuing trends and significant changes since our 2022 poll. Two key changes include a declining confidence in Council, coupled with the perception that Council isn’t doing enough to protect Raleigh voters’ quality of life from growth impacts.
Raleigh City Council sure is making an awful lot of plans for downtown without public input
So, Ms. City Manager, members of Council, Convention Bureau crew- love ya, I know you mean well. But please don’t forget us, your voting and taxpaying dates. We brought you to this party to begin with, and it is just not polite to be behind the curtains carrying on without us.
Help Save Raleigh’s Animals
Since late 2022, the Wake County Animal Center has been operating at or above capacity. This means more animals are housed in the shelter than it was designed for. This crisis is not unique to Wake Co. It’s national. Despite these challenges, we are working multiple angles so that no animal should face euthanasia simply because of space limitations.
DID THEY ASK ANY OF YOU ABOUT THIS?
OK. I have ranted. But my rant is serious. Show up, have fun and tell the part of the truth at this “COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT” event, because to get something you have to give something up in this particular area. We have already given up a lot. Make sure that we get something back.
Terrance Ruth — On Raleigh’s Comprehensive Plan
Dr. Terrance Ruth received his PhD in Public Affairs from the University of Central Florida. He received his Master in Education from Nova Southeastern University and his BA from Oglethorpe University. Dr. Ruth completed a national fellowship through Boston College...
We just don’t count
Closing street food vendors at 1:15 is akin to making a lunch counter close at noon. It has killed our businesses. The whole business endeavor is now almost unsustainable. The measures you have taken are an out and out attack on small business. And it’s all based on a false narrative.
Conserve and protect the City’s natural beauty
The logical solution to a developer’s zoning “problem” is to work on a property already thus zoned, not just any old property in town.
WE WON!!! Wake County Superior Court Judge Rules against City of Raleigh
Wake County Superior Court judge, in a memorandum decision, indicated the City of Raleigh Board of Adjustment (“BOA”) erred last summer when it approved the City staff’s approval of the application to build a Missing Middle compact subdivision comprised of 17 townhomes at 908 Williamson Drive.
Public Service is a Privilege, not a Self-Serving Opportunity
I stand before you today as a concerned citizen deeply troubled by recent actions taken by this Council. I refer to the rising crime in our city under your watch, but specifically, decisions to increase your own salaries, extend your terms from two to four years, and reject additional representatives on this Council—all without allowing the citizens of Raleigh to vote on the matter.