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Neighborhood Rezoning Meeting: 8020 Litchford Rd.
Neighborhood Rezoning Meeting: 8020 Litchford Rd.
District E Meeting in conjunction with RPAC
District E Meeting in conjunction with RPAC
Neighborhood Rezoning Meeting: 4601 Creedmoor Rd.
Neighborhood Rezoning Meeting: 4601 Creedmoor Rd.
Voice Your Ideas for a More Accessible Raleigh
Voice Your Ideas for a More Accessible Raleigh
District D Neighborhood Alliance (DDNA) meeting
District D Neighborhood Alliance (DDNA) meeting
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Strange Bedfellows? Baldwin, Robinson are the Indy’s “Worst” for a Reason
They say politics makes strange bedfellows. Not so strange, however, when the thing they have in common is big-money backers like our good friend developer John Kane.
Mary-Ann Baldwin, proud to be Mayor of Drunktown, now concerned and “working diligently” to stop the drunks. Except …
On April 19, 2023 the News and Observer ran a story on mayors calling for action on gun control. But, Mayor Baldwin is conspicuously absent from the list of three NC mayors and over 150 mayors nationwide calling for action.
Vibrancy kicking on the wrong door!
Two weeks ago, a group of young men were parked on a Cameron Park Street and at 3AM one of the group tried to kick in the front door of a house. The house just happens to be the personal home of Governor and Mrs. Cooper. I want to read to you how the First Lady of North Carolina closed her listserv post: “This is not what “vibrancy” looks like to me.”
The term for today is “Self Selection”
They say we can’t have “self-selection” (aka opposition). They say we need to do polling and let others not affected by their proposed development make the decision.
What’s the point of a Comp Plan if you don’t follow it?
Is it worth it to devastate a neighborhood and deviate from the comprehensive plan because we have a developer that wants to build but needs to go big to make it economically viable and conveniently has a willing partner that is unfortunately in bad financial shape (St Marks UMC)? Raleigh can con5nue to be great and growing but it cannot be at the expense of our exis5ng neighborhoods and our quality of life. Our neighborhoods matter, the families that call these neighborhoods home matter.
May 2 City Council Meetings
HIGHLIGHTS Unanimously approved moving public comments to the second Tuesday of the month at 7pm, following a 4-6pm work session, starting in September Unanimously approved funding for 292 affordable units at $7.05M Fund reallocation and donations for Dix Park...
Studies Show that Eliminating Single-Family Zoning only Benefits the Most Wealthy
People want to believe that eliminating single-family zoning restrictions will significantly increase housing supply for middle and lower-income families. But the building body of real-world experience and increasing research is showing this simply isn’t true or the effects are minor and often just benefit the most well-off.
Why would the city do this?
Should the 30-story zoning case at Peace and West (Z-54-22) be approved by city council? Is it needed? Is it good for the surrounding residents of an historic residential neighborhood? Is it good policy for the city and its residents? The simple and most straight-forward answer is, no. It is not reasonable and it is not in the public interest. City council should vote to deny Z-54-22.
Transit Overlay Districts – this generation’s Urban Renewal?
Now, as back then, the planners draw lines around parcels on a map. Now, as back then, what gets forgotten is the PEOPLE who live on those parcels. People who will get kicked out of their apartments because their landlord sells out to a developer. Homeowners who find their beloved home wedged between tall buildings. And people all over Raleigh who appreciate our historic treasures and hate to keep losing them. And most of these people still don’t realize what is coming.
Give respect, Get respect
Public meetings can be an unnerving experience for some people as they are appearing in an unfamiliar setting for something that is important to them. It’s important to treat every person with these courtesies: 1. Be welcoming to speakers no matter their point of view. 2. Be an active listener. The respectful thing is to pay attention. 3. Avoid debate and argument with the public. It is never appropriate to challenge a speaker.
City Council Afternoon Session – April 18, 2023
A summary of the City Council Afternoon Meeting for April 18, 2023
City Council Work Session – Election Reform – April 18, 2023
Council held a Work Session on the topic of changes to the Raleigh City Elections.
Bailey to Baldwin: “Your lack of leadership is an embarrassment.”
At the April 4th Council meeting Donna Bailey shared a video showing Mary-Ann Baldwin’s embarrassing style of governing. Bailey’s video shows Baldwin abusing her elected position to promote a big donor’s rezoning by suppressing fellow Councilor Jane Harrison’s participation in the rezoning discussion.
Livable Raleigh Named “Best Local Activist Group”
INDY Week Readers Name Livable Raleigh Best Local Activist Group - Wake County - 2023 Our sincere thanks to everyone who participated in the event. We pledge to continue bringing you the kind of local activism you appreciate. Livable Raleigh was started in the...
WHY demolish these treasures?
Please, City Council, save our historic treasures. Save our affordable housing. Save our old neighborhoods. We contribute a lot to this City. We are not ready to be sent to the landfill! Please leave us out of the T.O.D
Hillsborough-Wade CAC: Back Home after 3 Years!
The Hillsborough-Wade CAC held its first in-person meeting in over 3 years! The meeting and program was a huge success. We had over 50 residents in attendance, and the program included two City Councilors and staff from Raleigh’s Community Engagement Office.
Mayor Baldwin Caught Red-Handed Suppressing Free Speech
An email dated March 1, 2023, shows communication from the Raleigh City Clerk to the Raleigh City Manager detailing a timeline of events that resulted in two speakers being removed from public comment at Mayor Baldwin’s request. On June 6, 2022 Mayor Baldwin asked a deputy city clerk to remove two speakers signed up to speak about community reparative justice, under the guise that the city would schedule a public hearing on the matter “soon.” During the March 21, 2023 afternoon council meeting, Councilor Jones directly asked Mayor Baldwin if she had indeed authorized the removal of two individuals from public comment with the promise of a public hearing that, to this day, had yet to occur or be scheduled. Mayor Baldwin simply stated “no,” which is in direct contradiction to the email authored by the city clerk.
City Council Work Session April 11, 2023
Affordable Housing https://go.boarddocs.com/nc/raleigh/Board.nsf/files/CQSU5A6C24D8/$file/20230411HNAffordableHousingWorkSessionStaffPresentation.pdf Rental Vouchers o Public Housing Authorities are the primary provider for 30% and below AMI households o 3700 vouchers...
City Council Budget Work Session – April 10, 2023
o Agency Grants Recommendations
o Human Resources Update
o FY2024-2028 Capital Improvement Program Update
o Annual Fee Adjustments
o Parking Fee Adjustments
Supply, demand, and poorly focused density planning are causing a shortage of truly affordable housing – not zoning.
Missing Middle will not repair our history of racist redlining. With all the discussion of zoning’s racist past, there is surprisingly no discussion to ensure that zoning changes will result in more equitable and truly affordable housing choices. It appears that our racist past has been weaponized to support changes that in the end may do nothing to repair it other than providing more opportunities for the building industry.