The Dix Edge Study: Let’s Hope City Council Can Save It With Corrective Surgery

The Dix Edge Study: Let’s Hope City Council Can Save It With Corrective Surgery

by | Feb 26, 2023 |

As it stands, the Dix study would do little more than say to developers, “Keep doing what you’re doing” and the city will help grease the wheels. We don’t need a study for that. The wheels are fully greased. What we do need, and fast, is a thoughtful revision of the study that puts the brakes on pernicious development while it puts in place – in the zoning code and related policies – a strong set of policies to insure that development will henceforth serve the broad public interest, and not just its investors.

FEBRUARY 21, 2023 CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS

FEBRUARY 21, 2023 CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS

by | Feb 21, 2023 |

HIGHLIGHTS Mayor Baldwin absent from both meetings Work Session provided detailed review about cost of providing City services during annexations Public comments centered on Affordable Housing, gentrification, police accountability, and racial justice Solid Waste...

FEBRUARY 7 CITY COUNCIL MEETING

FEBRUARY 7 CITY COUNCIL MEETING

by | Feb 8, 2023 |

HIGHLIGHTS Mayor Baldwin and Councilor Melton both absent and excused from afternoon meeting; Mayor Baldwin also absent and excused from evening meeting $50k unanimously approved for Wake Legal Support Center One community center in each District will be made...

3 Years Ago a Sneak Attack on Raleigh’s Community Engagement System took place: Residents Lost, Developers Won.

3 Years Ago a Sneak Attack on Raleigh’s Community Engagement System took place: Residents Lost, Developers Won.

by | Feb 3, 2023 |

Three years ago on February 4, 2020 Mayor Baldwin and her City Council majority voted to stop supporting Raleigh’s Citizen Advisory Councils (CACs). Three years later that void still exists. There are no new community organizations run by Raleigh residents with City support. Fortunately for Raleigh residents there are quite a few Citizen Advisory Councils that survived the sneak attack on February 4, 2020. Even without City funding and support, these survivors have continued on with their mission of two-way communication between Raleigh residents and their City government.

Raleigh City Council Retreat — January 28, 2023, Day 2

Raleigh City Council Retreat — January 28, 2023, Day 2

by | Jan 29, 2023 |

HIGHLIGHTS Councilors Jones and Black ask for agenda changes to address priorities Community Engagement Board’s immediate focus will be on improving public comment process and access to community centers for CACs New councilors ask to be involved in reviewing and...

Dix Park Edge Study – Be Bold

Dix Park Edge Study – Be Bold

by | Jan 21, 2023 |

To say the Dix Edge area study is long-awaited is like saying that Wolfpack football is a little overdue. The fact is that this study by the city’s planning staff of how to manage growth in the Dix Edge area – the large swath of land and neighborhoods east and south of Dorothea Dix Park – is 10 years late.

The Density and Growth Dilemma

The Density and Growth Dilemma

by | Jan 18, 2023 |

The false dichotomy that one must be either pro-growth or anti-growth serves no one. A sensible and balanced approach to development would promote growth that is equitable, environmentally sustainable, supported by adequate infrastructure, and compatible with existing development.

Pouring Gasoline on Raleigh’s Affordable Housing Bonfire

Pouring Gasoline on Raleigh’s Affordable Housing Bonfire

by | Jan 17, 2023 |

Raleigh’s highly promoted public information sessions about Missing Middle Housing rules got off to a rocky start last Wednesday evening, being held a year and a half late, after the city’s neighborhood densification rules began going into effect.