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Focus on Affordable Housing and Transit at WakeUP Wake County Annual Meeting
By Karen Rindge – Rapid growth and urbanization in Wake County have brought opportunity, but have also affected land values and rents. A rising number families spend more than 30% of income on...
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Development and Citizen Engagement: Who Leads Community Input in Rezonings?
By Clodagh Bastian – Raleigh’s Citizen Engagement Task Force is nearing its deadline for recommendations to City Council this month. The group’s mission is to flesh out what citizen engagement means...
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Visioning Raleigh’s Southern Gateway
By Anthony McLeod – Entering Raleigh from the Southern Gateway gives one of the most picturesque views of our iconic downtown skyline and sets the stage for many travelers that are coming to the city...
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SouthWestRaleigh Happenings Sep. 29 – Oct. 5
Wide Open Bluegrass Festival ~ Sep. 29 & 30 Wide Open Bluegrass is the weekend festival component of IBMA’s weeklong program. Wide Open Bluegrass takes place Friday & Saturday in downtown...
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Help Hillsborough Street Ponder Parking
With North Carolina State University on one side and restaurants and retail bordered by neighborhoods on the other, Hillsborough Street serves many stakeholders and needs. The street is currently in...
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Historic Preservation in SouthWestRaleigh – Part Two
Image: Student housing construction on the site of the former Velvet Cloak Inn. ~ By Clodagh Bastian Raleigh’s popularity is spurring growth and increased density across the city. While some areas...
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Historic Preservation in SouthWestRaleigh – Part Three
~By Clodagh Bastian Architecture tells a story about the time and place and community that creates it. It serves as a living document to our progress, and it gives us a common identity. Mordecai House...
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SouthWestRaleigh Happenings Jan. 19 – 25
NC Symphony Presents the Music of the Rolling Stones ~ Jan. 19 & 20 An evening celebrating one of the most iconic rock groups in history. A masterful combination of symphonic arrangements with a...
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SouthWestRaleigh Happenings Jan. 26 – Feb. 1
Verdi’s Rigoletto ~ Jan. 26 & 28 In this fully-staged opera production sung in Italian, the court jester Rigoletto insults and humiliates all those around him for the amusement of his boss, the...
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SouthWestRaleigh Happenings March 2 – 8
First Friday ~ March 2 Take a free self-guided tour of downtown’s cutting-edge cultural hot spots. Local art galleries, art studios, alternative art venues, and museums stay open late the first Friday...
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