The state budget approved by the General Assembly will have a profound impact on issues critical to growing counties like Wake. North Carolina legislators have finalized the budget, which includes a pay raise for teachers, but limits passenger rail funding and delays scheduled steps to clean the county’s water reservoirs. …
This is the key year for improving public transit in Wake County! That’s why on June 20th, WakeUP is hosting Wake Transit: moving us all forward, a community forum all about the Wake County Transit Plan and the incredible benefits of public transit. We are excited to announce that the …
For two years Jordan Lake has been full of SolarBee mixers, stirring the water to prevent algae from growing on the surface of the lake. For two years DEQ’s data has shown that those mixers have been unsuccessful in cleaning the drinking water for 300,000 residents of Wake County. Finally, …
The City of Raleigh is in a tough spot. Since the drought of 2007-2008, Raleigh Public Utilities (and WakeUP) has been encouraging water conservation by residents, and the program has resulted in less water being used per person today than ever before. That’s great for protecting our drinking water and …
The Department of Environmental Quality has released a report concluding that the SolarBee mixers in Jordan Lake are not removing pollution from our drinking water. WakeUP has maintained that in order to clean up Jordan Lake, municipalities need to follow the state-approved clean up plan. However, the General Assembly voted …
TODAY the Raleigh City Council discussed a bike share program in a room full of bike share supporters including WakeUP! Councilors had questions about financial support for the program and logistics which were answered by Raleigh Transportation Director Eric Lamb, Councilman Bonner Gaylord, and Commissioner Sig Hutchinson. Representatives from Citrix, Rex …
WakeUP was fortunate to have UNC-Chapel Hill Professor Emeritus David Godschalk speak at our Annual Meeting in January. The presentation was informative and inspiring, but if you weren’t able to be there, don’t fret! His keynote presentation was filmed by Raleigh Television Network (RTN) and is being broadcast several times …
After a year of analysis and extensive community input, transportation planners and transit experts designed a final (still draft) Wake transit plan released December 8th by Wake County and the area transit authorities. Those attending the expo event got the first glimpse of maps detailing the four “big moves” intended …
