On November 7, 2013 WakeUP Wake County, the Women’s Transportation Seminar – NC Triangle Chapter and Capital Area Friends of Transit hosted a critical summit: Transit Makes $en$e: What’s in it for Me, Business, and the Economy. Over 250 people attended. The summit, lead by national, state a local experts, …
WakeUP’s 2013 Raleigh City Council forum was a great success. With over 140 people in attendance, a broad range of topics was discussed by all candidates. Co-hosts for this forum included the League of Women Voters of Wake County and Western Wake Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta and Congregations for …
In September 2013 WakeUP Wake County, the League of Women Voters of Wake County, Western Wake Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta , Youth Organizing Institute, Congregations for Social Justice, and El Pueblo hosted a series of 4 in-district community forums for each contested Wake County Board of Education seat.
Wake County’s Transit Plan sparked a fiery discussion at the Wake Board of Commissioner’s meeting Tuesday. By a unanimous vote the the board decided to suspend action on the Wake Transit Plan that was proposed to them in November 2011, in order to assemble a transit panel to examine the county’s transportation needs. Commissioner Betty Lou Ward expressed her …
Are you ready for election day on Tuesday, October 8, 2013? The local elections held that day include the Wake County School Board, City of Raleigh and Town of Cary Elections. Throughout September, join WakeUP Wake County for a series of Candidate Forums to meet your candidates and ask them …
If you are a Raleigh resident, you will have the opportunity to vote for or against a $75 million transportation bond on October 8, 2013. If the bond is approved, the tax rate will increase by 1.12 cents, which will also cover maintenance for the proposed projects once completed. The …
In response to current state legislation that would repeal the Jordan Lake rules, WakeUP Wake County is holding outreach events and communicating with local elected officials. The goal is to defeat Senate Bill 515, which would end the current Jordan Lake clean-up process. On Friday, May 24 a press conference …
On Thursday May 30, 2013 WakeUP and the NC Sierra Club hosted a WakeUP After 5 conversation on Jordan Lake and the pending Senate Bill 515 that would repeal the “rules” established by the General Assembly after 12 years of negotiation to clean up the lake. Over 60 people gathered …
