On May 24, 2013 WakeUP Wake County participated in coordinating a press conference in opposition to Senate Bill 515. S 515 would eliminate the Jordan Lake Rules – and allow pollution to enter the lake without any upstream protections or prevention measures. The media advisory for the conference is below: …
On May 16, 2013 WakeUP held a fantastic fundraising event at The Grand Ballroom in Raleigh. WakeUP raised over $20,000 to promote good growth and sustainable communities in Wake County. Thank you to our sponsors and silent auction donors for making the evening a success!
Imagine Cary, multi-year long range planning effort by the Town of Cary is currently underway and was kicked-off last Thursday, May 2 with a widely attended public event, The Summit on the Future. The Summit attendance reached capacity as nearly 1,000 registered attendees shared their thoughts and opinions on a …
A multi-year long-range planning effort by the Town of Cary, the “Imagine Cary” project, is underway! Imagine Cary is an ambitious effort initiated by the Cary Town Council to encourage widespread, transparent public input in developing a Cary community plan. The community plan will address a future vision for development, …
The Capital Area Friends of Transit (CAFT), a coalition of over 40 organizations, civic leaders and thousands of Wake County residents released an online petition on February 8 to support the proposed, multi-modal Wake County Transit Plan. In a February 28 press release, CAFT reported that in just over two …
At the Wake Board of Commissioners retreat February 15, mayors and town managers urged the Wake County Commissioners to move forward on the Wake Transit Plan. Officials from Wake Forest, Raleigh, Rolesville, Morrisville, Cary, and Knightdale stated it is time for official discussion of the plan and stressed the need …
On January 17. 2013 WakeUP held it’s Annual Meeting, featuring keynote speaker ULI Triangle District Chair Ken Bowers.
On January 10, WakeUP Wake County spoke at the Cary Town Council public hearing on a possible repeal of the Town’s Adequate Public Facilities Planning and Development for Roads Ordinance. Karen Rindge, Executive Director of WakeUP, spoke on behalf of the organization, first praising Cary for its leadership in planning …
