Our letter to Raleigh City Council regarding the ‘missing middle’ type housing policies
Monday, April 3, 2023 Mayor Mary-Ann Baldwin & the Raleigh City CouncilCity of Raleigh Re: Missing Middle Legislation Dear Mayor Baldwin and the Raleigh City Council Members, We have had the pleasure of meeting with most of you over the past several months and appreciate your willingness to listen to …
Pay bus drivers more
Gas prices are already above $7 in California and experts warn it could get up to $6 a gallon in North Carolina this summer. This is the moment transit agencies have been waiting for. The Triangle has a growing network of transit options that will get you to work and …
All about ‘missing middle’
The City of Raleigh recently made a change to their Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) that sets the guidelines for what can be built within the city limits. The UDO is the base for Zoning throughout the city and defines what you can do with your property while living there or …
I’m WakeUP’s New Intern
Greetings, I am Desmon Johnson. I attended the fabulous Shaw University where I major in political science. I have also served in SGA(student government association) as President for the freshman class. Having the opportunity to serve in SGA allowed me to experience leadership in a new way. Working with and …
The Pacific Northwest Should Serve As A Warning To Us: Climate Change Is Here
As Portland and Seattle set record temperatures we are learning more about our current infrastructure’s limitations and risks to individuals that are being overshadowed by the news of the extreme heat. This hits especially hard when we are talking about future investments in infrastructure bills and how our cities will …
How we ended up with bus stops without benches and what we can do about it
Brian Burnett, native of Southeast Raleigh and owner of Glenwood South Tailors & Men’s Clothing once shared “my grandmother and I would ride the City Kitty around town growing up. Routes were set up to take women like her to nanny and maid positions in white neighborhoods.” The story of …
Support WakeUP and help us reach our match!
2020 has been a year of discovering new experiences and talents and realizing things that we had forgotten were so important to us. From struggling with quarantine, baking bread, and virtual school to greenways, kindness, and our neighbors. We’ve had to depend on each other, at a distance, to make …