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Housing

Housing

The City of Raleigh legalized Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) by-right, city wide in March 2020. Since then, over 250 permits have been applied for –– […]

Past Events

Past Events

On February 5, RaleighForward, WakeUP Wake County, and CITYBUILDER gathered at Bottle Rev 3 for an energizing happy hour focused on building momentum for a […]

Wake Up Wake County Annual Meeting Raleigh NC 2025
Past Events

Identifying Solutions for Wake County’s Housing Shortage December 4, 2025 at Junction West, Raleigh Approximately 150 people attended WakeUP’s 2025 Annual Reception in December to […]

Past Events

50+ People Attend Interactive Workshop on ADUs (Accessory Dwelling Units) October 9, 2025 at AIA NC Center for Architecture + Design, Raleigh WakeUP Wake County […]

Past Events

Mixer at Trophy Brewing and Pizza Provides Valuable Opportunity for Citizens to Connect June 24, 2025 at Trophy, Raleigh RaleighForward, WakeUP Wake County, and CityBuilder […]

Past Events

In spring 2025, WakeUP partnered with RaleighForward and the City of Raleigh to host a Civic and Community Engagement Forum that convened over 60 residents. […]

Past Events

WakeUP Wake County, RaleighForward, and CITYBUILDER hosted an exclusive screening of a new groundbreaking documentary, FAULT LINES: Inside the Housing Crisis. From directors Nate Houghteling […]

Past Events

Happy Hour at the Moonroom Draws a Large Crowd March 13, 2025 at the Moon Room, downtown Raleigh RaleighForward, WakeUP Wake County, and CityBuilder A […]

Past Events

WakeUP Wake County and RaleighForward Annual Reception December 5, 2024 at Art Space in downtown Raleigh Thanks again to all who attended our sold out […]

Organization News

Organization News

Update: 4/15/26—We've had a tremendous response to our RFP! We're closing the application period while we review our current batch of submissions. WakeUP is excited […]

Organization News

Dean Rains is a Principal and Project Manager at LS3P with three decades of experience shaping the spaces where we live, work, and play. Since […]

Martha Eberle Wake Up Wake County Board Member
Organization News

Martha Eberle is a Senior Landscape Architect with Biohabitats’ Southeast Atlantic Bioregion Office in Raleigh, NC. She has more than 20 years of experience in […]

Wake Up Wake County Raleigh NC Board member Dwight Ortell
Organization News

Dwight Otwell earned a BS in Forest Management and an MS in Natural Resource Management from NCSU and currently works as a  Goespatial Program Leader […]

Wake Up Wake County Board Member Eric Lamb
Organization News

Eric Lamb is a plangineer with STV, Inc. with more than 30 years of experience in the management and development of transportation projects and programs. […]

Organization News

News and Observer Opinion Editor Ned Barnett interviewed WakeUP Wake County Executive Director Bert Fox, WakeUP Wake County Board Chair Tom Barrie, and RaleighForward Executive […]

Organization News

David is founder and Managing Partner of Carpenter Development and partnered with Trophy Brewing in 2008. He is on the Board of the Downtown Raleigh […]

Organization News

Eric is an attorney and the founder/Executive Director of RaleighForward. Prior to retiring in 2010, his law practice focused on land use regulation, zoning, litigation, […]

Environmental Stewardship

Environmental

Interested in climate, environment, and sustainability in your local community but don’t know where to start? Look no further! From parks and greenways to climate […]

Environmental

Land use planning and zoning may seem like policy jargon, something that most residents of a community may not even think about. However, regulations around land […]

Educational

Educational

The impacts of low density development and continued sprawl are two-pronged: one is economic, particularly related to the city’s budget, costs of services, tax revenue; […]

Transportation

Transportation

Walkability is in demand among all ages, according to the most recent survey by the National Association of Realtors. Walkability in a community or neighborhood […]