The Wake County School Board has finalized their budget for the 2015-2016 school year, including pay raises for all 18,000 employees across the county! WakeUP pushed for our County Commissioners to approve money for this back in June, and they stepped up to the challenge. Now the School Board has …
The Raleigh City Council Candidate Forum WakeUP co-hosted on September 21st is currently airing on RTN! If you weren’t able to make it to the event, you can still see the candidates answer questions and hear their thoughts on many critical issues. The forum will air at the following times: …
With over 180 citizens in attendance, we are proud to call Monday night’s Raleigh City Council candidate forum a success! Hosted by WakeUP Wake County, El Pueblo, The League of Women Voters of Wake County and Delta Sigma Theta, the candidates were packed as tightly as the audience, with 16 …
The Wake Board of Commissioners offered their thoughts about the Wake transit plan for the first time at a work session on September 14. They also reviewed citizen input on the plan. After months of extensive outreach, over 4700 people have responded to the transit survey, 16,000 people have viewed …
The Wake County Public School System has joined with the University of North Carolina Highway Safety Research Center (UNC-HSRC), Advocates for Health in Action, WakeUP Wake County and, CAMPO to work with elementary and middle schools to improve child pedestrian safety and support walking and bicycling to school. This exciting …
In recent years hundreds of companies across the nation have moved to walkable metropolitan areas, and the Triangle is no exception. Companies see these locations as a unique competitive advantage as they search for highly skilled employees and strive to be increasingly collaborative and innovative workplaces. Core Values: Why American …
Today the Wake County Board of Commissioners voted 5-2 to increase funding for Wake County public schools, as part of the 2015-16 County budget. The Commission has been working to reach a compromise that would fund teacher and staff salary increases for up to 3% as well as support the …
How local funds get spent has a direct impact on how important priorities are being being addressed. That’s why WakeUP leaders and many volunteers spoke up strongly at Wake County and Raleigh budget hearings for investment in public schools, teacher and staff pay, transit, bus shelters, and water and sewer …
