WakeUP Wake County reporting from the National Smart Growth Conference, held February 3-5, in the Queen City. Communities all across the country are increasingly attuned to the reality that quality of life is directly connected to how we grow and develop. Smart growth, a public policy planning innovation, focuses on …
Falls Lake rules take effect January 15, 2011, and Durham is not happy considering the city’s future plans for the Falls Lake watershed. As Durham gears up for major new development in both the Jordan and Falls Lake watersheds, the city will not be able to address pollution reduction goals …
Good news! A plan (or “rules”) for making Falls Lake water cleaner is set to begin January 15, 2011, following 18 months of negotiations among local governments, agriculture, civic groups and homebuilders. Why does this matter? Because Falls Lake is Raleigh and Eastern Wake’s main drinking water source (so probably …
This article by Cash Michaels appeared earlier in the week in THE CAROLINIAN: WHY ARE THERE CONCERNS ABOUT TATA? by Cash Michaels editor Over his distinguished 28-year US Army career, Anthony Tata may have dealt with many an enemy in places like Bosnia and Afghanistan, but if the response to …
North Carolina is now the tenth largest state in the nation! We live in the fastest growing state in the southeast and our elevated ranking offers new access to federal funding opportunities for transportation, education, and other regional improvement initiatives. As one of the largest states in the nation, North …
Raleigh and Creedmore recently partnered to preserve 162 acres in Granville County. The mutually beneficial partnership will not only create a stormwater buffer, keeping nitrogen and phosphorous out of Wake’s critical drinking water supply, but will also provide recreation space for Creedmore in the form of a new city park. …
Read The CAROLINIAN real story by Cash Michaels about the Tedesco/Margiotta scheme to get over 6,000 SouthEast Raleigh students re-assigned back to their neighborhoods. The school system’s own documents prove it: THE TEDESCO SCHEME By Cash Michaels, Editor … The agenda for the Nov. 30th Student Assignment Committee (SAC) meeting, …
There is a new way to stay tuned to up-to-date growth issues in Wake County. New Raleigh, a blossoming local news and culture online publication, recently launched a WakeUP Wake County Growth Issues column! The column represents an important step expanding WakeUP’s audience and providing information on specific growth challenges …
