Blueprint North Carolina, a partnership of more than 50 nonprofits dedicated to achieving a better, fairer, healthier North Carolina, issued GSIW the ‘Lookout 2011’ award for the coalition’s comprehensive coverage of recent Wake school board majority policy changes. Read more below: We also want to recognize the work of a …
The new Wake County Commission majority wasted no time during its first meeting on December 6, 2010, taking strong actions to support the Wake School Board majority’s decision to end the diversity policy. The move to rescind the former resolution in favor of diversity in schools brought objections from supporters …
Falls Lake rules represent a significant missed opportunity. The Triangle and surrounding municipalities had the chance to re-write stormwater regulations, setting a national standard for drinking water supply conservation and protection. As a leader in population growth and the most educated region in the nation, our community should have higher …
Falls Lake Rules – approved by Environmental Management Commission Nov. 18, 2010 Go into temporary effect Jan. 15, 2011 (until approved permanently) Stage I: (worse) 10 years to implement (instead of 7) Stage II: (good) Stage II still in and is not halted because of re-modeling; analysis of performance of …
Press coverage: Raleigh water will be safer, but others feel Falls’ pinch, News & Observer – 11/29/10 Falls Lake pollution rules kick in 2011, The Herald-Sun – 11/21/10 Rules approved for Falls Lake cleanup, News & Observer – 11/19/10 For Immediate Release: November 18, 2010 Contact: Karen Rindge, WakeUP Wake …
November 2010 elections confirmed the relevancy of and public desire for public transportation improvements. Voters across the country approved 73 percent of state and local public transportation-related ballot initiatives, authorizing nearly $500 million over the next five years to fund bus, light rail, commuter rail, and other related public transit …
In case you need a reminder, the Triangle continues to rein as the fastest growing metropolitan region in the nation, despite the economic recession. Likened to the ‘Silicon Valley’ of the East Coast, affordable housing options and a variety of tech job opportunities are fueling the Triangle’s unprecedented growth rate. …
More than 60 people representing government agencies, local advocacy groups, and private associations met November 3, 2010 to discuss plans for monitoring polluted Falls Lake. The rules, which take effect in January 2011, include a two-stage program to put the lower part of the lake, near Raleigh’s water intake, in …
