Safer Streets in a Post-COVID-19 World With the need to protect people from the coronavirus in the near-term, but also the opportunity to create safer commuting areas and reduce our overall emissions, re-envisioning our roads in commercial and residential areas has to be a priority as we reopen. Going to …
WakeUP Wake County and Bike DurhamJoin National Alliance To Tell White House:Transit Workers Need Better Protection From COVID-19 WakeUP Wake County and Bike Durham joined a broad alliance of labor, business, and community advocates demanding the White House and CDC supply better protective equipment and guidance to safeguard the transit …
10 Ways to Support Sustainable Communities During COVID-19 Amid the coronavirus pandemic, in this new age of social distancing and sheltering in place, we’re all having to figure out new ways to live. At a time when many of us feel like we’re just trying to make it from one …
Why the COVID-19 Pandemic should have Us All Thinking about Climate Change After more than three weeks of school closures, shuttered businesses, and social distancing, the novel coronavirus continues to sweep through the U.S. and North Carolina. As of Tuesday, April 7, there are over 366,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 …
Wondering How to Help Your Community During COVID-19? Here are Resources to Get You Started This post will be updated as events continue to unfold and new information becomes available. Latest Update: Wednesday, May 6, 2020. Since the first case in the United States was reported, the novel coronavirus has …
What Are Your Housing Bond Priorities? Housing affordability is affecting cities throughout the nation. In Wake County, an estimated 56,000 low-income households are unable to find an affordable place to live, and it is expected to more than double over the next 20 years. As if this weren’t enough, Wake …
Triangle Residents See Reasons to be Optimistic About Our Future. But Achieving A Shared Vision for 2040 Will Require Bold Action in 2020. A lot can change over the course of 20 years. Back in 2000, you might have come across this post in your inbox after connecting to the …
Raleigh City Council Looks to Durham for Help in Launching its ‘Moonshot’ on Affordable Housing Raleigh’s City Council held a special work session on Tuesday dedicated entirely to the city’s continuing challenges with housing affordability. At present, there are about 56,000 low-income households unable to find an affordable place to …
