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Downtown Parking Spaces to Become Metered
City Council voted on Wednesday to convert to metered parking on many downtown streets.
CAT to Offer Express Service to Wake Tech
On January 5, 2009 Capital Area Transit will open a new route from Moore Square to Wake Tech Community College.
ACRe Hosts New Year’s Eve Party
Bored with First Night and the standard new year’s bar scene? If you are looking for an unorthodox new year’s eve, check out the party hosted by the local non-profit group ACRe.
What Business in Another City Would You Transplant to Raleigh?
For this week’s Q&A we fantasized that the normal rules of physics didn’t apply and some fairy godmother of urban development had granted us a wish to transplant one business to Raleigh from another city. Once we got going we couldn’t shut up about the places we miss from the cities of our past, and many of us had a hard time picking just one. You know the drill: See our answers below the fold; tell us yours in the comments.
College of Design Downtown Studio Exhibition
To Our Recollection: Design for Public History is a First Friday exhibition of College of Design student work from the Downtown Studio.
The 64th Annual Raleigh Christmas Parade
Gusts of arctic wind swept down Fayetteville St. Saturday morning. Despite the bitter cold, a good-sized crowd lined the street with blankets and camp chairs and watched over two and a half hours of parade performers pass beneath our growing downtown skyline.
Raleigh Has Lowest Crime Rate in NC
CQ Press released its 15th edition of City Crime Rankings. Good news for Raleigh.
Last Minute Alert: Speak Your Mind on Public Transit!
The City of Raleigh is planning a new bus line that will provide service in a loop around the Downtown and Glenwood South areas in 2009. A public forum will be held today at 3:30pm to discuss the new route.
Thirteenth Annual American Indian Heritage Celebration
Thirteen years and running, it is time again for the annual American Indian Heritage Celebration at the North Carolina Museum of History. From 11 am to 4 pm this Saturday, November 22, North Carolina’s state-recognized tribes will gather at the museum and on Bicentennial Plaza and the State Capitol grounds to celebrate their heritage and culture as a part of American Indian Heritage Month. North Carolina has the largest American Indian population east of the Mississippi, and members from the eight tribes will be present: Coharie, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Haliwa-Saponi, Lumbee, Meherrin, Occaneechi Band of Saponi, Sappony, and Waccamaw-Siouan. Slide shows and video below the fold.
Toxic Free NC Tip of the Week: D.I.Y. All-Purpose Cleaner
You’re not fresh and clean, unless you’re toxic free clean.
Dunkin Donut’s Competes With Locally Owned Businesses
Dunkin Donuts has dropped their apostrophe and is now officially competing with locally owned businesses, such as Helios and Turkish Delights.
The Steam Tunnels of NCSU
Goodnight Raleigh Blog has a great first set of images from the depths of NCSU’s fabled steam tunnels.
Cheapest Lunch In Town? Not Anymore…
Well, maybe. If Harris Teeter’s daily $2.49 submarine sandwich was in fact the clear winner for most economical (and sufficient) lunch in town, the lead just got cut. Our favorite rotating sandwich-of-the-day has gone up to $2.99, another sign that inflation is about to kick in from doubling the amount of cash in circulation.
Local Group Fights Poverty with Philanthropy
The Beehive Collective, a Raleigh giving circle, is seeking local projects that address economic security issues: getting out of poverty, managing dept, and/or building wealth. With $10,000 to donate by the end of the year, the Beehive Collective is looking to fund the work of one or two nonprofits working in the downtown Raleigh area.
Big Ideas Raleigh
The City of Raleigh has published a document highlighting ideas generated from the Raleigh Big Ideas Charrette, which was held in April. The event was an open collaborative brainstorming session and part of the Planning Raleigh 2030 workshops geared towards updating our city’s Comprehensive Plan. The further we plan ahead, the better chance we have of ensuring smart outcomes for our city. Click through to see highlights from the publication.
News & Observer Layoffs? Consolidation?
Today the News and Observer offers another hint that the Raleigh newspaper and the Charlotte Observer are gradually consolidating. The two papers, both owned and operated by The McClatchy Company, already share a bulk of their stories, and some Charlotte staffers have even moved into N&O offices downtown.
No DXR in 2008
Design Expo Raleigh (DXR) began in 2006 to showcase local design talent in architecture, industrial design, and graphic design. The catalog for the 2007 Expo was just released this past Friday at Flanders Gallery, and came with an announcement for the next DXR…
