News in Raleigh

Meet up with bikeSpark tonight at 9pm at the NCSU Bell Tower and ride to Tir Na Nog for the Kickoff Concert.

Afterwards maybe a midnight swim?  Sounds like frigid nudity to me. 

Back in June we reported that Stuff Consignment Boutique on West Martin Street in Downtown was looking at options for putting the store up for sale. Luckily, things have changed and Glenn May will stay owner of the store while Walter and Guido fly back to Brazil. 

The City Council is considering the next Planning Commission appointee.  The Planning Commission, with a couple or three exceptions, is stacked with (1) developers, (2) developers’ consultants, and (3) random people who know little about planning.

For the current opening, a Raleigh citizen named Heather Vance has been nominated and is willing to serve.  She has a degree in planning as well as the professional certification in the field (AICP).  She has worked as a transportation planning consultant and as a local government planner.  She currently is the Communications Director for the American Institute of Architects, North Carolina chapter.

So why are Mayor Meeker and Coucilman James West stalling her appointment?

It was only time after Yancy’s closed its doors before someone would jump at the opportunity to grab up the massive space it occupied at the bottom of The Hudson. Already fit up for food service, it will soon be home to The Oxford, a restaurant more than a few miles from home.

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.