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Snaking through the heart of Centennial Campus, Main Campus Drive, once two parts, is now one with the completion of a new extension this week. The new stretch is nestled along the Lonnie Poole Golf Course and finally connects Centennial Campus Middle School to the rest of the campus. According to the Master Plan, Main Campus Drive will complete a full loop around the planned oval when the road is complete, where Engineering Buildings I, II, and III currently occupy the northern end.
Main Campus Drive now joins the northern part of Centennial Campus, where Oval Drive connects to Centennial Parkway, with the remote southwest corner of campus, where Main Campus Drive intersects with Trailwood Drive and becomes Thistledown Drive (connecting to Gorman Street). The middle school can now feel more like a part of NC State’s Centennial Campus. Before the Main Campus Drive connection was opened, the middle school was sort of the red-headed step child of campus. Visitors often got confused on how exactly they could find the middle school. They were frustrated to wonder around campus, then have to leave and travel down Avent Ferry Road to Trailwood Drive to get to the school.
If you haven’t been to Centennial Campus lately, take a drive on this new stretch. Your tour will take you from an urban education, business, and research setting, including companies like Red Hat and MeadWestvaco, and transition you to the natural areas of Lake Raleigh and Quay Woods — a 100 year old hardwood forest, one of the oldest remaining native forested watersheds in Wake County. You’ll get a glimpse of the rolling green hills of the Lonnie Poole Golf Course — an Arnold Palmer Signature Course with an 18-hole public course, practice range and green, research center, and clubhouse.
Don’t speed through this amazing area, you might miss some of these great treasures. Lake Raleigh, Quay Woods, and the Lonnie Poole Golf Course are just a few things you’ll find right off of Main Campus Drive. But in the distance, you’ll discover a fantastic view of downtown Raleigh, including the distinguished crown of the RBC tower and the growing skyline. The best views of downtown are from District D and are arguably from South Saunders Street, Boylan Bridge, or from Dix campus. However, one day, while jogging on Main Campus Drive before it was officially opened, I discovered this new angle of downtown that is very impressive. A view that should be added to the list of the many things only District D can offer.
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About: Jason: I'm a neighborhood advocate. I started off by getting involved in the Pleasant Ridge & Ramsgate Community Watch program and helped grow that organization. I saw an opportunity to unite other neighborhoods in our area with the Lineberry Alliance. I became chair of Raleigh's South West Citizen Advisory Council (SWCAC) in April 2010 along with vice chair Anthony McLeod and second vice chair Mary Belle Pate. I work with other neighborhood leaders in District D alongside City Councilor Thomas Crowder, on the District D Neighborhood Alliance (DDNA). I've completed Raleigh Neighborhood College (Spring 2005) and Leadership North Carolina (May 2007). In 2009, I lead a group of neighborhood volunteers to review Raleigh's 2030 Comprehensive Plan. I have a genuine interest in strong communities, fostering diversity, understanding the issues, and being transparent in my work. You can follow me on Twitter: @jhibbets |
Looks to be a nice track. It’s gonna be long, if your brave enough to play from the tips (7210 yards). It will be really nice to have a course this close to our neighborhood. Not that RGA isn’t nice, but this course will provide a little more of a challenge. Not really sure on there pricing yet but they have specials on their website where you can buy 4 rounds for $200. We walked a good deal of the course a few weekends ago. Check our the pics here…
http://www.flickr.com/photos/19823293@N00/sets/72157617091934321/
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