Neighborhood Exchange Set for September 18

August 14th, 2010 by Jason Hibbets
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Save the date and plan to attend this year’s neighborhood exchange on September 18. I’ve always said this is a low cost ($10 + your time) high value event. The $10 registration fee is worth the food provided at the event. Register now.

NEIGHBORHOOD EXCHANGE OFFERING IDEAS FOR STRONGER NEIGHBORHOODS SEPT. 18

The City of Raleigh is registering residents for the Raleigh Neighborhood Exchange. The September 18 event will gather ideas and share information on how to make local neighborhoods better.

The annual exchange takes place from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the McKimmon Center, 1101 Gorman Street. The registration fee is $10, which includes a continental breakfast and lunch. Teenagers are admitted for free when accompanied by an adult.

This year’s theme is “Motivating Without Money.” Read the rest of this entry »

Southeast High Speed Rail Project Chugs Along

August 13th, 2010 by Jason Hibbets
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SEHSR Poster

City of Raleigh Public Hearing on the Proposed Southeast High Speed Rail Project on August 31, 2010 at 7 p.m.

If you have any comments on the proposed Southeast High Speed Rail (SEHSR) project within Raleigh’s jurisdiction, please submit them to railservice@raleighnc.gov prior to August 27th. The project is looking to connect Raleigh NC, to Richmond, VA (which would connect us to Washington DC and beyond).

To view the recommendations of the City’s Passenger Rail Task Force and those of city staff, visit www.raleighnc.gov. Read the rest of this entry »

Shred-a-thon Set For August 27, 2010

August 13th, 2010 by Jason Hibbets
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Check www.ncdoj.gov for event changes. The NC Department of Justice does not endorse any business or charity.

It's shred-a-thon time

Local sponsors are donating their time and resources to sponsor a free shred-a-thon in your area. Read the rest of this entry »

Community Watch: 22 Residential Burglary Prevention Tips

August 12th, 2010 by Jason Hibbets
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Pleasant Ridge & Ramsgate Community watch - prr-watch.org

Raleigh, NC – The Pleasant Ridge & Ramsgate Community Watch, building a safe and informed family community, is partnering with Raleigh Police Department (RPD) to bring you the following residential burglary prevention tips.

It’s unfortunate that we have to highlight crime in our neighborhood, but there have been several break-ins in the Lineberry area over the past few weeks. Trailwood Hills and Trailwood Springs have been hit pretty hard. Hot items include flat screen TV’s, jewelry, cash, laptops, and other items of convenience.

Be sure to review the following crime prevention tips to make your home safer. There are no guarantee’s, but you can make things more difficult for burglars.  Read the rest of this entry »

The New Design for Carolina Pines Community Center

August 11th, 2010 by Jason Hibbets
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Carolina Pines Community Center Proposed Renovation Design

Carolina Pines design plans

Carolina Pines design plans

About 15 citizens met on August 10, 2010 at Carolina Pines Community Center to see the unveiling of the proposed renovations and additions to the community center facilities to start construction in early 2011. Lynn Sullivan, Project Manager from Raleigh Parks & Rec, introduced the project team from New City Design and provided a brief overview of the project and budget.

The project scope and priorities include adding Read the rest of this entry »

Advocates Educate on Sharrows (Additional Resources)

August 10th, 2010 by Jason Hibbets
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We talked last week about Sharrows Coming to Raleigh. This week, we’ve discovered additional information and a few resources that are helping to education both cyclists and motorist about sharrows. In fact, the paint is drying as you read this, in some area’s of the Triangle.

An article posted on the Go Traingle Wordpess blog,  Ride this way! Sharrows popping up in Raleigh and Cary! tells us about the criteria on where sharrows can be placed: Read the rest of this entry »

Text Change TC-3-10 Approved, Pedestrian Access

August 9th, 2010 by Jason Hibbets
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The following information provided by the City of Raleigh

Text change TC-3-10 has been approved.  TC-3-10 rewrites City Code Section 10-2091, Pedestrian Access.  The regulations update the City’s Zoning Code to comply with the recently adopted NC State Building Code legislation on ADA accessibility; and incorporates several recommended policies found in the Land Use, Environmental and Transportation Elements of the 2030 Comprehensive Plan.

These new regulations are effective for all new site plans submitted on or after Read the rest of this entry »

Sharrows Coming to Raleigh

August 6th, 2010 by Jason Hibbets
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I was reading an article on the Raleigh Public Record summarizing some of the efforts on Raleigh’s approach to improving bike amenities throughout the city, ‘Sharrows’ to make city more bike-friendly, when I thought about our part of town. I briefly mentioned my vision for sharrows on Lineberry Drive in this article, but didn’t really take the time to articulate where or why.

The Raleigh Public Record article called sharrows a “9-foot-long reminder to share the road.” And that is what my vision for Linberry Drive would accomplish.

Example of a sharrow

Example of a sharrow, Source: http://streetswiki.wikispaces.com/Sharrow

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August Sales Tax Holiday

August 5th, 2010 by Jason Hibbets
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This weekend, August 6 – August 8, enjoy the NC Sales Tax Holiday, details below:

G.S. 105-164.13C provides an exemption for certain items of tangible personal property sold between 12:01 A.M. on the first Friday in August and 11:59 P.M. the following Sunday. Clothing, footwear, and school supplies of $100 or less per item; school instructional materials of $300 or less per item; sports and recreation equipment of $50 or less per item, computers of $3,500 or less per item; and computer supplies of $250 or less per item will be exempt. Read the rest of this entry »

Neighborhood PC Repair Service

August 4th, 2010 by Jason Hibbets
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We get lots of requests for recommendations on the Lineberry Alliance mailing list. It’s no surprise that we have people, with businesses,  that live in our own neighborhood  providing some of the services many of us use -or- are looking for. One such service that’s available from one of our neighbors in Pleasant Ridge is a PC repair service. See the information below for more details about the services this local business provides.

Jerry Perkinson from Pleasant Ridge & Ramsgate Community Watch has a home-based PC service business based in the neighborhood. Services are offered on laptops, desktops, networks (both wired and wireless) as well as backup systems and peripherals.  Jerry has been tinkering with PC’s since he was a child and has gained more experience working at IBM for the last 7 years, fixing software and hardware on laptops and PC’s.   Read the rest of this entry »