Posts Tagged ‘community’
Tuesday, September 28th, 2010
Announcing a Prize Contest for Community Innovations (by NUSA)
NUSA (Neighborhoods USA) is very pleased to let members know about an inaugural global prize contest for community innovations. This contest is sponsored by the Community Tool Box (http://ctb.ku.edu), which is partnering with NUSA to distribute information about this contest to NUSA members and friends.
The prize offered by the Community Tool Box, called the 2010 “Out of the Box” prize, will recognize and honor the most promising initiatives that strengthen community development and community health. (more…)
Tags: community, community tool box, contest, economic_development, education, environment, health, innovation, neighborhoods, nusa, out of the box, poverty
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Monday, September 27th, 2010
The final part of the Raleigh Neighborhood Exchange was the afternoon keynote. I presented twice before the keynote with other neighborhood leaders at a session on High tech / low tech ways to help your neighborhood flourish. Donna Warner, an instructor at the University of North Carolina School of Government, gave the event keynote to over 150 attendees.
Donna Warner, keynotes at neighborhood exchange
The topic was Motivating Without Money. Warner started off by telling us about governing in communities. Motivating without money is an important issue, but the reality is, (more…)
Tags: CAC, community, Donna Warner, money, motivation, neighborhoods, recognition, rne2010, unc, volunteer
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Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010
What is your favorite part about the Fall season
- Being outside (50%, 2 Votes)
- The State Fair (25%, 1 Votes)
- Fall sports (25%, 1 Votes)
- Less humidity (0%, 0 Votes)
- Cooler nights (0%, 0 Votes)
- The colors (0%, 0 Votes)
- Falling leaves (0%, 0 Votes)
Total Voters: 4
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Tags: community, neighborhoods, seasons
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Tuesday, September 21st, 2010
Looking for something to do this weekend? Haven’t seen what’s new on Hillsborough Street lately? Then you and your family should “Live it Up” with a full day of activities and live bands.
Nina Szlosberg, Chair, Hillsborough Street Partnership invites you to join the festivities this Saturday:
I am writing to invite you to celebrate our new Hillsborough Street at a big street festival (more…)
Tags: community, economic_development, growth, hillsborough_street, live music, neighborhoods, raleigh, upha
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Monday, September 20th, 2010
Last Monday, September 13, 2010, the South West Citizens Advisory Council (SWCAC) held their monthly meeting. Over 20 attendees got an update from Raleigh Parks & Recreations, including a short recap on the future renovations to Carolina Pines, our meeting place. Then we welcomed Captain Neimann, the new South West Raleigh Police Department (RPD) district commander. He gave a brief introduction, provided some calls stats, and took questions. Some of the stats included 54 noise / party calls and 18 break-ins. Some progress was made on the break-ins. One person was arrested and they were tied to at least four cases. Additional progress is being made on the break-ins.
Attendees also heard from (more…)
Tags: CAC, community, crime_prevention, district D, lake_johnson, planning, raleigh, RPD, zoning
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Saturday, September 18th, 2010
I had the privilege to present along side Eugene Weeks and Mark Turner, two outstanding community leaders, at today’s Raleigh Neighborhood Exchange. The neighborhood exchange was held on Saturday, September 18, 2010 at the McKimmon Conference Center and is a chance for citizens across Raleigh to interact, attend a variety of sessions, and share information. My favorite part is the cross-pollination and idea swapping that occurs. It’s a vibrant event where neighbors learn from each other, then take these ideas and apply them to their individual neighborhoods.
Eugene Weeks talked about getting feet on the street, meeting neighbors, and implementing a yard of the month that motivated his neighbors to spruce up their yards. He walked attendees through some “low tech” ways that allows his community to thrive. they use yard signs to attrach people to their meetings. Block captains help distribute flyers. Weeks said that one way to motivate is to have people spread the word. Folks tell people: “you missed a good meeting” or “aren’t you concerned about crime?” (more…)
Tags: block captains, CAC, community, community_watch, crime_prevention, neighborhood exchange, neighborhoods, raleigh, rne2010
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Tuesday, September 14th, 2010
Text Change TC-7-09, Front Yard Parking (FYP) for single family detached dwellings is on the Comprehensive Planning Committee agenda this week. The meeting is on Wednesday, September 15, 2010 at 1:00 pm in Room 201, City Council Chambers, at 222 West Hargett Street.
The latest issue being looked at is how homes fronting on thoroughfare roads might be impacted. Planning Director Mitch Silver brought up this topic at last month’s meeting. This will probably be the bulk of the talk at this meeting. Past meetings that I’ve attended have seen support from citizens around the city, with only a few people speaking in opposition to the text change. My opinion is that most citizens would support this text change to improve quality of life issues in their neighborhoods. (more…)
Tags: community, comp planning, comprehensive palling, DDNA, district D, fyp, greensboro, growth, hoa, mitch silver, neighborhoods, raleigh, real_estate, text changes, towing, zoning
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Monday, September 13th, 2010
At tonight’s South West Citizens Advisory Council (SWCAC) meeting, one of the main topics is the rezoning case Z-21-10 [PDF]. The rezoning is on the corner of Lake Wheeler Road and Kirkland Drive, and based on last month’s presentation, a vote in support could take place during the meeting. The petitioners want to put an Ample Storage facility on the site. This could be the type of development that kick starts the right kind of growth that the Lake Wheeler corridor has been missing for the last few years. There are no guarantees about what development will go on a rezoned property.
Would you vote in favor of rezoning Z-21-10?
- no (50%, 2 Votes)
- yes (50%, 2 Votes)
Total Voters: 4
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Tags: ample storage, business, carolina_pines, community, district D, economic_development, growth, lake_wheeler_road, neighborhoods, real_estate, zoning
Posted in DDNA, Local Businesses, SWCAC | 2 Comments »
Friday, September 10th, 2010
We previously posted an interview with Walt Fuller, Deputy Director of Operations for Raleigh-Wake County Emergency Communications Center about when people should dial 9-1-1 or the non emergency number concerning some of the quality of life issues that we want to improve in our neighborhood. We also wanted to get the perspective from someone in the field that has to determine if, in fact, there is a violation, and determine whether or not to issue a citation.
We interviewed Officer A.P. Draughon III from Raleigh Police Department (RPD). He is probably one of the most knowledgeable people on the City of Raleigh’s PROP ordinance (Probationary Rental Occupancy Permit) and has years of experience as the one of the CLAMP-DOWN officers, whose sole purpose was to issue Noise and Party Ordinance (NPO) citations in the South West district.
We posed some of the same questions to Officer Draughon that we asked Walt Fuller. See his responses below, from an RPD perspective, and look for a meeting announcement about PROP education later this month. (more…)
Tags: 9-1-1, CLAMP DOWN, community, district D, music, neighborhoods, noise ordinance, NPO, parties, party, party ordinance, PROP, raleigh, RPD
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Thursday, September 9th, 2010
Don’t freak out if you see the leaf collection trucks out and about in the neighborhoods. There is some training going on that you should know about before you rush to rake your leaves that…maybe…haven’t fallen just quite yet.
CITY TO CONDUCT LEAF COLLECTION TRAINING OVER NEXT FEW WEEKS
Raleigh residents who see the City’s leaf collection trucks making their rounds should not panic and hurriedly begin raking their leaves to the curbs just yet. The City of Raleigh is introducing new equipment that will make its curbside leaf collection more cost effective, more convenient for residents and safer for operators.
Operators are currently working on training sessions with the new automated equipment at various locations throughout Raleigh. The exercises will be conducted over the next four to six weeks. The equipment is just being used for training so no actual collections will take place at this time. (more…)
Tags: city services, community, leaf collection, neighborhoods, rake, raleigh
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