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Why Raleigh City Leaders Won't Commit to a $200 Million Affordable Housing Bond
13+ hour, 2+ min ago (716+ words) Last weekend, Reverend Bankole Akinbinu of Baptist Grove Church in Raleigh led 300 congregants in a prayer for affordable housing. "We pray now, God, for the most vulnerable amongst us that are represented in this county and some even in this…...
Big Ideas from the At-Large Candidates for Raleigh City Council
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (1832+ words) The City of Raleigh has changed how it elects its eight-member city council, and for the first time ever this year, it's holding a nonpartisan primary election on March 3 for all seats for which more than two candidates have filed…...
Talking With Raleigh CARES Staff About the City's New Crisis Call Diversion Program
3+ mon, 5+ day ago (729+ words) Editor's note: This story mentions suicide and mental health issues." Raleigh has made some big changes to how it handles 911 calls and mental health emergencies. When a Raleigh resident calls 911, a telecommunicator inside the city's emergency communications center asks them…...
Three Raleigh Women Wanted More LGBTQ+ Community'so They Built Their Own
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (804+ words) But thanks to For the Girls of Raleigh, an organization formed to build female LGBTQ+ community in the Triangle, that fantasy turned out to be a thrilling reality. The Halloween party, which saw over 100 queer women (as well as nonbinary…...
N. C. Appeals Court Dismisses Lawsuit Against Hayes Barton Townhomes Developer, Rules Raleigh Missing Middle Lawsuit May Proceed
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (341+ words) The North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday on a 2023 complaint involving Raleigh's missing middle housing policy." A concurrent lawsuit against the developers behind a planned townhome project on Williamson Drive that was allowed under the policy cannot move forward,…...
After Years Spent Moving Around, the LGBT Center of Raleigh Settles Into a Longterm Space
3+ mon, 4+ week ago (837+ words) After years of bouncing around downtown, operating out of storage units, and searching for a sustainable lease agreement, the LGBT Center of Raleigh finally has a new home." The 3, 000-square foot community center on Cabarrus Street is a cozy, comfortable…...
Raleigh Bus Operators Frustrated by "Difficult," "Unsafe" Working Conditions
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (499+ words) Go Raleigh bus operators are concerned about what they say are unsafe conditions and mismanagement on the job, and they've been asking the Raleigh City Council for help since June. Operators brought the issue up again at the council's October…...
Behind Millionaire Shortbread Brand Artie Bars Is a Raleigh Couple's Sweet Success Story
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (298+ words) When Artie and Nicole Januario found themselves unexpectedly unemployed at the same time this past winter, the situation initially seemed like a disaster. After all, Artie had just started a new business, the brand Artie Bars, shortly after leaving a…...
Character Studies: Heather Leah, Raleigh's Hidden Historian
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (724+ words) Heather Leah likes to play a game where she picks a spot in Raleigh and asks herself what stood there 50, 100, or 200 years ago." Consider State Parking Lot 20 on the corner of Blount and Jones Streets across from the governor's mansion....
Seven Years In, Raleigh Area Land Trust is Providing a Model for the Future of Affordable Housing In Wake County
7+ mon, 2+ week ago (862+ words) North Carolina Central University's men's basketball coach Le Velle Moton teared up more than once as he gave a speech Monday at the groundbreaking of the Cottages of Idlewild, what will soon be an 18-home, affordably-priced cottage court development just…...