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Community Gardens workshop on April 17th
The first annual Advocates for Health In Action “Dig In” Community Gardens Summit will be April 17th at Marbles Kids Museum in downtown Raleigh. Learn how to engage others to start, maintain, manage and enjoy the wonderful benefits of a sustainable garden. Breakout sessions will be tailored to the needs of neighborhoods, workplaces, schools and…
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Lions Park Playground Build Day set for May 1st
The City’s Parks and Recreation Department has chosen Saturday, May 1st for its Lions Park Playground Community Build Day. That’s when East Raleigh neighborhood volunteers will help put together the new playsets at Lions Park. I’ve seen community builds done before and can say that they’re very rewarding and a lot of fun. Hope to…
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Lions Park Playground Community Build Day – May 1st
We have great news from our playground vendor GameTime and will plan to have our community build day for the Lions Park Playground on Saturday, May 1, 8:30-3:30pm. All volunteers must be ages 18 and older and we are limited to the first 60 volunteers. We hope that you will mark your calendar and come…
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Tour a Recycling Sorting Center!
Tour a Recycling Sorting Center! Material Recovery Facility (MRF) Have you ever wondered what happens to the recyclable materials once Raleigh Recycling crews collect them from your recycling bin? They are all mixed together in the recycling truck. Where do they go? Who’s going to deal with that mess of materials? What if unacceptable materials…
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Audio from March 2010 East CAC Meeting
The audio from tonight’s March 2010 East CAC Meeting can be downloaded here [19MB mp3]. The audio begins after Officer Kryskowiak has begun speaking. In addition, an archived video of the meeting can be watched here.
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Audio from February 2010 East CAC Meeting
The audio for the February 2010 East CAC Meeting is here [MP3] as a 12 MB file. Note that due to technical difficulties, a portion of the meeting was not recorded. This split is represented by a beep in the audio.
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Draft minutes from February 2010 East CAC meeting
East CAC Meeting Minutes February 2010 Submitted by Secretary Sue Sturgis Chairman Mark Turner called the meeting of the East CAC to order shortly after 7 p.m. on Monday, February 15 at Lions Park Community Center. There were about 35 people in attendance, with about a half-dozen attending for the first time. The meeting was…
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Mitchell Silver at East CAC meeting Monday
The East CAC will meet on Monday, March 15th at 7 PM at Lions Park Community Center, 516 Dennis Avenue. We’ve got an exciting meeting this month with Planning Director Mitchell Silver and staff speaking to us about the upcoming plans for our New Bern Avenue and Capital Boulevard corridors. As you know, these areas…
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Projects needed for Service Raleigh day, March 27th
It’s that time of year when the NCSU volunteers with Service Raleigh look for projects to assist with in the community. Some Service Raleigh volunteers will be planting trees in East Raleigh in association with Trees Across Raleigh. Beyond that, there are still opportunities for these folks to help improve our community. This year’s Service…
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Z-18-09 before Comprehensive Planning on Wednesday
Z-18-09, the convenience store at Poole Road and Norwood, lives on. It will appear next at next Wednesday’s Comprehensive Planning Committee meeting, 24 February, at 1 PM in the City Council Chambers. See below for the agenda. Mark Turner East CAC 741.6329 ================== COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING COMMITTEE AGENDA The Comprehensive Planning Committee will meet on Wednesday,…