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Community Oriented Government Report
Mr. Michael Ballen, Community Policing Coordinator for the Raleigh Police Department, has provided a report titled “Community Oriented Government in the Capital City – Progress Report to the City Manager.” It contains all the information provided by the focus groups conducted in Southeast Raleigh by neighbors and police representatives. Although the East CAC feedback was…
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East CAC meets Monday and BMX event at Lions Park
The East CAC will be meeting Monday evening at 7 PM at Lions Park Community Center. We’ll have the usual neighborhood announcements and police report and then spend a little time planning upcoming meetings and discussing community concerns. Hope to see you there! BMX event at Lions Park Also, Capital City BMX’s national competition starts…
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Draft July East CAC minutes
East CAC Meeting Minutes July 2009 Submitted by Secretary Sue Sturgis Chair Mark Turner called the July meeting of Raleigh’s East Citizens Advisory Council to order shortly after 7 p.m. on Monday, July 15 at Lions Park Community Center. Throughout the evening there were about 80 people in attendance, including City Councilors James West and…
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Results from RPD brainstorming session
At our last meeting, the East CAC held a brainstorming session with the Raleigh Police Department to establish policing priorities in our area. Here are the results as compiled by Mr. Michael Ballen, RPD’s Community Policing Coordinator. Lions Park/East CAC Residents Establish Community-Directed Priorities On July 20, over 75 citizens from the Lions Park community…
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Build a playground in a day
This is not East CAC related but a good volunteer opportunity regardless. – MT Join us as we team up to build a playground for the children at Green Road Community Center. We are seeking 75 volunteers who do not have to be skilled, trained or have any special tools; they just have to be…
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South Lions Park Community Watch meeting tonight!
Good morning, Eastsiders! There will be a community watch organizational meeting for the neighborhoods just south of Lions Park and north of Glascock. This includes Bennett Woods, Heritage Heights, Breezy Heights, Lions Way, and Leyland Heights. The meeting will take place at 6:00 PM at the Lions Park Community Center, 516 Dennis Avenue. Light refreshments…
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Lions Park to host national BMX event!
Did you know that our own Lions Park hosts one of only five BMX tracks in the state? It’s the home track of the Capital City BMX (CCBMX) club. BMX racing is exciting to watch: these riders take their bikes over a bone-rattling dirt track, catching air at times! It’s an X-Games worthy event. Capital…
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East CAC meets Monday, July 20th at 7PM
Good morning, Eastsiders! We’ve got quite a CAC meeting shaping up for Monday! After our usual reports, we’ll hear an announcement from Martha Hobbs on the nomination of Longview Gardens as a National Historic District. The Raleigh Historic Districts Commission will hold a public meeting for more in-depth questions from Longview neighborhood residents on August…
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Draft minutes from June 2009 East CAC meeting
East CAC Meeting Minutes June 2009 Submitted by Secretary Sue Sturgis Chair Mark Turner called the June meeting of Raleigh’s East Citizens Advisory Council to order shortly after 7 p.m. on Monday, June 15. He wanted to try to keep things moving along to make ample time for the post-meeting summer social, with food and…
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Digital TV transition happens Friday
Are you still watching analog TV? That is, do you not have cable TV, satellite, TV, or a digital converter box? If so, you may be in for a surprise Friday afternoon, when TV stations across the nation switch off their analog signals permanently and switch over to digital-only ones. In other words, unless you…