East Raleigh

Neuse River Greenway Trail Open House

March 11th, 2009

An open house for the Neuse River Trail will be held at Hedingham on March 23rd.

Our Crabtree Creek Greenway will connect to the Neuse River Trail. Once it’s complete, you’ll be able to walk or ride from here all the way to Horseshoe Farm Park near Falls Lake or down to Johnston County. Pretty cool.

Mark
East CAC
(and Parks board)

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Three Open Houses have been planned for the Neuse River Greenway Trail project at which meeting participants will be able to meet the design team, learn about the project, and share ideas. More information is available on the project page, www.raleighnc.gov/NRT, or by calling (919)996-4776.

Monday, March 23, 2009
6pm to 7:30pm
Hedingham Clubhouse
4401 Willow Oak Road, Raleigh, NC

Tuesday, March 31, 2009
6pm to 7:30 pm
Durant Road Nature Center, Campbell Lodge
8305 Camp Durant Road, Raleigh, NC

Thursday, April 2, 2009
6pm to 7:30 pm
Barwell Road Community Center
3935 Barwell Road, Raleigh, NC

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Donations needed for Brenda Pulley

March 5th, 2009

As you may have heard, a neighbor of ours on Millbank Street died in a
house fire February 21st. Elvis Pulley died tragically when the kerosene
heater he was refueling exploded.

Now his widow, Brenda Pulley, has literally nothing left. Not only has
she lost her husband, she has no furniture, clothes, or household items
of any sort. She does not even have a roof over her head, as their home
was destroyed by the fire.

If you have any items you wish to donate, whether it be furniture,
clothing, appliances – whatever, contact me and I will see that it gets
to her. If items need to be picked up, that can be arranged, too. You
can also bring items to our March 16th CAC meeting if that is more
convenient for you.

Please, let’s all do what we can to help Brenda put her life back together.

Regards,
Mark Turner
East CAC
919.741.6329

P.S. I’m told Brenda wears a size six clothes and size 6 1/2 shoes.

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New East CAC mailing lists

February 17th, 2009

As mentioned in last night’s meeting, I’ve set up new mailing lists for the East CAC. Yahoo Groups requires subscribers to sign up for Yahoo, which can be an impediment to joining. The new list uses the common GNU Mailman software for managing lists.

IMPORTANT: If you were signed up for the Yahoo list you need not make any changes. Your list membership has been automagically transferred to these new lists. The Yahoo list will soon be decommissioned and will no longer accept new members.

After thinking more about it today, I decided to sign up everyone for both lists. You’d be losing discussion ability if I didn’t, and I didn’t want you to miss anything. If for some reason you need to cut back on incoming email, you can switch to digest format (or unsubscribe, heaven forbid!) using the links below.

Please let your neighbors know about this list and encourage them to sign up themselves.
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CAC meeting Monday Jan 19th at 7 PM

January 16th, 2009

Hi neighbors,

We will be having our East CAC meeting Monday night, January 19th at 7PM at the Lions Park Community Center. Though Monday is a city holiday, we will be fortunate to have Asst. Public Utilities Director Ken Waldroup to come speak with us about the city’s water reuse project and how it will affect East Raleigh.

We will also be voting on the proposed rezoning case Z-15-09, involving properties at 512 and 602 Donald Ross Drive.

Below is official agenda, though there will be other topics discussed as well.

We hope to see you Monday evening!

Mark Turner
East CAC Chair
919.741.6329

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1. Police Report: Concerns/Issues/Q&A

2. Presentations & Reports:
– Parks & Recreation Events – Mark Wilson

– Presentation by Raleigh Public Utilities Dept: Southeastern Raleigh Water Reuse Project and Impacts on East CAC Areas – Asst. Public Utilities Director, Ken Waldroup

3. Other Business:
– Voting Meeting for Z-15-09 (512 & 604 Donald Ross Dr.) > Public Hearing = Jan. 21 in City Council Chambers

– East CAC Strategic Planning Sessions – Goals for the community and our neighborhoods

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Longview (Poe) House rezoning meeting January 13th

December 28th, 2008

The Raleigh Planning Commission will consider the rezoning request Z-50-08 of the Longview (Poe) House at their meeting Tuesday, January 13th at 9 AM in the Raleigh City Council Chambers.

The law firm handling the rezoning, K&L Gates, has sent the CAC a list of conditions to be applied to the property and have stated that it is their understanding that these conditions satisfy the neighbors along Luther Road.

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St Aug’s students to hold vigil today

November 25th, 2008

Audrey Galloway of St. Aug’s tells me there will be a student-led vigil this afternoon at 3 PM at the corner of Oakwood Avenue and Tarboro Road: the site of Friday’s shooting death of a 16-year-old.

The vigil is calling for an end to the violence. Community leaders and neighbors are invited to attend. Please pass this on to others.

Anyone needing more information is invited to call Audrey Galloway at 516-4090.

Here’s a Google Maps link to the vigil location.

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Meeting tonight on Longview ABC store

November 6th, 2008

Tonight a community meeting will be held regarding the ABC store being proposed for the Longview Shopping Center. The meeting will take place at 7 PM at Sherill’s Cosmetology School, which is located behind the First Citizen’s Bank building in the shopping center.

See the previous post for additional meeting details or visit the Longview Neighborhood Association website.

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Community meeting on proposed ABC store

October 27th, 2008

Is an ABC Store in Longview Gardens Shopping Center good for the community? Come to a community meeting next Thursday and discuss!

The Issue

First Citizens is selling the bank building at the Longview Shopping Center to the Wake County ABC Board. The board plans to demolish the building and build an approximately 4400 square foot ABC store on the site.

Due to tremendous concern over the project, members of the Wake County ABC Board have agreed to meet with the community at Sherrill’s Barber and Cosmetology School, located behind the bank building, on November 6th at 7:00 PM. The community response at the meeting will be critical in determining if the project moves forward.
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Saint Augustine’s homecoming parade

October 24th, 2008

Saint Augustine’s College will be conducting a homecoming parade on the streets circling the Saint Aug campus on Saturday, November 1st. The proposed parade route is as follows:

Start – SAC Gym
R on State St
R on Glascock St
R on Delaney St
R on Milburnie Rd
Continue on Milburnie Rd. It will become Hill St
R on Boyer St
R on Tarboro St
L on Oakwood Ave
R on State St
End – SAC Gym

Total Distance: 2.2 Miles

A Google Maps view of the parade route is here.

Sant Augustine’s estimates the parade will take about two hours. I will post the start time of the parade once I find out.

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The history of Lions Park

October 22nd, 2008

The following was excerpted from the book A Brief History of The Raleigh Host Lions Club (Revised Edition): Fifty-Four Years of Community Service 1922-1976.

Raleigh Lions City Park
By W. Paul Lyman

The wave of juvenile delinquency which followed World War II brought about a community awareness that the time had come for Raleigh to expand its parks an recreational facilities and develop a comprehensive year-round recreation program. Charles M. Graves, Park and Recreation Engineer of Atlanta, Georgia, was employed to make a study and submit a Master Plan for Recreation, which would provide for present and future needs. Dated June, 1950, it was received with enthusiasm by the administration consisting of:
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