Oak City Portraits: Brewgaloo

North Carolina’s largest craft beer festival Brewgaloo drew thousands of thirsty festival-goers to the streets of Downtown Raleigh this weekend. The Record even managed to get in on some of the fun by having people write down their favorite things about Raleigh on signs we hung in our tent.

Atlantic CAC Briefed on New Lidl Grocery Store

At last week’s monthly meeting of the Atlantic CAC, North Raleigh neighbors voted on a new parking lot for a local dentist and heard an update on plans for Raleigh’s first iteration of the German discount grocery chain LIDL.

Development Beat: Renovation Roundup

Mysterious work at the old Dr Pepper warehouse in downtown Raleigh received renovation permits last week, along with new locations for Pho Vietnam and McAllister’s Deli. Plus: The Knight’s Inn on New Bern is getting a big-time upgrade in the form of new automatic entrance doors.

The Council Record

Councilors had a full day Tuesday, discussing everything from the planning of Dix Park to the second phase of renovations for Hillsborough Street. Plus: a resolution on HB2, and a decision that killed a planned mixed-use development on Hillsborough Street.