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The Raleigh City Museum is requesting $15,000 from the City Council to supplement its budget for the next fiscal year. The money would go toward filling a $30,000 budget shortfall caused by a faulty air conditioner and a rental vacancy in the museum’s downtown Briggs Building location.
The Raleigh City Council is mulling over bonds to fund transportation projects and affordable housing. They also approved changes for the Wake Co. parking deck appearance, got a greenway grant and talked about traffic around Crabtree Valley this week.
The Raleigh City Council gave final approval this week for a site plan to build a six-story building at the corner of Clark Avenue and Oberlin Road in the Cameron Village shopping center.
North Raleigh residents will have to wait a little longer to find out whether city leaders will approve a plan to expand a 60-year-old granite quarry near Umstead Park.
Raleigh city councilors approved a new set of rules for panhandling this week. The new rules will guide where people can ask for money, and allows panhandling only between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m.
Raleigh city councilors voted Tuesday to limit smoking in parks. The council voted 6-2 to approve the ban, with John Odom and Thomas Crowder voting against.
Zoning requests granted and denied, text changes, updates to action items and emerging issues form the bulk of Raleigh’s first annual report on the 2020 Comprehensive Plan.
The City of Raleigh wants to slowly “dip its toes in” when it comes to allowing food trucks downtown, starting with private property.
There has been a massive change in the city of Raleigh in the past two years. It’s not something many residents have noticed. Since 2008, the city’s operations have undergone a huge shift — from using separate software and computer systems in each department to merging everything into an enterprise resource planning (ERP) program.
Council committee members approved amendments to the comprehensive plan and the tree conservation ordinance. They deferred making decisions about the Hillsborough St. streetscape until the new zoning code is complete.
