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February 16, 2010 The Inside Scoop – By Tara Lightner REALTORS®: This newsletter is designed to provide you with an update of important real estate issues and political activities. It will be emailed to REALTOR® members monthly, and can also be accessed at http://www.trianglemls.com/rrar-government.html Mayor Meeker: "Now Is The Time To Lead" The global economic down turn is being felt in Raleigh. That is why the City needs to respond with action and courage. That was the message delivered today in Mayor Charles Meeker’s 2010 state-of-the-City address in the Raleigh Convention Center. Now is the time to lead, he said, not stagnate in the sluggish wake of this recession. Now is the time to move on the $140 million Clarence Lightner Public Safety Center, he continued, to take advantage of lower interest rates and construction cost, while making certain that the Capital City has the public safety facilities it needs to maintain Raleigh’s status as a leading U.S. city well into the 21st century. A vote by the Raleigh City Council on the proposed public safety center at its Tuesday meeting is anticipated. Mayor Meeker said that the current fiscal year’s operating budget reduced spending by nearly $2 million and cut 85 positions. Most importantly, he said, the budget does not reduce public safety spending and it maintains the City’s high standards of fiscal planning, management, control and reserves expected from the AAA quality credit rating Raleigh has. The City’s current Capital Improvement Program is 18 percent less than the previous year’s program. However, the mayor pointed out, that reduction does not mean the City is standing still on necessary improvements. He pointed to the May ground breaking for the Hillsborough Street Roundabouts Project. The $9.22 million is designed to revitalize the corridor and improve pedestrian access for the street that runs along North Carolina State University’s main campus. The improvements are on schedule to be completed in September. Mayor Meeker also referred to the $21 million transit operations center the City broke ground on in October. The project is receiving $11.6 million from the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act and will help to improve transit service throughout Raleigh for decades to come, he said. From the City’s website: http://www.raleighnc.gov/portal/server.pt/gateway/PTARGS_0_2_411_208_0_43/http%3B/pt03/DIG_Web_Content/news/public/News-PubAff-Mayor_Meeker___Now_Is_Th-20100215-12100347.html Think Spring: Get out and
use the Greenways The City of Raleigh broke ground February 4th to formally begin construction of the Upper Neuse Greenway Trail, the first link of the planned Neuse River Greenway Trail that will extend to the Johnston County line. Mayor Meeker presided over the ceremony which was held at the canoe launch at Falls Lake, the starting point for the Upper Neuse Greenway Trail. The trail will extend eight miles from Falls Lake Dam to the WRAL Soccer Center on Perry Creek Road. Citizens will be able to use the 10-foot-wide asphalt trail for biking, walking or studying nature, such as bird watching. The trail also will include seven greenway bridges, an elevated boardwalk, a railroad underpass shelter, landscaping, and park furniture. Connecting points for the Upper Neuse Greenway Trail will include the Bedford, Falls River and Riverside residential communities. Plans also call for the trail to connect to future park sites on Falls of Neuse Road and Thornton Road and at the North Wake Landfill recreation site. Construction of the Upper Neuse Greenway Trail is scheduled to be complete in the spring 2011. The $3.9 million trail is being paid for by federal funds and City parks and recreation bonds approved by Raleigh voters in 2003 and 2007. Neuse River Greenway Trail Capital Area Greenway System The Upper Neuse Greenway Trail and subsequently the entire Neuse River Greenway Trail will become part of the City of Raleigh’s award-winning Capital Area Greenway system (CAG).The Raleigh City Council approved the CAG Master Plan in 1976, making it one of the earliest community-wide greenway programs in the country. The CAG Master Plan permits urban development while protecting more than 270 miles of stream corridors. The CAG consists of about 3,500 acres and approximately 63 miles of paved and unpaved trails. The City of Raleigh’s next greenway, the Little Rock trail, is scheduled to open Feb. 18. It will connect the City’s new Walnut Creek Wetland Center (located at 950 Peterson St.) and the Walnut Creek Greenway Trail to Chavis Park and Downtown Raleigh via Martin and Davie streets Cary Sign Task Force Gets Down to Business Government Affairs Committee (GAC) Hosts RESPA Forum NAR Reaches out with Timely Webinars on Important REALTOR® Issues Free REALTOR® Safety Webinar
February 18 Energy
Efficiency Webinar- February 24 Mark Your Calendars: On Site: 2/18/2010
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