The more the merrier. Mayor Nancy McFarlane will be there. Ditto Councilor Thomas Crowder, who was with the Dix306 concept before it was cool. H/t to Leo for this tweet with a link to the “Edit Your City” Facebook page. Group photo at Dix tomorrow. Anyone can join. ow.ly/fV4d4— Leo Suarez (@dtraleigh) December 7, 2012
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Dix is saved: Witnessing the birth of a great urban park
On our holiday gift lists, every North Carolinian should proudly include the present we’re giving to the future, which is the chance to create a great urban park on Dix Hill in Raleigh. Make your thank-you notes out to Jay Spain, Bill Padgett, Greg Poole Jr. and the members of the advocacy groups they lead, […]
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Endowment 101: UNC washes its hands of fossil-fuel divestment
Following up on my column of two weeks ago, I did make it to Endowment 101 at UNC-Chapel Hill last Wednesday, where the issue was how the university invests its $2 billion-plus endowment and whether it ought to divestsell offits shares in corporations that contribute to global warming. A new divestment campaign aimed at oil […]
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Dix Hill
Seven years of advocacy, and tomorrow the prize will be won if the Council of State votes to approve a lease giving the city of Raleigh constructive control of the 306-acre Dorothea Dix Hospital tract. The advocates, members of the three allied groups called Friends of Dorothea Dix Park, Dix306 and the Dix Visionaries, are […]
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Dix Park decision tomorrow: “A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to save this jewel.”
photo by Bob GearyJay Spain atop Dix Hill Seven years of advocacy, and tomorrow the prize will be won if the Council of State votes to approve a lease giving the city of Raleigh constructive control of the 306-acre Dorothea Dix Hospital tract. The advocates, members of the allied groups called Friends of Dorothea Dix […]
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AG Roy Cooper punts to Duke Energy in the NC Utility Bowl.
As expected, the N.C. Utilities Commission today ended its “investigation” of Duke Energy’s tactics in the merger with Progress Energy, approving a settlement which IMHO falls short of even slapping Duke E. on the wrist. On the pinkie finger, maybe. Joining in the NCUC’s unanimous “OK, whatever … ” decision, state Attorney General Roy Cooper […]
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N&O: Dix deal emerging, Council of State to consider on Tuesday
The News & Observer is reporting that the deal for Dorothea Dix is a 75-year lease by the state to Raleigh for $500,000 a year, with a 1.5 percent a year inflation factor. The Council of State will take up the lease Tuesday at 9 a.m. Background is here Someone who’s better at calculating the […]
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Why UNC’s Thorp loves hedge funds, hates divestment
blah blah photo by Bob GearyUNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor Holden Thorp in a gaze
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N.C. Utilities Commission to Duke Energy: We give up
Is there any other way to read this than that the N.C. Utilities Commission, having huffed and puffed at Duke Energy’s sleight-of-hand in the “merger” with Progress Energy, is now issuing a collective, “Never mind”? The alternatives included revoking its merger approval, a whopping fine, ousting Jim Rogers and installing a new CEO (or, if […]
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A 12-year mental health crisis comes to a head
“Save our homes!” Residents of group homes for people with mental disabilities raised the cry at a rally at the General Assembly in mid-November. “Our life is in your hands!” shouted James Fountain, a 35-year-old who lives in a group home in Zebulon. “Group homes can take care of our needs and our wants, and […]
