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Join us for the Downtown Dining Club’s next meeting, March 4th @ 7:30pm, at Solas in the Glenwood South District!
4 course meal for $35! Exclusive to Downtown Dining Club members…includes appetizer, soup or salad, entree and dessert. Catch up with old friends, meet new people, and enjoy a great dining experience at one of downtowns hottest night spots!
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– Downtown Dining Club next meeting: Solas at Solas Downtown Raleigh Live Work Play!
Raleigh Twestival from Kipp Bodnar on Vimeo.
An introduction about Raleigh Twestival (http://raleigh.twestival.com) an event to raise money for Charity Water.
This Thursday, February 12th, over 100 cities across the world are holding meetups for Twestival. This is a 100% volunteer event where 100% of the funds go to charity: water. There are still some tickets left, costing $11.40. Here’s the key info from the Raleigh Twestival webpage.
* Place – Edge Office, 400 Glenwood Avenue, Downtown Raleigh
* Time – 7pm-9ish
* Eats – Montage of Flowing Crudité, Fresh Cheese and La Frutta served with Italian Flair by Chef Ed
* Sweets – Fine Glazed Doughnuts of Various Varieties by Krispy Kreme
* Drinks – Lone Rider Craft Brews, Water, Italian Kitchen Sangria
* Auction/Raffle – Services and items from Social Media firms and Local businesses
* Fun – Music, Gaming, Networking, Video Booth and Photography
* Purpose – Donations via Event Tickets, Auction, Water Offsets
I’ll see you there.
For those of you leaving town this weekend, you are excused from this exercise. For the rest of the DT Raleigh staycationers that want more online Raleigh material, there are lots of videos on the Raleigh city website for your viewing pleasure. The video of the month contains lots of videos for the month of August. You can get some information about the convention center, Raleigh Wide Open, and the shimmer wall to name a few topics. This will prepare you for the week ahead. I’m sure you can guess what we will be talking about in the coming days right?
Video of the month page – RaleighNC.gov
Note: Videos work much better in Internet Explorer.
The City of Raleigh will hold a public forum on Tuesday, July 29, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. regarding downtown parking and transportation issues. The meeting will be administered by the Downtown Parking Task Force in the city council chamber on the second floor of the Avery C. Upchurch Government Complex, 222 W. Hargett St.
For the past several months a consulting team has been working with City staff and the Downtown Parking Task Force – whose members are appointed by the mayor — to examine parking and transportation issues in downtown Raleigh. The purpose of the study is to develop a plan for improving downtown access, including access to parking. At the public forum, the consulting team will present an overview of the study findings and provide an opportunity for input from the community before completing the report. This is a chance for citizens to see key findings of the field investigations and hear principals and strategies related to downtown parking and access that may affect future planning and policy decisions. Whether you live, work, shop, do business, or simply visit downtown to have fun, citizens are being asked to provide feedback.
The Glenwood-Brooklyn Neighborhood Association is sponsoring this event and it benefits the local Boys & Girls Clubs of Wake County. Here is a relevant N&O article.
RALEIGH, N.C. – On Saturday, July 26, 2008, the Historic Glenwood-Brooklyn Neighborhood Association (HGBNA) will host its fourth annual “Downtown Appetite for Art.” Raleigh’s most popular summer charity event will once again showcase local artists and businesses that have joined together with their downtown neighbors to support the Boys & Girls Clubs of Wake County.
The public is invited to “Downtown Appetite for Art,” which will be held at Marbles Museum. Organizers hope to once again raise enough money to fund the Boys & Girls Clubs’ art programs. Highlights of this year’s event:
• Live art auction featuring local and national artists
• Silent auction of fabulous art, trips, tickets to sporting events and sports memorabilia, spa packages, gift certificates, and much more
• Food and wine from favorite Raleigh restaurants – The George, Sullivan’s Steakhouse, Firebirds Wood Fired Grill, Mura, and the soon-to-be launched Solas
• A reunion and rare performance by the band ArroganceTickets are $50. Visit www.da4a.net to purchase. Tickets purchased at the door will be $100.
Last year, “Downtown Appetite for Art” drew more than 550 participants and raised nearly $65,000.
For the third year in a row, the event raised funds to provide financial support for the entire Boys & Girls Clubs’ visual and performing arts program, serving more than 4,000 area youth from its seven locations.For more information about attending the event or becoming a sponsor, please contact Roy Attride at roy@da4a.net, or 919.389.6726.
The mission of the Boys & Girls Clubs is to enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring and responsible citizens. Open every day after school and on Saturdays when kids need positive, productive outlets, the Boys & Girls Clubs fill the void with structured, enriching and exciting after-school programs.
Since 1967, volunteers have made it possible for the Boys & Girls Clubs to serve over 4,032 youth 6 to 18 years of age in seven locations across Wake County. The Boys & Girls Clubs is a 501(c)3 organization and depends on individual and corporate investments and volunteers to accomplish its mission. www.wakebgc.org
Thanks, Scott.
July 11-13th is the weekend for RTP Startup and its goal is to create a company or two (or three) in this short range of time. The idea is to throw together people with different talents and see what happens. Here’s a good explanation from the official website:
Startup Weekend recruits a highly motivated group of developers, business managers, startup enthusiasts, marketing gurus, graphic artists and more to a 54 hour event that builds communities, companies and projects.
Founded in 2007 by Andrew Hyde, the weekend is a concept of a conference focusing on learning by creating. It is known for its quick decisions, ‘out of the box’ thinking, unique facilitation technique and letting the founders show what they can do. The program has already met with success in Boulder, Toronto, New York, Hamburg, Houston, West Lafayette, Boston, DC and more.
Edge Office in Glenwood South will play host to the event. The office furniture retailer is a perfect setting for anyone with big ideas to brainstorm with others that want to create and invent. A $40 fee gets you in for the all weekend event.
I’m new to the idea but really intrigued as to what we may create with a bunch of people in a room with different skills. If you are at all interested, the RTP Startup website has all the details. This is a great opportunity to network with people, start thinking outside the box, and just socialize with motivated people. If you are going, I’ll see you there.
Edge Office
400 Glenwood Ave.
Raleigh, NC 27603
Please join Mayor Charles Meeker, Members of the Raleigh City Council and Other Dignitaries for History in the (re)making.
Groundbreaking Ceremony and Celebration for Blount Street Commons
Thursday, June 26
10:00 AM
540 N. Blount Street at the corner of East Peace and North Blount Streets in Downtown Raleigh
Sponsored by:
LNR Commercial Property
Vanguard Homes
Legacy Construction Group
YSU New Homes
Blount Street Commons is a unique revitalization project involving the complete re-development of 21 acres in historic downtown Raleigh. Once Raleigh’s most prestigious address, Blount Street is undergoing a renaissance that includes the construction of a wide variety of homes including row and carriage homes, urban residences over retail as well as 25 turn-of-the-century historic homes. A limited number of single family homesites are also available for the construction of custom homes.
Even though the event is outside of downtown, they are in all the parades so The Carolina Rollergirls are worth mentioning here. All kidding aside, I went to the 2008 Golden Skate Championship Bout this past Saturday and had so much fun at the event. If you are looking for something a little different, mark your calendar and do not miss the next bout this year.
The rest of the 2008 season:
Saturday, Sep 13
Saturday Nov 22
Sunday Dec 7
Watch the video from the bout on Saturday.