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Guide to Raleigh's Top Issues: Affordable Housing, Bus Rapid Transit, Growth, and more...

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When Residents Need Help

Alternative response has a new name – the CARES program! CARES stands for Crisis Alternative Response for Empathy and Support. Its four elements - crisis call diversion, a peer support team, co-response, and a community response team - are each making progress. Watch the most recent presentation to Council.

How visitor taxes help fund big projects

Current projects funded by the hospitality tax include the expansion of the Raleigh Convention Center and new Omni Hotel, the relocation of Red Hat Amphitheater, and the renovations of Lenovo Arena (formerly PNC Arena). 

A Place to Call Home

With a city as dynamic as Raleigh, quality housing options for everyone is a challenge. The City of Raleigh does its part to encourage developers to include affordable units in their projects. The City also maintains a limited fund to help people with things ranging from payment assistance to routine maintenance. This is a tricky puzzle, but the City is tackling it piece by piece so that everyone has a place to call home.

KEEPING UP WITH GROWTH

As one of the fastest growing cities, managing growth and change is the City's biggest challenge. The City adopted its 2030 Comprehensive Plan as a road map. Smart growth is fair and sustainable. Learn more about the City's best practices as they manage residential to industrial zoning.

Improving Public Transportation

The City of Raleigh provides safe, reliable, and accessible transit across Wake County for everyone. The City is actively working to improve its systems and its infrastructure to answer the question, "How do we move people from point A to point B safely and efficiently?" The City is also supporting infrastructure improvements like sidewalks that connect neighborhoods and greenways together.

TAKE ACTION FOR THE CLIMATE

With our Community Climate Action Plan as a guide, Raleigh continues to put strategies in place with the goal of reducing emissions. In order to achieve our goal and make the impact needed on climate change, we must all work together!

Are you as sustainable as a third grader? Join Levi in the challenge to take transit, grow native plants, or make other changes to slow climate change.

Top Issues Fact Sheets

Topics that come before City Council can get complex, with lots of moving parts. To take out the guesswork, we're providing quick summaries for your reference.  These are frequently asked questions and bullet points to help you understand the topic:

City Council Highlights

Stay up-to-date on actions taken by the City Council with the latest City Council summary.

City Council Moves to Four Year Terms, Staggered Elections 


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