Celebrating Art & Transportation on Blue Ridge Road

Add to Calendar 2026-06-11 15:00:00 2026-06-11 17:00:00 Celebrating Art & Transportation on Blue Ridge Road Blue Ridge Road South is Complete! The City is excited to celebrate the completion of the Blue Ridge Road South project with a ribbon-cutting event! We made improvements to Blue Ridge Road between Duraleigh Road and Homewood Banks Drive. Key features include new sidewalks, a multi-use path, and roadway upgrades. Explore the project page for features and project details!  Art and Poetry Along the Corridor The Public Artist team, Marino Heidel, created sculptures at nine locations throughout the corridor. Taking inspiration from nine of North Carolina's poet laureates, the artists designed each sculpture as a visual interpretation of the poems. The project is a poetry walk experience along the corridor, with poems at each site. Participating Poet Laureates include: Jackie Shelton Green, Shelby Stephenson, Joseph Bathanti, Cathy Smith Bowers, Kathryn Stripling Byer, Fred Davis Chappell, Sam Ragan, James Larkin Pearson, and Arthur Talmage Abernathy. Noremac Drive, (Blue Ridge Road Corridor), Raleigh, NC 27612 City of Raleigh Tiffanie MazanekCommunications Analysttiffanie.mazanek@raleighnc.gov919-996-4102Monique WilliamsCommunity Engagement Specialistmonique.williams2@raleighnc.gov919-996-4228  America/New_York public

Blue Ridge Road South is Complete!

The City is excited to celebrate the completion of the Blue Ridge Road South project with a ribbon-cutting event! We made improvements to Blue Ridge Road between Duraleigh Road and Homewood Banks Drive. Key features include new sidewalks, a multi-use path, and roadway upgrades.

Explore the project page for features and project details! 

Art and Poetry Along the Corridor

The Public Artist team, Marino Heidel, created sculptures at nine locations throughout the corridor. Taking inspiration from nine of North Carolina's poet laureates, the artists designed each sculpture as a visual interpretation of the poems. The project is a poetry walk experience along the corridor, with poems at each site.

Participating Poet Laureates include: Jackie Shelton Green, Shelby Stephenson, Joseph Bathanti, Cathy Smith Bowers, Kathryn Stripling Byer, Fred Davis Chappell, Sam Ragan, James Larkin Pearson, and Arthur Talmage Abernathy.

Contact

 

Tiffanie Mazanek
Communications Analyst
tiffanie.mazanek@raleighnc.gov
919-996-4102

Monique Williams
Community Engagement Specialist
monique.williams2@raleighnc.gov
919-996-4228 

Address:

Noremac Drive
(Blue Ridge Road Corridor)
Raleigh, NC 27612

Event Type:
Community Engagement
Audience:
Adults

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