Nextdoor is like the moped of social media.
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Moped is being too nice.
Fixed it
Also their tagline sucks and really gives the game away. The city should be a big HOA, made up of littler HOAs.
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I propose we have a tagline replacement contest for LR. I have a bunch in my head. 
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They definitely need a Karen mascot.
Alright people. Let’s ease off. We’re not doing any better posting here about our feelings while they’re out there pushing their agenda. I know a few of you make your voice count but I want to talk about how you’re going to counter them, not about their looks or methods.
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Boston’s planning department is changing its development project review process. One finding is that the way review is currently done ends up not hearing from a fair representation of city residents:
The infographic was drawn from two surveys – one done by “meeting people where they are” (at street fairs, transit stops, and online), and one by asking people at public hearings or who already subscribe to city emails:
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Glad cities are finally seeing this. We shouldn’t be catering to the crowd with the most free time. We should be catering to everyone.
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Raleigh Forward is sponsoring a Happy Hour on Wednesday, September 25th from 5:30-7:30p. If you subscribe to Raleigh Forward, you likely already got the email for this. There will likely be some city counselors attending as well.
Since this is being hosted at a private residence I’m not going to post the address in the forum but if you’re interested, message me and I’ll give you the information.
EDIT: This already posted elsewhere and the address for the HH is public via LinkedIn. See other community post: Raleigh Elections and Council Overall - #2313 by wroncsu
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I wanted to highlight this event that sounds pretty interesting. I’m tentatively planning to go.
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I think this will be a great event. Note that dinner is also included for those that reserve a spot. The link to RSVP can be found here.
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One of Chief Boyce’s newest initiatives is kicking off on Haywood Street tomorrow (3/25). It’s called Cops on the Block and is a chance for neighbors to meet the officers who work and patrol their community. If you’d like to be involved, come on down tomorrow morning:
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Do I have to bring my own basketball, or will chairs be provided?
It went well! Thanks all!
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Nothing like multiple cops coming to your front door in full uniform with loaded guns.
Our inboxes are flooded with emails against/concerned. I’d say the ratio of emails opposed to emails in favor is easily 50/1. It is helpful to hear from all perspectives, both via email and at public hearings.
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I see this similarly to how I see online reviews- usually, only those with negative experiences or just overall negative people will take time out of their day to type up and post a review- and it’s usually gonna be equally negative. Those will positive experiences just say “wow that was great!” and go about their lives.
With government/public input; it’s usually those who are against something that take time out of their day to make it known how against it they are. As elected officials, I hope that y’all are able to ignore that flood of negative/against that inevitably comes with stuff like this and make the logical, long-term decision that far more people than who are currently emailing you voted y’all in for! I voted for you, personally, knowing that you’d make these correct/impactful decisions on my behalf. The rest is just noise IMO.
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The south side of Peace St., where most of the people live in the genearal neighborhood, are largely in rental apartments, and those folks aren’t usually as invested in what happens around them. Nonetheless, they have chosen to live downtown in high density multifamily housing because they are attracted to what an urban environment provides them. They may naively expect that they city will continue to promote the urban neighborhood that they have chosen as their home.
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Not to mention I imagine a majority of the people emailing complaints don’t actually live in the neighborhood, they are just people from LR across town that don’t want any development. They can go with the “if it happens here it will happen in your neighborhood” message to get people all over angry.
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Jonathan, is it possible for city staff to validate where people live? I realize that’s probably a big lift, but it does seem pertinent to the context of this rather polarizing topic.
For instance, I can email city staff as I have an opinion on this, but I don’t live in Raleigh now. I expect there are a LOT of emails that are from people in a similar position be that they may live outside of downtown, or not even in Raleigh.
On the flip side, I could generate quite a few emails in support of this project even though they may not come from a legit person. In today’s day and age, this isn’t hard to do and flip the script. Not morally right of course, but without any validation, I hope the impact these emails have on city council decisions is minimal.
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