Dix park play area will have food and drinks available. The market, which will be located at the historic House of Many Porches adjacent to the playground, will serve sandwiches, wraps and dips, coffee drinks, baked goods and frozen desserts.
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That’s what’s up!!!
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and beer/wine to take and drink in the park, according to the post I saw on the Raleigh Magazine
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I would love to see the art in Dix rebranded as “NCMA @ Dix Park” and have its own walking trail mapped out with NCMA signage around the park for publicity. Then have bike and ebike rentals available at both Dix and NCMA and encourage the hell out of biking between the two. Future state, add some art in between along the greenway and the whole thing can be the “Raleigh Art Trail” or something. I just get similar vibes with the art and landscape at Dix and it feels like a natural extension/annex of NCMA. Without partnering, they could actually end up competing with one another in the future. On an ebike, that’s a great little ride and I think it would create “something to actually do” at Dix which people here have had their doubts about (for some reason).
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There’s already the Art to Heart trail that goes right by Dix, so it wouldn’t be hard to build on that and make it more of a thing like you are describing.
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Didn’t know about this; thank you for sharing! This is pretty much what I had in mind, just make Dix the downtown anchor and let NCMA do some branding at Dix and along the route. Seems like a no-brainer to marry the two.
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Turning it over to the NCMA means turning over to the state of NC and the legislature. Not sure that’s what we want. I think the staff at the NCMA is happy to advise though.
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I think he means a partnership, so NCMA could help with the acquisition and maintenance of art pieces, which would make it easier on The Dix Conservancy.
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Still has to be appropriated by the législature.
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The city cleared a homeless encampment off Goode Rd. Some evictees have been enrolled in a trial program called “Bringing Neighbors Home” where they will receive monthly payments pegged to fair market rent for the next two years (starting at $1450/mo for a one person household). Basically UBI for those experiencing homelessness. Similar programs have worked well elsewhere. Will be interesting to see how this shakes out. Why Raleigh is now giving money to residents of a former homeless camp
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That looks like a rather dangerous playground!
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It is the new aPLAYcalypse space.
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Good to see the tear down begin. From what I’ve read and heard, these run down buildings represent some pretty horrible memories for many.
Step in the right direction.
Now for NC State to do something about the horror show on Spring Hill.
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NC State is demolishing that building later this year.
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Love to see some of the derelict/abandoned buildings come down - and open up even MORE green space to expand the park’s footprint, in a way
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Which one is this?
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Scott Building on Umstead Dr.
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Have spent many an hour/day at the Japan Center in the Spring Hill House, including a part time job one summer while I was in college. Never gave much thought to the buildings around but they always seemed like … relics frozen in time.
I wonder if the Japan Center will get to keep its spot there. Surely the Spring Hill House will be preserved, but will they wind up moving the Japan Center elsewhere? It was a fantastic backdrop when the Prime Minister of Japan came to visit Raleigh last year. (Side note: this visit was an enormous honor to the Japan Center, NCSU, to Raleigh, and to the state of NC - and yet it somehow didn’t get nearly the press coverage that it probably deserved.)
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