Yeah y’all I really don’t see Raleigh being in the running for a Mast General at any point in the near or distant future. Sorry.
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So people only buy their hiking clothes when they get to their hike destination? I feel like they’d be fine here, but we would need tourists or locals to actually become customers.
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I lived in Columbia for 4 years for college - if it can make money in Columbia, it will print money here. Just need to convince them to come here.
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im not sure about their proper fit or phoilosphy…perhaps Masts with regional tweaks to the stores.
One thing to note about Mast - all of their stores except Columbia are in popular bases for mountain trips. And even Columbia does have a national park pretty much within city limits.
Yeah y’all I really don’t see Raleigh being in the running for a Mast General at any point in the near or distant future. Sorry.
I am fighting to change that perception. This can absolutely be a hiking hub. We have scenery at least on par with the Uwharries right here.
Things I have yet to film -
Hager Mountain (a peak in Person County with 3 rocky summits)
Three Range Mountains (Granville County)
Terrell’s Mountain (
County)
Flat River Gorge
Caswell Gamelands (similar terrain to the Driftless Area for those that are familiar)
I think Raleigh specifically should lean in on Crabtree Creek. Clean it up–especially downstream of Lassiter Mill. Pull out the blowdowns–particularly in Umstead. Add nicer put-ins on the banks, and turn it into a kayaking destination.
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Lovely videos, I need to go check out Red Mountain and that weird castle!!!
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Shade structures delivered and being installed today at City Plaza. Photo from N&O article. Also mentions DRA’s plans for lighting on trees along Fayetteville
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if i recall raven rock park near lillington had some interesting terrain. pre 2010 i used to just walk around parts of the woods around areas of falls lake…not sure if it’s all developed now or not.
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Falls Lake has some great trails. I really want to get some aerial footage of the Raven Rock area but that is logistically difficult, since you cannot launch inside a state park. Normally, I seek out church parking lots and community centers near whatever I’m filming. There is nothing near Raven Rock though. And the park is too huge to fly to the cliff from outside.
It would appear to be an impressive canyon from the air. The Cape Fear gouges through the piedmont like a hot knife through butter, bringing it down to the level of the coastal plain. My plan is probably going to be to fly in other stretches of that canyon outside the park like the area around Buckhorn Dam.
This looks like a cool view. The park is around that bend.
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Fayetteville Street? 
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They kind of went overboard with the water features and street trees, right? I barely recognize it!
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I almost thought that this was 400-H 
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Heard from friend that the Lego minifigs store is expanding to the space downstairs, with more inventory and big Lego displays. He mentioned that they sell around 1000 orders a week. This is a combination of in-store and online which sounds good to me, but I don’t have any context if that’s good or not.
Sounds like a positive sign though, great for them.
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That’s awesome! We took my mom there over the holidays. They were very new and I was worried they wouldn’t last. Sounds like they’re doing well!
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It would seem to me that being a hybrid retail store is the way forward. If you only focus on brick and mortar stores, you are certainly leaving a lot of potential money on the table.
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That is great to hear. I went in a few weeks ago and bought a small set for one of my kids. I was wondering if their model could thrive.
Saw this on Saturday. Any idea what’s going on here between the Wake County Courthouse and the neighboring county office building?
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They’re replacing the sky bridge between the two buildings.
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maybe we’ll get lucky & the crane will fall into the courthouse building & knock it down
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