Downtown Raleigh says Hold my beer!
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Itās not in the sip n stroll. Donāt do it; itās a trap!
They sometimes have two hotel brands in the same building.
I havenāt yet decided if extending the sip n stroll to Glenwood South would be a good idea or pure chaos lol
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They should probably close it to cars first.
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Iād welcome it with open arms. But I saw Mayor Baldwin on Facebook comment on someoneās post, stating āitās never going to happenā in regards to having sip n stroll on Glenwood.
That would be more like sip and stumble. Come to think of it, itās already more like that.
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CHUG N STUMBLE is more like it!
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I saw a sip n stumble person on Glenwood last weekend. He was making his way down Glenwood in front of the AC Hotel. Iād say that he didnāt even realize where he was, but he didnāt spill his drink.
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Sounds like a professional. 
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Now if he was able to do that and not spill while riding a one wheel, I might have to agree with you!
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Thereās only one OakCityDylanā¦
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I died at this! The fact that none of the council members acknowledged it also was hilarious.
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Planning Commission meeting for the Johnson St. assemblage set for 10/11. Yay more density, but thatās a lot of small businesses.
https://community.dtraleigh.com/t/the-raleigh-wire-service/748/2031?u=oakcityyimby
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Planning Commission meeting for the Boylan/Jones CASA mixed-income development rezoning set for 11/8
https://community.dtraleigh.com/t/the-raleigh-wire-service/748/2034?u=oakcityyimby
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Itās a shame that these buildings werenāt already larger than they are because thereās definitely charm on that stretch of small businesses and probably naturally occurring affordable rent for tenants. We are likely to see a retail rinse and repeat of one block south on Tucker (under Devon 425)
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Bye bye to My Way with those conditions.
Yeah, that whole strip is screwed. My biggest fear is that new retail will be delivered and it will sit empty due to higher rents, and the existing businesses will just go elsewhere.
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Can pretty much guarantee that most of those small businesses will not be able to stay in downtown.
While this isnāt unique to this location, there are a lot of small businesses here and those contribute significantly to the local feel of the city. Is there some mechanism to help ensure small businesses can thrive downtown? So many of these new developments are designed to attract large, multi-floor tenants and leave out the business equivalent of the āmissing middle.ā
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I donāt think so, at least in a meaningful way, which is why this keeps happening. I can appreciate that the tradeoff for more density is that we lose some of the small buildings with cool local businesses. But I hate that they keep getting replaced with vacant ground floor retail that sits empty because no small business can afford the rent. It is happening all over too, and itās beyond frustrating to see.
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