Municipal Services and Safety in DTR

[Spero]

[Phil]

remember when someone was shot and killed in the parking garage at Fenton? Too scary for me. I’ll stay downtown. Also - crime in Moore Square is not the reason why Fenton was built.

[trueurbanist]

Same old ignorant arguments from the playbooks written in the 60’s, meanwhile homelessness and crime also exists in the pristine and polished suburbs.

[apbassett]

I’m chiming in a little late here, but I have frequented the Moore Sq./bus station/Fayeteville St. areas for a few years now while living downtown.

I don’t know if anyone here has been recently (like really recently) but it is so much better than what it has been in the past. Particularly around Lucky Tree in Moore Square. Constantly at least two security guards walking around and they’re pretty serious about keeping it a friendly environment except maybe along the outskirts. I see lots of office folks and families hanging out around there now. It’s been transformative.

Fayetteville Street too, I’ve noticed significantly less homeless “activity.” There are still homeless – don’t get me wrong – but I personally have noticed much less of the type who aren’t just minding their own business.

[ejfuehdhei38374]

I agree that Moore Square is improving a lot lately, and the city is taking it more seriously. Love all the community events and more proactive policing! The difference between Moore Square and Warehouse District or Glenwood South is this: If I were a woman, would I feel safe walking alone at 9:30 or 10pm from VeLa to Watts and Ward or Brewery Bahvana? I don’t think I would, but I would feel safe making a similar walk in Glenwood South. I think in the majority of situations, there isn’t a huge difference in perceived safety, but there are slight differences that some individuals wouldn’t be able to accept.

On another note, besides safety, the main issue with a development like VeLa in this location is that this just isn’t an area of town that has a lot of recent growth or new establishments. It’s a big risk to build there when most of the new restaurants, bars, coffee shops, etc are in other areas that also have immediate access to a grocery store.

[Kanatenah]

Let’s have trump bring in the National Guard like he has in DC and LA. That will solve everything.

[UncleJesse]

never would suggest that(idiotic on so many levels)…..however perhaps you should talk to the owner of Clyde Coopers who is also moving because of the neverending issues. You also can’t just sit by & ignore there are real problems that hinder development on the east side (ie: Taz’s, Moore Square homeless, bus station..). City council sat by & did nothing for far too long….I guess in the name of political correctness or just plain incompetence.

[JKK]

Clyde Coopers lol .

[Jake]

[raleighdeveloper]

You’re cherry-picking on the limited number of negatives. For every so-called “incident” or downtown business with a negative statement, there are plenty of new restaurants launching and well attended events happening that are actively drawing people into the area.

[grant]

Just noticed the city seems to have canceled their SeeClickFix partnership and is launching a web based request portal.

Home - Customer Experience Center

It’s too bad, I think the app worked well and I was always impressed with their responsiveness to the requests I made. But I suppose it probably wasn’t worth the cost on their end.

[keita]

As a part of the city’s ongoing discussions about updating the Comprehensive Plan, it seems like City Council asked for an overview on the full process of building new developments in the City of Raleigh. The information that city staffers came up with seems like a really useful, easy-to-understand primer on what kind of work goes into planning what gets built (and why).

That document, as well as the accompanying slide deck should be required reading for anyone who needs to be informed about how things (don’t?) get built in Raleigh. …Especially since it contains gems like these:

Those pieces of data are just random selections. Take a look at the slide deck and memo for more details!

[Mgwolf]

These are awesome slides, but man they REALLY made it hard for colorblind people to read some of this. Especially that residential / non-residential map, every dot looks the same to me.

[Daniel]

Looks like they finally decided to put an actual crosswalk across Boylan with stop signs.

[Christopher]

I love this! It’s a tricky spot to cross on a bike or foot, between the curve coming out of Boylan Heights and the speed of some vehicles. Very good news.

[John]

All I see is the shadow cast by the new stop sign.