7/9/24 some people from @WakeOSI and I went to a developer meeting with local neighbors at Joyner Park Community Center, Harris Rd, Wake deForest.

The developer presented a plan to build hundreds of apartments and townhomes. I believe they said TOWF planning director, Courtney Tanner, insisted they put in lots of residential units.

An alternative favored by the crowd would be 40 expensive homes.

A WF citizen took a video so we hope to have another listen and clarify any points.

Wake Forest, a town just north of the capital city of Raleigh NC had many acres of forest thirty years ago. Trees are disappearing so fast we're calling it Wake DeForest.
Northern Wake Open Space Initiative @WakeOSI is involved in trying to convince town officials to stop or slow the madness.

A developer plans to destroy old forest growth on 68 acres on Harris Rd across from Joyner Park. Angela DiPaolo & Save the Forest group need help.

Please share Petition Info: https://www.change.org/p/protect-the-trees-and-wildlife-near-joyner-park

#SaveTheForest @WakeOSI

There is a high probability of several years of secret moves by a town to take jurisdiction of 584 acres from the county.

It is not known if there are any particular developers just waiting to make their moves.

The team and I are waiting on responses to records requests. If we're going to go public with accusations we want verified, factual details.

#EarthDay
The first Earth Day

In my hometown, on April 22, 1970, the high school students collected trash from the sides of all the streets and rivers, then put the mountain of trash on display for a few days on the town common.
@WakeOSI

Thanks for the movie tonight @th3j35t3r !

The movie at Jesters Apartment tonight is awesome.... Zorro !

https://realms.counter.social/czovdox/jesters-apartment

#SmithCreekWatershed
584+ acres of forest in northern Wake County NC under threat of development in the watershed which feeds into the reservoir then into the Neuse River.
#Environment #Conservation
@WakeOSI

@WakeOSI is currently involved in prevention of townhouse developments in the 584+ acre pristine forest Smith Creek watershed area of Wake County. The nearby town of Wake Forest has a plan to annex and change zoning from R-80W (no more than 1 dwelling unit per 80,000 square feet - almost two acres) to GR which could potentially be up to 10 dwelling units per acre. That would effectively open the door for developers to build at 20 times the current residential density.

Shocked! I filed a report of an outage of a streetlight managed by the electric company last night.

(I found out by analyzing my bill that every month I pay about $3.50 for that light, and imagine 4 or 5 of my neighbors also do, just for one streetlight!)

What is shocking is 10 minutes ago they showed up and used their bucket to get to the top of the pole and change the bulb.