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

@MartyintheShed
That's gross. I've seen that kind of destruction of forest and killing of wildlife all over the area in the last few years.

Thanks for the movie tonight @th3j35t3r !

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

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

@DavidSalo
Good info from you. Thanks.
Bad decisions by State of AZ.

@pewtergod @Alfred @th3j35t3r

What? Can't hear you.
The cicadas are too effin loud.

@Jeber @th3j35t3r

I changed the email for this account via settings prior to attempting to go Pro. After several days and logging out and restarting the PC, when I go to My Subscription Portal it still insists I use the old email address so I'm holding off on going Pro.

@Shenango_Linda @MartyintheShed @WakeOSI

Potentially 10 residential dwelling units per acre. Maybe townhomes.

The adjacent town planning staff director is not being transparent about who she's taking with, which properties, and what the property owners/developers want to build.

One rumor is someone wants to build townhomes 😨 but the county with jurisdiction has a zoning which only allows 1 residential dwelling unit per 80,000 sq ft (almost 2 acres).

#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

@MartyintheShed @WakeOSI

I've been writing up a draft for the petition. I'll post it here - there's a place here that's perfect for temporary files for review by invitation only. I'll get it to group leaders before posting it at change.org

I've been checking out what environment related petition got only a few hundred and compared them to those that got 20,000 or more.

I think we the purpose of the petition should be a reversal of the amendment the outgoing BOC voted in.

@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.

@nealfig
When I think about Peter, Paul, and Mary, the first song I think about is Puff the Magic Dragon.

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.

@AeroScore
Yes. 👍