Leaves are falling! Remember we now have weekly yard waste collection instead of the vacuum trucks. As leaves fall on your lawn, you can put them in your bright green bin and/or paper bags for weekly pickup, or leave the leaves as a simple way to return nutrients to the soil! raleighnc.gov/landfill-and-r… | #Raleigh

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This week we celebrated an affordable housing groundbreaking for Chapanoke Apartments! This development will bring 200 affordable rental homes to the area. With our $4.5 million and Wake County’s $7.1 million plus a low-cost, long-term land lease, these homes will serve households earning between 30-70% of the area median income (AMI). raleighnc.gov/news/construct… | #Raleigh

Technology is awesome, but it can be confusing! Do you need some advice to better use your device? Stop by Green Road Community Center Saturday from 1-3 and our Digital Ambassadors will help you out! raleighnc.gov/community/even… | #Raleigh

Let’s prevent medications from getting into the wrong hands. If you have some unneeded or expired medications you’d like to get rid of, drop them at one of two locations Saturday from 10-2! Falls River Pharmacy Wegmans (Wake Towne Drive) This is a free service. No questions asked. raleighnc.gov/community/even…

A traffic jam 75 million years in the making! From 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 21, W. Jones Street downtown will be closed between Wilmington St. and Salisbury St. The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences is moving a 75-million-year-old dinosaur into the SECU DinoLab! Plan accordingly if this affects your commute. If you want to see the move (from a safe distance!) as it happens, the Museum is expecting dino delivery at approximately 11 a.m.

October 20 Public Hearings: ✅ K1. Demolition of Unfit Building. A motion to approve on 310 Cutler Street passed 7-1. A motion to approve on 524 Euclid Street passed 5-3. pub-raleighnc.escribemeeting… ✅ K2. Public Nuisance Abatement. Property Liens. Passed 8-0. pub-raleighnc.escribemeeting… ✅ K3. Rezoning Z-56-25. Carya Drive. Passed 8-0. pub-raleighnc.escribemeeting… ✅ K4. Rezoning Z-15-26. Falls of Neuse Road. Passed 8-0. pub-raleighnc.escribemeeting… ✅ K5. Rezoning TCZ-19-26. Edwards Mill Road. Passed 8-0. pub-raleighnc.escribemeeting… | #RalPol #Raleigh

Council approved conditional funding of $5,696,000 to support construction of 563 affordable rental units across four developments. pub-raleighnc.escribemeeting… | #RalPol

Council authorized speed limit reductions (35 mph to 25 mph) on Ben Bur Road, Canary Falls Lane, Carolyn Drive, Edgemont Drive, Lansing Street, Sellona Street, and Valley Estates Drive. pub-raleighnc.escribemeeting… | #RalPol

Council authorized spending $2,000,000 to help the Triangle Land Conservancy buy 77 acres to protect Falls Lake watershed quality. pub-raleighnc.escribemeeting… | #RalPol

Council authorized staff to accept a $1,092,000 federal grant from the Environmental Protection Agency to support the Rocky Branch Creek and Grove Project at Dix Park. pub-raleighnc.escribemeeting… | #RalPol

Council authorized the Raleigh Housing Authority to issue up to $21,000,000 in bonded debt for the purpose of financing and constructing the affordable housing rental development, Duplex Village. pub-raleighnc.escribemeeting… | #RalPol

It's the third Tuesday of the month, so City Council has a work session (11:30 a.m.) and a meeting (1 p.m.). 📍 222 W. Hargett St. 💻 RaleighNC.gov 💻 YouTube.com/CityOfRaleigh 📺 RTN 11 📝 pub-raleighnc.escribemeeting… | #RalPol

Our Yard Waste Center (900 N. New Hope Road) is accepting pumpkins and gourds for composting now through December 12! You can drop them off during business hours (M-F: 7-3 and Saturday: 7-1). Please do not put them out with curbside yard waste collection. raleighnc.gov/landfill-and-r…

Happy Monday, #Raleigh! Looking for a job? We're having a job fair at the Atlantic Union Bank Convention Center on October 21 (raleighnc.gov/careers-jobs-a…)! And check out our Oct. 24 Shred and Dead event if you need to unload some electronics or documents (raleighnc.gov/landfill-and-r…)!

Want to save on energy bills? Electrify the Triangle may work for you! Get free expert help, rebate information, and clean tech upgrade tips (heat pumps, EV chargers, solar panels) to save big and help the environment! It’s a win-win! This new program advances Raleigh’s Community Climate Action Plan. raleighnc.gov/climate-action… | #Raleigh #RaleighClimateAction