3901 capital blvd raleigh nc 27604

Yuwa (Yuska (to free) + Waka (spirit), Free Spirit) Region
North Port County: the starting town, based on Newport News & Northfolk VA. is the home town of James & Beth. There are three homes, a school building that also serves as city hall, and the post office and store.
Route 1: from NP to Kingsland, not many Pokemon, and usually weak ones.
Kingsland (Richmond VA): home to the prof's lab, you meet your rival here and get your Pokemon here.
Yowemin Bay (Chesapeake Bay): a bay that is connected to North Port & Skyward. Many water types can be found.
Route 2: Kingsland to Riverbed City, rarer and stronger pokemon can be found.
Riverbed City: small town right next to Domain Capital, you need to prove you are able to enter DC. Arlington/Alexdria VA.
Domain Capital (DC): houses the Champion League (Elite 4 & Champion), Frontier United, and Conference Cup.
Route 3: Riverbed City to Baltimore
Skyward City (Baltimore/Annapolis, Maryland):
Route 4: from Kingsland to Rocketon
Rocketon (Roanoke VA): a small town at the base of Cyan Mountain.
Route 5: splits to lead up Cyan My or to Oaton. Holds a small cave with a hot springs in
Slumber Forests: inspired by George Washington & Jefferson forest and Sleepy Hollow. Home to Darkrai & Cresselia depending on version. At center of split of route 5
Cyan Mountain (Appalachian Mt)-
Snow Ridge Path
Blue Stone Valley:
Black Smoke Plateau (Charleston WV): a former miner town,
Route 11: from BSP to Noxfort
Noxfort (Frankfort/Lexington/Fort Nox, Kentucky): a military city that is home to a huge fort and armory
Route 12: Noxfort to Basston County
Basston County (Nashville, Tennessee): home to the central hall of music.
Route 13: Basston to Hymnville
Hymnville (Memphis Tennessee)
Route 14: Hymnville to Little Rock
Oakton (Charlotte, Raleigh NC): home to the largest museum of Yuwa as it is made of smaller museums into one.
Route 6: Oakton to Sundown Beach & SBT
Sundown Beach: a small town, home to Yowa's most famous aquarium. Myrtle Beach
Sea Breeze Town (Columbia, Charleston SC): a town just south of Sundown Beach and home to Marine biologist and water gym leader, also is a massive port town.
Route 7: SBT to Atlanta
Marcaville (Atlanta Georgia):
Route 8: leads Montgomery and Route 9
Route 9 leads to Bayouster
Bayouster (Tallahassee Florida):
Central Lake: Lake Okeechobee
Beach Road: leads to Key Bay
Key Bay (Florida bay + Miami + Keys)
Holyburg: Montgomery Alabama
Route 15: leads to Jackson
Big Town: Jackson Mississippi
Route 16: leads to Little Rock
Pebbleburg: Little Rock Arkansas
Route 17: leads to Old Mortaville
Old Mortaville (Baton Rouge Louisiana)
Route 18: leads to New Mortaville & Sainte Lake
New Mortaville (New Orleans)
Sainte Lake (Lake Pontchartrain)

Here are all of the new US CCS (Level 3 fast-charging) stations that rolled out in April 2023, according to the Department of Energy. These chargers are suitable for most new EVs on the market, except for:

1. Tesla drivers who haven't bought the official CCS adapter yet. Certain older Teslas need additional work done to accept the adapter.
2. Leaf owners like me, and some owners of older cars that also use CHAdeMO. If you drive a Leaf, or an older CHAdeMO car, see my matching post in leaf.

Some of these chargepoints will be "refreshes," e.g. the provider replaced them with faster chargers etc. Some may be incorrect. This report is only as good as the Alternative Fuels Data Center data.
There were 171 CCS charge points added or refreshed in April 2023, which is up from 159 in March. For comparison, there were only 100 new CCS charge points in April 2022. Things are speeding up.
"What about CCS charging at Tesla superchargers?" Tesla is in the process of rolling out their "magic dock" for non-Tesla cars in certain locations. I assume they will start to include this in their reporting to the Alternative Fuels Data Center soon. When they do it should be reflected here.
If you'd like to know about new chargers along your routes right away, or just prefer not to check this list monthly when new openings are rare in your area, I've set up a free service that provides email notifications as soon as they open. You can sign up at evpov.com. Or not! I don't really have a business plan here, I built it to help EV owners like myself.
To streamline this post, multi-chargepoint locations are listed with the number of chargepoints first, so that's why the post is shorter than in previous months.

➡ AZ (6) 3320 Stockton Hill Road (US-UV2-8EL-1B) 3320 Stockton Hill Road Kingman, AZ 86409 (6) 1349 W. Main Street (US-Z2C-3SA-2C) 1349 W. Main Street Quartzsite, AZ 85346 (2) GPM INVESTMENTS 4597 DC2 21198 E Ocotillo Rd Queen Creek, AZ 85142 ➡ CA (1) Shepard Place Shops - CPMD 1001-1049 Casitas Pass Road Carpinteria, CA 93013 (1) Eureka 1912 Broadway St. Eureka, CA 95501 (1) 5515 Automall Pkwy 5515 Automall Pkwy Fremont, CA 94538 (1) 7097 - Morgan Hill, CA (18605 Monterey Road) 18605 Monterey Road Morgan Hill, CA 95037 (1) Hemborg Ford 1900 Hamner Avenue Norco, CA 92860 (1) ROSEVILLE HYUND STATION #2 200 N Sunrise Ave Roseville, CA 95661 (2) 101 LOMBARD ST LEVIS RAPID 1 101 Lombard St San Francisco, CA 94111 (1) CHARGEPOINT ZNKR DC 1 2191 Zanker Road San Jose, CA 95131 (1) BOA San Leandro Main CA4-111 (San Leandro, CA) 1400 E 14TH ST San Leandro, CA 94577 (1) ARCO Torrance 1800 Artesia Blvd Torrance, CA 90504 (1) Woodland Motors 530 Quality Circle Woodland, CA 95695 ➡ CO (2) HION NETWORK ALAMOSA PL2 610 State Avenue Alamosa, CO 81101 (2) CONIFER CONIFER PL2 27171 Main Street Conifer, CO 80433 (1) In-N-Out Denver-- 4597 N. Central park blvd 4597 Central Park Blvd Denver, CO 80238 (2) CITY OF DURANGO DURANGO PL2 250 West 8th Street Durango, CO 81301 (4) VOLVO CAR USA GW SPRINGS DC4 2115 Grand Avenue Glenwood Springs, CO 81601 (2) KUM & GO GRANBY PL1 308 West Agate Avenue Granby, CO 80446 (2) MONTROSE EV 1 MONTROSE PL2 533 North 1st Street Montrose, CO 81401 (1) HION NETWORK OURAY PL2 1230 Main St Ouray, CO 81427 (1) HION NETWORK OURAY PL1 1230 Main Street Ouray, CO 81427 (2) CENTENNIAL PARK PAGOSA SPGS PL2 San Juan River Walk Pagosa Springs, CO 81147 (2) ES1 SALIDA PL2 1 County Road 105 Salida, CO 81201 ➡ CT (2) BMW RIDGEFIELD RIDGEFIELD 2 746 US-7 Ridgefield, CT 06877 (1) SUBARU CUSTOMER CUSTOMEREXPRESS 45 Winsted Rd Torrington, CT 06790 ➡ FL (1) GLENEAGLES STATION 2 7667 Victory Ln Delray Beach, FL 33446 (1) Bird Ludlam 6890 Bird Rd Miami FL 33155 Bird Rd Miami, FL 33155 ➡ GA (1) GEORGIA POWER VININGS DC1 4300 Paces Ferry Rd SE Atlanta, GA 30339 (1) GENESIS ATL #1 GEN ALT #2 5917 Peachtree Rd Atlanta, GA 30341 (1) GEORGIA POWER LAKEPOINT DC1 171 LakePoint Pkwy Cartersville, GA 30121 (1) GENESIS ATL #1 GEN ATL #1 5917 Peachtree Industrial Blvd Chamblee, GA 30341 (1) GEORGIA POWER CUMMING DC1 1532 Market Pl Blvd Cumming, GA 30041 (1) GEORGIA POWER CAPTAIN D MADI 1930 Eatonton Rd Madison, GA 30650 (2) GEORGIA POWER THOMSON DC2 2101 Washington Rd Thomson, GA 30824 ➡ IA (1) KUM & GO CEDAR RAPIDS DC 2604 16th Avenue Southwest Cedar Rapids, IA 52404 (1) LITHIA BMW BMW DC 1 9631 Hickman Rd Urbandale, IA 50322 ➡ IL (1) Kunes GM Of Belvidere Il 1855 N STATE ST BELVIDERE, IL 61008 (1) HOP CHARGERS HOP2-NORTH LOT 343 N Perryville Rd Rockford, IL 61107 ➡ IN (1) CHARGER SOUTH CHARGER SOUTH 920 N Nappanee St Elkhart, IN 46514 (1) KELLEY CADILLAC 4-G-250-L-W-15 555 Grand National Dr Fort Wayne, IN 46804 (1) GM - Schepel Buick GMC 3209 W LINCOLN HWY MERRILLVILLE, IN 46410 ➡ KS (1) Midway Motors Supercenter 2075 E Kansas Ave McPherson, KS 67460 ➡ KY (1) Don Franklin Campbellsville Chevrolet Buick GMC 200 N Bypass Rd. Campbellsville, KY 42718 (2) FORT KNOX IBCRG#4 10 Bullion Blvd Fort Knox, KY 40121 (5) FORT KNOX IBCRG#3 397 Redmar Blvd Fort Knox, KY 40121 (1) FORT KNOX IBCRG#1 7543 McDevett Circle Fort Knox, KY 40121 ➡ LA (1) Gerry Lane Chevrolet 6505 Florida Blvd Baton Rouge, LA 70806 (1) EVerCharge - Minden City Hall 520 Broadway St Minden, LA 71055 ➡ MA (1) BIG Y FOODS MOHAWK TRAIL #1 249a Mohawk Trail Greenfield, MA 01301 (1) Simon Cape Cod Mall (Hyannis, MA) 769 Iyannough Rd Hyannis, MA 02601 ➡ MD (1) Pepco - Southern Regional Tech and Rec Complex 7007 Bock Rd Fort Washington, MD 20744 ➡ ME (1) QUIRK AUTO SABARU 295 Hogan Rd Bangor, ME 04401 ➡ MI (6) 10401 South Clare Avenue (US-X52-57X-2A) 10401 South Clare Avenue Clare, MI 48617 (1) KOOL TOYOTA CPE-FAST 3780 Plainfield Ave NE Grand Rapids, MI 49525 ➡ MN (1) House Chevrolet Buick Cadillac 3700 FRONTAGE ROAD WEST OWATONNA, MN 55060 ➡ MO (1) 301 West 5th Street 301 West 5th Street Eureka, MO 63025 (1) Reliable Chevrolet 3655 S Campbell Ave Springfield, MO 65807 (1) Dutch Valley Grocery 760 MO-13 Warrensburg, MO 64093 ➡ MS (1) Columbus Hyundai 150 Hwy 12 E Columbus, MS 39702 ➡ NC (6) 278 Shoppes on the Parkway Road (US-FHK-SDZ-2A) 278 Shoppes on the Parkway Road Blowing Rock, NC 28605 (1) 2211 Vinnie's Way 2211 Vinnie's Way Charlotte, NC 28214 (1) Ballantyne BP 9935 Ballantyne Commons Pkwy Charlotte, NC 28277 (1) EchoPark Sonic Automotive 4401 Colwick Rd Charlotte, NC 28211 (2) MODERN HYUNDAI 100000111 965 Concord Pkwy S Concord, NC 28027 (1) Circle K - Gastonia, NC 2106 N Chester St Gastonia, NC 28052 ➡ ND (1) Hwy 83 Leisure & Tools 1619 US-83 Garrison, ND 58540 (1) Enel X - Northdale Oil 4400 32nd Ave S Grand Forks, ND 58201 ➡ NH (1) NOURIA NOURIA ENERGY C 195 S River Rd Bedford, NH 03110 ➡ NJ (2) AAF PARAMUS DC LEFT 375 NJ-17 Paramus, NJ 07652 (1) bp - Springfield, NJ (5 Meisel Ave) 5 Meisel Ave Springfield, NJ 07081 (1) Brogan Cadillac Co. 112 RT 46 EAST TOTOWA, NJ 07512 (1) ESSEX COUNTY ESSEX COUNTY DC 900 Bloomfield Ave Verona, NJ 07044 ➡ NY (1) Applegreen Electric - Chittenango Travel Plaza 2188 Tag Rd NY State Thruway Chittenango, NY 13037 (2) S-R CPE2502 784 County Rd 64 Elmira, NY 14903 (2) PRESHYUN PKG 2 768 E Chester St Kingston, NY 12401 (1) Courtyard Syracuse Downtown At Armory Square 300 W Fayette St Syracuse, NY 13202 (1) MBOC WAY DC250 1 1 Mercedes Way Woodbury, NY 10926 ➡ OH (2) RICART CHARGER HYUNDAI PARK 4247 S Hamilton Rd Columbus, OH 43125 (2) DENNIS HYUNDAI FRONT DRIVE 1 2900 Morse Rd Columbus, OH 43231 (1) RICART CHARGER KIA LEVEL 3 4255 S Hamilton Rd Groveport, OH 43125 (1) Sugar Crossing Convenience Store 2049 Hornsmill Rd SE Lancaster, OH 43130 (1) DONWOODAUTO DW CHEVY 1 12916 OH-664 Logan, OH 43138 (1) CAPITAL KIA CPE250 1 9630 OH-14 Streetsboro, OH 44241 ➡ OK (1) EDMONDOK FESTIVAL MARKET 26 W 1st St Edmond, OK 73003 ➡ OR (3) VOLVO CAR USA HERMISTON DC1 1215 N 1st St Hermiston, OR 97838 (1) VOLVO CAR USA HERMISTON DC4 1235 N 1st St Hermiston, OR 97838 (1) OEM 3250 NW Yeon Ave Portland, OR 97210 (1) WinCo Foods - Portland, 102nd #13 1222 NE 102nd Ave Portland, OR 97220 (6) 1620 NW Mulholland Drive (US-2SP-J3B-2C) 1620 NW Mulholland Drive Roseburg, OR 97470 ➡ PA (1) PLEASANT HILLS FRONT 1 106 McKinley Rd Beaver Falls, PA 15010 (1) PLEASANT HILLS REAR 2 139 McKinley Rd Beaver Falls, PA 15010 (2) DC CORRIDOR BRISTOL PL2 3260 New Rodgers Road Bristol, PA 19007 (1) GM - TROY-ALAN CHEVROLET BUICK GMC 217 Grove City Rd Slippery Rock, PA 16057 ➡ SC (1) Parks Buick GMC 2640 LAURENS RD GREENVILLE, SC 29607 ➡ SD (1) Vern Eide Chevrolet Buick GMC 219 E First Avenue Mitchell, SD 57301 ➡ TN (1) Chattanooga Plant (Chattanooga, TN) 8001 Volkswagen Dr Chattanooga, TN 37416 ➡ TX (1) Chipotle Corinth 8201 S Interstate 35 E Corinth, TX 76210 (1) Prestonwood Town Center 5301 Belt Line Rd Dallas, TX 75254 (1) Gateway of Euless 3050 Highway 360 Euless, TX 76039 (2) PHILOTT HYUNDAI CPE250-B 2310o U.S. 69 Access Rd Nederland, TX 77627 (1) GUNN CHEVROLET, LTD. 16550 IH-35 NORTH Selma, TX 78154 (2) HOS CHARGEPOINT DC FAST 1 4100 Hwy 96 Bypass Silsbee, TX 77656 ➡ UT (1) U OF U SOLAR CANOPY 357 1400 E Salt Lake City, UT 84112 ➡ VA (1) Robert Woodall Cadillac 1063 RIVERSIDE DR DANVILLE, VA 24540 (1) Center of Excellence (For Testing Purposes Only) 300 Victory Drive Herndon, VA 20170 (1) Circle K - Wytheville, VA 2622 E Lee Hwy Wytheville, VA 24382 ➡ WA (1) 7116 - Burlington, WA (9596 Old Hwy 99 N) 9596 Old Hwy 99 N Burlington, WA 98233 (1) 5443 - Everett, WA (701 128th Street SW) 701 128th Street SW Everett, WA 98204 (1) Ruddell Auto 110 S Golf Course Rd Port Angeles, WA 98362 (1) Lincoln Conoco 301 N 1st Street Yakima, WA 98901 ➡ WI (1) AVISBUDGET WEST CPE250 N755 Communication Dr Appleton, WI 54914 (1) AMATO GLENDALE LOT N80W12650 Leon Rd Menomonee Falls, WI 53051 (1) RACINE HYUNDAI LVL 3 EAST SIDE 13313 Washington Ave Mount Pleasant, WI 53177 (1) Wheelers Chevrolet of Wisconsin Rapids 2410 W. Grand Ave Wisconsin Rapids, WI 54495 

Here are all of the new US CHAdeMO (Leaf fast-charging) stations that rolled out in April 2023, according to the U.S. Department of Energy.
There were 112 "new" CHAdeMOs added in April. To put it in perspective, there were 171 CCS chargers added in April. I think the pace of CHAdeMO rollout has stabilized, while the pace of CCS rollout is still increasing. This makes sense given that only Nissan still makes a CHAdeMO car.
Some of these chargepoints will be "refreshes," e.g. the provider replaced them with faster chargers etc. Some may be incorrect. This report is only as good as the Alternative Fuels Data Center data.
We all know that CHAdeMO is a legacy format and will eventually go away, but clearly Nissan and their partners are continuing to support it for the time being. This shouldn't be surprising. After all, you can still buy a new Leaf.
If you'd like to know about new chargers along your routes right away, or reading these monthly reports is just frustrating in your state, I've set up a free service that provides email notifications only when new stations actually open. You can sign up at evpov.com. I built it to help EV owners like myself (especially my fellow Leaf owners). You can pick other plug types as well.
To streamline this post, multi-chargepoint locations are listed with the number of chargepoints first, so that's why the post is shorter than in previous months.

➡ AZ (2) GPM INVESTMENTS 4597 DC2 21198 E Ocotillo Rd Queen Creek, AZ 85142 ➡ CA (1) Shepard Place Shops - CPMD 1001-1049 Casitas Pass Road Carpinteria, CA 93013 (1) Eureka 1912 Broadway St. Eureka, CA 95501 (1) 5515 Automall Pkwy 5515 Automall Pkwy Fremont, CA 94538 (1) 7097 - Morgan Hill, CA (18605 Monterey Road) 18605 Monterey Road Morgan Hill, CA 95037 (1) ROSEVILLE HYUND STATION #2 200 N Sunrise Ave Roseville, CA 95661 (2) 101 LOMBARD ST LEVIS RAPID 1 101 Lombard St San Francisco, CA 94111 (1) CHARGEPOINT ZNKR DC 1 2191 Zanker Road San Jose, CA 95131 (1) BOA San Leandro Main CA4-111 (San Leandro, CA) 1400 E 14TH ST San Leandro, CA 94577 (1) ARCO Torrance 1800 Artesia Blvd Torrance, CA 90504 ➡ CO (2) HION NETWORK ALAMOSA PL2 610 State Avenue Alamosa, CO 81101 (2) CONIFER CONIFER PL2 27171 Main Street Conifer, CO 80433 (1) In-N-Out Denver-- 4597 N. Central park blvd 4597 Central Park Blvd Denver, CO 80238 (2) CITY OF DURANGO DURANGO PL2 250 West 8th Street Durango, CO 81301 (4) VOLVO CAR USA GW SPRINGS DC4 2115 Grand Avenue Glenwood Springs, CO 81601 (2) KUM & GO GRANBY PL1 308 West Agate Avenue Granby, CO 80446 (1) HION NETWORK OURAY PL2 1230 Main St Ouray, CO 81427 (1) HION NETWORK OURAY PL1 1230 Main Street Ouray, CO 81427 (2) CENTENNIAL PARK PAGOSA SPGS PL2 San Juan River Walk Pagosa Springs, CO 81147 (2) ES1 SALIDA PL2 1 County Road 105 Salida, CO 81201 ➡ CT (2) BMW RIDGEFIELD RIDGEFIELD 2 746 US-7 Ridgefield, CT 06877 (1) SUBARU CUSTOMER CUSTOMEREXPRESS 45 Winsted Rd Torrington, CT 06790 ➡ FL (1) GLENEAGLES STATION 2 7667 Victory Ln Delray Beach, FL 33446 (1) Bird Ludlam 6890 Bird Rd Miami FL 33155 Bird Rd Miami, FL 33155 ➡ GA (1) GEORGIA POWER VININGS DC1 4300 Paces Ferry Rd SE Atlanta, GA 30339 (1) GENESIS ATL #1 GEN ALT #2 5917 Peachtree Rd Atlanta, GA 30341 (1) GEORGIA POWER LAKEPOINT DC1 171 LakePoint Pkwy Cartersville, GA 30121 (1) GENESIS ATL #1 GEN ATL #1 5917 Peachtree Industrial Blvd Chamblee, GA 30341 (1) GEORGIA POWER CUMMING DC1 1532 Market Pl Blvd Cumming, GA 30041 (1) GEORGIA POWER CAPTAIN D MADI 1930 Eatonton Rd Madison, GA 30650 (2) GEORGIA POWER THOMSON DC2 2101 Washington Rd Thomson, GA 30824 ➡ IA (1) KUM & GO CEDAR RAPIDS DC 2604 16th Avenue Southwest Cedar Rapids, IA 52404 ➡ IL (1) HOP CHARGERS HOP2-NORTH LOT 343 N Perryville Rd Rockford, IL 61107 ➡ IN (1) CHARGER SOUTH CHARGER SOUTH 920 N Nappanee St Elkhart, IN 46514 (1) KELLEY CADILLAC 4-G-250-L-W-15 555 Grand National Dr Fort Wayne, IN 46804 ➡ KS (1) Midway Motors Supercenter 2075 E Kansas Ave McPherson, KS 67460 ➡ KY (2) FORT KNOX IBCRG#4 10 Bullion Blvd Fort Knox, KY 40121 (5) FORT KNOX IBCRG#3 397 Redmar Blvd Fort Knox, KY 40121 (1) FORT KNOX IBCRG#1 7543 McDevett Circle Fort Knox, KY 40121 ➡ LA (1) Gerry Lane Chevrolet 6505 Florida Blvd Baton Rouge, LA 70806 (1) EVerCharge - Minden City Hall 520 Broadway St Minden, LA 71055 ➡ MA (1) Simon Cape Cod Mall (Hyannis, MA) 769 Iyannough Rd Hyannis, MA 02601 ➡ MD (1) Pepco - Southern Regional Tech and Rec Complex 7007 Bock Rd Fort Washington, MD 20744 ➡ ME (1) QUIRK AUTO SABARU 295 Hogan Rd Bangor, ME 04401 ➡ MI (1) KOOL TOYOTA CPE-FAST 3780 Plainfield Ave NE Grand Rapids, MI 49525 ➡ MO (1) Dutch Valley Grocery 760 MO-13 Warrensburg, MO 64093 ➡ NC (1) Ballantyne BP 9935 Ballantyne Commons Pkwy Charlotte, NC 28277 (2) MODERN HYUNDAI 100000111 965 Concord Pkwy S Concord, NC 28027 ➡ ND (1) Hwy 83 Leisure & Tools 1619 US-83 Garrison, ND 58540 (1) Enel X - Northdale Oil 4400 32nd Ave S Grand Forks, ND 58201 ➡ NH (1) NOURIA NOURIA ENERGY C 195 S River Rd Bedford, NH 03110 ➡ NJ (2) AAF PARAMUS DC LEFT 375 NJ-17 Paramus, NJ 07652 (1) bp - Springfield, NJ (5 Meisel Ave) 5 Meisel Ave Springfield, NJ 07081 (1) ESSEX COUNTY ESSEX COUNTY DC 900 Bloomfield Ave Verona, NJ 07044 ➡ NY (1) Applegreen Electric - Chittenango Travel Plaza 2188 Tag Rd NY State Thruway Chittenango, NY 13037 (2) S-R CPE2502 784 County Rd 64 Elmira, NY 14903 (2) PRESHYUN PKG 2 768 E Chester St Kingston, NY 12401 (1) Courtyard Syracuse Downtown At Armory Square 300 W Fayette St Syracuse, NY 13202 (1) MBOC WAY DC250 1 1 Mercedes Way Woodbury, NY 10926 ➡ OH (2) RICART CHARGER HYUNDAI PARK 4247 S Hamilton Rd Columbus, OH 43125 (2) DENNIS HYUNDAI FRONT DRIVE 1 2900 Morse Rd Columbus, OH 43231 (1) Sugar Crossing Convenience Store 2049 Hornsmill Rd SE Lancaster, OH 43130 (1) DONWOODAUTO DW CHEVY 1 12916 OH-664 Logan, OH 43138 (1) CAPITAL KIA CPE250 1 9630 OH-14 Streetsboro, OH 44241 ➡ OK (1) EDMONDOK FESTIVAL MARKET 26 W 1st St Edmond, OK 73003 ➡ OR (3) VOLVO CAR USA HERMISTON DC1 1215 N 1st St Hermiston, OR 97838 (1) VOLVO CAR USA HERMISTON DC4 1235 N 1st St Hermiston, OR 97838 (1) WinCo Foods - Portland, 102nd #13 1222 NE 102nd Ave Portland, OR 97220 ➡ PA (1) PLEASANT HILLS FRONT 1 106 McKinley Rd Beaver Falls, PA 15010 (1) PLEASANT HILLS REAR 2 139 McKinley Rd Beaver Falls, PA 15010 (2) DC CORRIDOR BRISTOL PL2 3260 New Rodgers Road Bristol, PA 19007 ➡ TX (1) Chipotle Corinth 8201 S Interstate 35 E Corinth, TX 76210 (1) Prestonwood Town Center 5301 Belt Line Rd Dallas, TX 75254 (1) Gateway of Euless 3050 Highway 360 Euless, TX 76039 (2) PHILOTT HYUNDAI CPE250-B 2310o U.S. 69 Access Rd Nederland, TX 77627 (2) HOS CHARGEPOINT DC FAST 1 4100 Hwy 96 Bypass Silsbee, TX 77656 ➡ UT (1) U OF U SOLAR CANOPY 357 1400 E Salt Lake City, UT 84112 ➡ WA (1) 7116 - Burlington, WA (9596 Old Hwy 99 N) 9596 Old Hwy 99 N Burlington, WA 98233 (1) Ruddell Auto 110 S Golf Course Rd Port Angeles, WA 98362 ➡ WI (1) AVISBUDGET WEST CPE250 N755 Communication Dr Appleton, WI 54914 (1) AMATO GLENDALE LOT N80W12650 Leon Rd Menomonee Falls, WI 53051 (1) RACINE HYUNDAI LVL 3 EAST SIDE 13313 Washington Ave Mount Pleasant, WI 53177 (1) Wheelers Chevrolet of Wisconsin Rapids 2410 W. Grand Ave Wisconsin Rapids, WI 54495 

Part 1: Known and Confirmed Schools Part 2: Potential Schools With Reliable Reporting On Possibilities Part 3: Lost Chances, Unknowns, Wild Speculation, and the Deeply Absurd
Since the AHCA meetings in Naples FL have come and gone, it seems like a good time for updates from when I last wrote about this (March of 2022):
New Possibilities We Didn't Know About Before

• Binghamton
  • This one has moved at a fairly fast pace. Last summer, they announced an intention to do a feasibility study for men's hockey and women's field hockey.
  • It's assumed that College Hockey Inc. got involved at some point, but I'm not aware of any reporting that they were the ones who did the feasibility study and Mike Snee's comments about it in his State of College Hockey press conference sort of danced around admitting their involvement at Binghamton, instead just saying that he expects it to happen.
  • A week after the Frozen Four in Tampa, the Binghampton AD publicly confirmed that the goal is to add the program for the 2024-25 season
  • Technically, the program hasn't been officially announced, there's a goal to add the program, if you catch the difference
  • It hasn't been decided for certain where they would play, but it's assumed that the Memorial Arena in Binghamton would host the team (it hosted the former AHL franchises in Binghamton, currently hosts a FPHL team as its only tenant). Or perhaps the deep pocketbooks of some of the school's boosters is deep enough to provide a rink on top of the baseball stadium that they recently had built.
• Add Minot State to the list of club teams that will have played exhibitions against D-I programs.

Was Going To Happen, But Now Isn't

• Illinois. More or less blamed NIL and the budgeting for their facilities plan being hampered by COVID. Door is technically not shut fully, but it's hard to imagine this is a short term (or even medium term) possibility.

Was On The Radar Before, And Now It's Happened

• Stonehill, and they got started right away as a "D-I school". They still played a largely D-II/D-III schedule, which fed into their first non-controversial controversy (which is a rite of passage in it's own way). But they are officially a D-I hockey school now, and their schedule will likely reflect that more as time goes on.

Was On The Radar Before, And Maybe Something Is Still Happening?

• Utica. Plenty of online chatter about this, but none of it substantive. CHI thinks it's happening, but that's as close to concrete information as we have had for most of the past year.
• "NEMHA"/Northeast-10 - Outgoing AHA commish Bob DeGregorio has had a lot to say about this, and allegedly there was going to be something announced last November (that never was announced).
  • One very probable cause for the hold up (and for delaying any fracture of AHA) is a moratorium on new single sport conferences
  • To add fuel to the “maybe these D-II schools just don’t quite know what they’re doing” fire: In CHN’s season wrap up podcast, it was noted that some schools had expressed hang ups over costs associated with sponsoring a conference

Stuff We Knew About Before, But No "Official" Updates Since It Broke

• Navy (comment buried in an article about LIU's program) allegedly being "very close" to starting a program pre-pandemic
• Penn's endowment for their club team (but hey, they got a new website?)
• Arizona's new facility for their Club Team
• Plenty of construction updates on the new arena being built in downtown Athens, GA right next to the University of Georgia campus. The team acknowledges it as being their future rink on their player recruiting page.
  • The arena is, however, also going to host an ECHL team
• Complete radio silence after Tennessee State and Oakland University's feasibility studies, although Mike Snee (College Hockey Inc) did talk about the value of bringing hockey to HBCUs at the 2023 Frozen Four
• Really nothing new in Maryville. And there really isn't much on Maryville. Lots of club programs probably say things like "the University will consider moving the program into the NCAA Division I ranks". But they usually don't say that on their school's official AD website.

No News Is Bad News

• Absent a sudden appearance of five other southern programs, or a grand reshuffling of Atlantic Hockey that somehow includes them... Alabama Huntsville is pretty much dead at this point, isn't it?
• Presumably, High Point's $1B plans were mostly bluster (and hampered by the pandemic besides)

Club Teams That Have Played Exhibitions Against D-I Schools

• Arizona (including 2023-24 season)
• British Columbia (not an NCAA member, but I find them to be worth keeping an eye on regardless)
• Liberty
• Minot State (see above) (including 2023-24 season)
• UNLV
• Simon Fraser University
• There are other Canadian teams playing exhibitions (Manitoba regularly playing North Dakota, Canada’s Royal Military College regularly plying Army, etc), but really only UBC is notable among Canadian non-NCAA members since they’re the only ones who seriously investigated NCAA membership

Other Fun Tidbits

• North Carolina State hosted North Carolina in a club game before approx. 24,000 fans at NC State's football stadium (which earlier hosted a Stadium Series game between the Hurricanes and Capitals).
  • It doesn't mean anything as far as those two schools considering going varsity is concerned, so count this is more of a curiosity than anything. But... 24,000 fans watching a college hockey game is always worth noting, even if the long term effect of that kind of event is at best uncertain.

1. Miami: Their mascot is literally a seabird and an Atlantic tropical storm. University of Atlantis is the only school that could bear them
   
2. Boston College: I'm a sailor peg. And I lost my leg. Climbing up the topsails I lost my leg!
   
3. Virginia: UVA strikes me as a school still pretending to be the aristocrats from Sussex that founded Jamestown in the 16th century. Sir Walter Raleigh would be proud
   
4. North Carolina: Not on the coast, but you sure won't shut up about your families beach house in Duck
   
5. Duke: I once asked a frat bro in a Duke sweatshirt if he knew where Duke was and he said New York (this kid was from Jersey).
   
6. NC State: You guys could probably get into an argument with Buckeye fans about who invented flight.
   
7. Florida State: Why can't the capital of the Sunshine State and an actually really cool football brand not be on the coast near all the actual cool shit in Florida?
   
8. Clemson: The only ocean near Clemson is the Sea of Galilee (at least according to Dabo)
   
9. Syracuse: Actually nowhere near the coast and closer to Toronto than NYC. Upstate NY is basically if Canada and Pennsyltucky had a baby.
   
10. Georgia Tech: Do you ever stop and think why Atlanta had the Olympics 25 years ago? Sometimes I imagine what it would be like if Philly had the Olympics and I figure it would be a similar shit show.
    
11. Wake Forest: Forest is in the name, this school is in the woods, not the ocean. That being said, I always thought Tim Duncan and Chris Paul were classy.
    
12. Virginia Tech: Not a Atlantic coastal school, but the one P5 team you could argue would fit decently in every conference. Hokies to the Pac 12 it is.
    
13. Pittsburgh: Pitt would be closer to the Atlantic, until they realized Navy blue was one of Penn State's colors and went as far in Pennsylvania from the coast as you can get. Anyhow, who needs the ocean when you can get blackout drunk on IC light while floating down on the shit colored Monongahela river
    
14. Louisville: Why are they in this conference? Like at all, how'd that even happen, and if they're in the ACC, shouldn't Cincinnati and West Virginia be in as well?
    

Hello everyone, hopefully you're having a fantastic weekend. I am planning to move to the area for work from Iowa, in July/August. My work is located right in between Durham and Raleigh in S Miami Blvd and Page Rd.
I am looking for a cat friendly + garage included one bedroom apartment within $1400 (the lower the better although I like peace and quiet). I have some in mind from apartments.com but the reviews in google for these are extremely polarizing. I think the landlords have the tenants review them on google for gifts and such, something my current property management does. A 20 minute commute is fine.
Here's what I have seen so far: Marshall Park Apartments and Townhomes: https://www.apartments.com/marshall-park-apartments-townhomes-raleigh-nc/1xp0zv7/
Villages at Raleigh beach: https://www.apartments.com/villages-at-raleigh-beach-raleigh-nc/qqxxnew/
Creekside at Crabtree: https://www.apartments.com/creekside-at-crabtree-raleigh-nc/zjqy8ww/
How are the areas? I am 27 and single so I do like seeing people around and enjoy a lively area that isn't chaotic.
Do you have any suggestions?
What are some things I should know before moving to the area?
I'm excited!

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Good afternoon Hockey fans, there are some great NHL games tonight. Here's a breakdown of tonight's games, including the venues, times and channels shown.
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At 7pm ET, the Buffalo Sabres will take on the New Jersey Devils. The game will be played at the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ and can be seen on MSGSN and MSG-B .
Also at 7pm ET, the Columbus Blue Jackets will face off against the Philadelphia Flyers at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, PA. The game can be seen on NBCSP and BSOH .
The Detroit Red Wings will play on the road against the Carolina Hurricanes at the PNC Arena in Raleigh, NC. This game also starts at 7pm ET and will be broadcast on BSSO and BSDETX .
In another 7pm ET game, the Toronto Maple Leafs will challenge the Tampa Bay Lightning at Amalie Arena in Tampa, FL. The game can be seen on TVAS, ESPN and TSN4 .
The Washington Capitals will take on the Boston Bruins at TD Garden in Boston, MA. This game starts at 7pm ET and can be seen on SNP, NESN and NBCSWA .
At 7:30pm ET, the Chicago Blackhawks will face off against the Pittsburgh Penguins at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, PA. The game can be seen on ATTSN-PT and NBCSCH .
Starting at 8pm ET, the Winnipeg Jets will take on the Minnesota Wild at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, MN. This game can be seen on BSNX, BSWIX and TSN3 .
In a later game starting at 9:30pm ET, the Edmonton Oilers will play on the road against the Colorado Avalanche at Ball Arena in Denver, CO. The game will be broadcast on SN1, TVAS and ESPN .
Two games will start at 10pm ET. The Seattle Kraken will take on the Vegas Golden Knights at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, NV. This game will be broadcast on ROOT-NW and ATTSN-RM. Also at 10pm ET, the Vancouver Canucks will face off against the Anaheim Ducks at Honda Center in Anaheim, CA. This game can be seen on BSSC and SNP.
That's a lot of hockey to watch so get comfy, grab some snacks, and enjoy the games!

Good afternoon Hockey fans, there are some great NHL games tonight. Here's a breakdown of tonight's games, including the venues, times and channels shown.
All channels listed below plus much more great content is available with a subscription from www.ultimatemedia.store. Visit today and see more of what we have to offer.
At 7pm ET, the Buffalo Sabres will take on the New Jersey Devils. The game will be played at the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ and can be seen on MSGSN and MSG-B .
Also at 7pm ET, the Columbus Blue Jackets will face off against the Philadelphia Flyers at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, PA. The game can be seen on NBCSP and BSOH .
The Detroit Red Wings will play on the road against the Carolina Hurricanes at the PNC Arena in Raleigh, NC. This game also starts at 7pm ET and will be broadcast on BSSO and BSDETX .
In another 7pm ET game, the Toronto Maple Leafs will challenge the Tampa Bay Lightning at Amalie Arena in Tampa, FL. The game can be seen on TVAS, ESPN and TSN4 .
The Washington Capitals will take on the Boston Bruins at TD Garden in Boston, MA. This game starts at 7pm ET and can be seen on SNP, NESN and NBCSWA .
At 7:30pm ET, the Chicago Blackhawks will face off against the Pittsburgh Penguins at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, PA. The game can be seen on ATTSN-PT and NBCSCH .
Starting at 8pm ET, the Winnipeg Jets will take on the Minnesota Wild at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, MN. This game can be seen on BSNX, BSWIX and TSN3 .
In a later game starting at 9:30pm ET, the Edmonton Oilers will play on the road against the Colorado Avalanche at Ball Arena in Denver, CO. The game will be broadcast on SN1, TVAS and ESPN .
Two games will start at 10pm ET. The Seattle Kraken will take on the Vegas Golden Knights at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, NV. This game will be broadcast on ROOT-NW and ATTSN-RM. Also at 10pm ET, the Vancouver Canucks will face off against the Anaheim Ducks at Honda Center in Anaheim, CA. This game can be seen on BSSC and SNP.
That's a lot of hockey to watch so get comfy, grab some snacks, and enjoy the games!

Good afternoon Hockey fans, there are some great NHL games tonight. Here's a breakdown of tonight's games, including the venues, times and channels shown.
All channels listed below plus much more great content is available with a subscription from www.ultimatemedia.store. Visit today and see more of what we have to offer.
At 7pm ET, the Buffalo Sabres will take on the New Jersey Devils. The game will be played at the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ and can be seen on MSGSN and MSG-B .
Also at 7pm ET, the Columbus Blue Jackets will face off against the Philadelphia Flyers at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, PA. The game can be seen on NBCSP and BSOH .
The Detroit Red Wings will play on the road against the Carolina Hurricanes at the PNC Arena in Raleigh, NC. This game also starts at 7pm ET and will be broadcast on BSSO and BSDETX .
In another 7pm ET game, the Toronto Maple Leafs will challenge the Tampa Bay Lightning at Amalie Arena in Tampa, FL. The game can be seen on TVAS, ESPN and TSN4 .
The Washington Capitals will take on the Boston Bruins at TD Garden in Boston, MA. This game starts at 7pm ET and can be seen on SNP, NESN and NBCSWA .
At 7:30pm ET, the Chicago Blackhawks will face off against the Pittsburgh Penguins at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, PA. The game can be seen on ATTSN-PT and NBCSCH .
Starting at 8pm ET, the Winnipeg Jets will take on the Minnesota Wild at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, MN. This game can be seen on BSNX, BSWIX and TSN3 .
In a later game starting at 9:30pm ET, the Edmonton Oilers will play on the road against the Colorado Avalanche at Ball Arena in Denver, CO. The game will be broadcast on SN1, TVAS and ESPN .
Two games will start at 10pm ET. The Seattle Kraken will take on the Vegas Golden Knights at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, NV. This game will be broadcast on ROOT-NW and ATTSN-RM. Also at 10pm ET, the Vancouver Canucks will face off against the Anaheim Ducks at Honda Center in Anaheim, CA. This game can be seen on BSSC and SNP.
That's a lot of hockey to watch so get comfy, grab some snacks, and enjoy the games!

Agenda
Consent Agenda
Item I was pulled from the consent agenda to vote on separately. That item is allowing the police department to purchase a DNA analyzer machine. Councilwoman Roney said that the item is being funded using civil asset forfeiture funds. She said she does not know which neighborhoods those funds were acquired from, but she believes they were probably extracted from vulnerable neighborhoods. That is why she is voting against that item. That item and all of the other items passed with Roney voting against Item I.
Three people spoke during public comment. The first person to speak was the pool noodle bicyclist who goes by Blunt Man Bob. He said that he is a new resident in Asheville and is unhoused. He wanted to speak on Item L, which is to lower the speed limit on several streets. He said the city needs to do more than speed limits because lower speed limits just make drivers more impatient.
The second person to speak talked about how the city needs to focus on clean energy.
The third person talked about Items Jand K, which are related to construction and architectural contracts for the Stephens-Lee Recreation Center improvements. He asked if the city contracted with black-owned businesses for those items. The city said that the selected contractors are not minority or women-owned businesses. They said they did outreach and opened the bid twice to try to attract contractors, but not women- or minority-owned businesses applied.
Councilwoman Roney applauded Item O, which allows the city to apply for a grant to provide public wifi on city buses.
Presentations and Reports
Manager’s Report – Crime Data and Recruitment Update
Chief Zack gave a presentation on crime and recruitment of police officers. He said that since 2019 Asheville has seen a decrease in property crime. There has been a 17.4% increase in violent crime from 2021 to 2022. It has been trending upwards since 2013. This data is based on data from the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program.
Shots fired has decreased, but there has been an increase in victims of gunfire. Gunshot victims are still down compared to 2018-2020. Aggravated assault, on the other hand, has increased steadily since 2013.
Homicides have remained pretty steady – there has not been a significant increase or decrease. The clearance rate for homicides is higher than the national average. Robbery has also remained pretty steady – no statistically significant difference according to Chief Zack.
Zack said that one of the main problems is staffing. Low staffing means that police are not visible and therefore not deterring crime by being a presence in the community. He gave the example of APD’s efforts to deter property crime downtown by deploying more officers to downtown areas in the early morning and late evening. They were able to arrest and cite people who were committing property crimes and did individual business checks to help businesses improve their safety. They also did a targeted shoplifting operation in identified areas around town that resulted in 73 arrests and 127 charges. He also said that they did an operation to target aggravated assaults in the downtown area.
Councilwoman Mosley asked for the demographic makeup of victims of violent crime.
Councilwoman Turner asked if the APD is concerned that people are not reporting property crime as much as they used to. Vice Mayor Smith said that she wonders the same thing about shots fired. Chief Zack said that anecdotally he does think that property crime is going underreported compared to in the past. He doesn’t think there has been a change in the reporting of shots fired – people who didn’t call those in still aren’t calling those in whereas more people have recently decided to not call in property crime.
Mayor Manheimer asked if maybe some of the property crime – like big box stores – could be something that could be handled by non-sworn officers. She said that recently there have been stories of police departments using un-sworn officers to handle basic traffic violations. Chief Zach said that they have basically told the big box stores that unless they are going to prosecute there is no point in APD going out there.
Councilwoman Ullman said that during the public safety committee meeting they had a lot of discussion around the trend of aggravated assault. She said that they are working with staff to create a 12-month plan to focus on that item. Chief Zack said that after the meeting they were able to drill down a little bit more and found that 1 in 4 of aggravated assaults are domestic disputes.
Council members also talked about how there are many different things that go into crime prevention – like improving community centers and fixing street lights and improving the education system.
Anothee police officer (didn't catch his name) talked about recruitment efforts. He said they have been tracking what other cities are doing. He said that he appreciates the city working with APD to try to raise wages, but also pointed out that because there are a lot of eyes on Asheville when their wages go up other police departments also raise their wages. He said they have ten officers in field training and four in Basic Law Enforcement Training (they had five but one failed). They are processing eight applications for the July Basic Law Enforcement Training course.
He had some data about EPIC’s recruiting website – how many clicks they have gotten et cetera. He said the website allows them to get in front of more potential applicants than traditional recruiting efforts.
Councilwoman Kilgore asked if they focus on the attractions of Asheville (kayaking, outdoors, tubing). They said that the website focuses heavily on that. Mayor Manheimer said that the council needs to help APD help recruited officers stay once they decide to come to Asheville.
Community Responder Pilot Program
Fire Chief Scott Burnette presented an update on the community responder program. He talked about how the program is multi-disciplinary and that is very important because people in our community who are experiencing homelessness are dealing with many different problems.
Burnette said that the program’s goals are to focus on efforts to assist people who are unsheltered and/or experiencing addiction or behavioral health issues and also support local residents by proactively addressing concerns before they escalate.
He said that the program has been doing consistent check ins with internal and external partners. They also did a trip to look at low barrier shelters in Raleigh and Carrboro. Right now there are 18 current firefighters who are interested in doing the program. They also recently graduated 30 new firefighters. They are currently looking into what resources AFD has that can be dedicated to the program (vehicles, equipment, office space). There will initially be two person teams working 12 hour shifts every day.
Burnette talked about ways that the program is equipped to prevent issues from escalating. For example, outdoor fires have increased drastically because of homeless people starting fires to stay warm or cook food. He said that firefighters are equipped with the knowledge to help those people figure out safe ways to accomplish that. He also pointed out that firefighters can help with basic medical treatment that can help prevent an unhoused person’s injury from getting to the point that an ambulance is necessary. The program would also work on building relationships with unhoused people so that they can direct them, for example, to spaces that aren’t trespassing before a trespassing issue escalates or connecting them with resources in the community.
Next steps are to select four or five of the 18 firefighters who volunteered to staff the program. Those people will then do training with the county’s program. The pilot program is scheduled to be implemented at the beginning of May.
Councilwoman Kilgore asked how people can contact the program. Burnette said calls come in all different ways – Facebook, calls to the fire department or county, calls to 911. He said that during the initial outreach they are planning to find out what the best ways for the unhoused to reach out so they will have a better answer as far as the best way to reach them. Initially they are going to focus on proactively going out into the community to connect with people. Mayor Manheimer said that this is a question that the county’s community paramedic program has been dealing with. She said that perhaps initially it would be good to have a non-emergency line that people can call if they are concerned, but for right now the easiest way seems to be routing through 911.
Mayor Manheimer also asked the city to give the council a better understanding of mental health resources and how that system works in Asheville and in the county.
Councilwoman Turner said that she is really impressed with AFD working with the county to tackle these issues. It makes her wonder if the police department would be willing to do something similar by partnering with the county sheriff’s department, especially since the city has a shortage of officers right now. The mayor said that they actually have a meeting coming up with the county to discuss just that idea.
Water Committee Review Update
This was really just an update that the committee has been meeting. The committee was formed in January as a response to the water system failure over Christmas. The group has had several meetings. They will present their findings to the council in May.
Councilwoman Roney said that she is very concerned that the meetings of this committee are not public meetings. The city attorney said that when they looked at the scope of the work that this committee was going to undertake that they needed to have full and complete access to not just the event but the water system as a whole. He said that a lot of information about the water system – because it is critical infrastructure – is not allowed to be public information under federal and state law. That is why it was determined that this was the best format to allow the committee to do their investigation.
Roney said that she still thinks it would have been better to have formed the committee as a public commission then used closed sessions as needed instead of forming the group as a task force which doesn’t require public meetings. The attorney basically said it would be too complicated going in and out of closed sessions.
Public Hearings
238 Merrimon
The first public hearing is a zoning request that would allow the surface parking to be used for office and other uses that are allowed by right in the institutional district. This is by the Brookstone Baptist Church. Right now the zoning is a mix of institutional and residential multi-family. That’s a legacy of the church buying property then demolishing single-family housing. The proposal is basically to remove the residential zoning aspect so it would be industrial, which would allow the surface parking to remain without issue. There isn’t a proposed development. I think the church is selling the property. The planning and zoning commission did not approve this request because they didn’t want to remove the option for residential zoning in a residential area and because there wasn’t a clear plan for what the property would be used for.
Councilwoman Roney asked about the impact on the tree canopy requirements with this change. The city said the rezoning would probably lead to more trees on the site at the end of the day because it would have to be brought up to code for any future development, which would require more trees. She also asked if there was a plan to install solar. The city said that is not in the plans right now as far as they know.
Councilwoman Turner clarified that a conditional zoning request does not require a site plan legally. Mayor Manheimer clarified that they are only being asked to rezone the part of the property that is currently a surface parking lot. She also asked if the parking lot could change in the future under institutional zoning. The issue right now is that surface parking is not allowed in the residential zoning and the small house at the back – which isn’t set up for residential use – would not be allowed to be used for commercial purposes. The zoning issues were probably never addressed earlier because it was owned by a church. There is federal protection for churches when it comes to zoning ordinances.
One person signed up to speak on the project. He said that it doesn’t make sense to have so much parking, and that if they do this conditional rezoning it will basically always be a giant parking lot. He also said that leaving the back part of the lot as residential might encourage them to develop residential units.
There was a lot of discussion about whether they should deny the request in hopes that a different developer would bring forward a proposal that would include residential use and would not require as much surface parking.
The conditional rezoning passed with an amendment that the rezoning only applies to the back portion of the property and the trees along Henrietta Street will be preserved and that residential uses would be allowed on the conditional zoned part so the surface lot could be changed in the future.
South Slope Vision Plan
This plan has been in progress since before the pandemic. You can read the plan here or check out the presentation from the meeting for a quick overview. The presentation has some information about the public input sessions and some maps of the area, which have changed over time as a result of public input.
The city said that part of this area was subject to urban renewal along Asheland and McDowell so there are a lot of parking lots along those roads. The city is trying to make that area safer and more walkable. They also said that the district has been booming over the past few years. They are trying to keep it from being just breweries by encouraging a mix of businesses and creating public infrastructure to support those businesses. They are also looking at updating design guidelines for the neighborhoods.
Public comment on the draft plan brought up concerns about tourism, a desire for a local grocery store and public transit, concern about the language about future rezoning near neighborhoods. Staff met with three neighborhoods (South French Broad, East End Valley Street, and Oakhurst) to revise the plan. That included clarification about the plan boundaries and speculation about future zoning districts and an explanation about how rezoning will work after the plan is adopted. Two maps were also revised to reflect neighborhood boundaries.
Councilwoman Roney clarified that the Southside neighborhood also met with city staff. Staff did meet with them, but they weren’t engaged as fully as the other three neighborhoods because their organization just recently formed and their neighborhood boundaries didn’t overlap with the plan. Vice Mayor Smith said that she just got a text from the leader of Southside United saying that she just got information that is overwhelming her and would like the discussion to be tabled.
City staff said that neighborhood boundaries aren’t exact and change depending on who and when you’re talking. Councilwoman Kilgore said that the South French Broad kind of expanded and took over part of what is considered Southside. The concern is coming from some business owners on the boundary of Southside and South French Broad who said that they didn’t get to be a part of discussion.
Councilwoman Ulman said she didn’t really see a problem with extending it a bit since there isn’t really a deadline. Councilwoman Turner said that they need to support staff and get them across the finish line. Vice Mayor Smith said that she didn’t want to undermine their intentions of honoring that community so taking some time to hear their concerns is the best way to do.
The council postponed the vote on this one.
Unfinished Business
HOME-ARP Allocation Plan
There was a public hearing on this item at the last meeting. The city is working to get some extra HUD funding through the American Rescue Plan. In order to do that they have to submit an allocation plan that shows how they plan to split up the money. The city hired a consulting firm to do that (of course) and developed a plan that allocates 21% to supportive services, 60% to developing affordable rental housing, and 13% to administrative costs. There wasn’t really discussion at this meeting since they talked about it at the last meeting so that plan was approved as-is.
New Business
Municipal Climate Action Plan
This is an update to the Municipal Climate Action Plan that was created in 2009. The update basically just captures all of the related resolutions that the city has passed since then, like the Food Action Policy Plan, Waste Reduction Goal, Renewable Energy Goal, and the declared climate emergency. The plan recommends 22 activities based on those things and maps out the sequence to implement them. You can see an overview in the presentation.
Councilwoman Roney said that they need significantly grown the sustainability department to reach the goals outlined in this. She said it needs to be backed up with partnership and probably bond money. City Manager Debra Campbell said that it’s not just one department making this happen – the city needs to invest across the board. Councilwoman Ullman said that she is excited to see how far this has come.
During public comment, one person suggested that they should add micro-grids to the plan. Another person talked about how solar panels are not that renewable because of all that goes into building them. He suggested the city should build a waste energy plant. He talked about a city that has one in a city in Pennsylvania. He also suggested looking into a nuclear plant.
The plan passed unanimously.
Fee Changes
This is a review that happens every year before the budget process really begins. This year update includes recommending an increase for water, stormwater, and waste fees. The recommended change would amount to about $66 per year for a typical household.
The city said that they looked at 12 other cities in North and South Carolina for comparison. They found that most included tiered residential rates (the more you use the more you pay), different rates for non-residential users, and different rates for customers outside of the city limits. Asheville does not have the option to charge a different rate for people outside of city limits under the NC Sullivan Acts. The city said that Asheville customer costs are competitive compared to those other cities.
The proposed increase will affect base fees, consumption fees, and hydrant meter deposits. The city does have a study currently underway to assess the rate structure. That is not expected to be completed in time for this next budget. It will affect the FY 2025 budget process.
As a reminder, in 2020 the city had to stop charging a capital fee because of a lawsuit. The capital fee was how the city was paying for capital funding (so projects to improve the water system). Since then they have been gradually increasing fees each year to build back up to the funding level needed for capital projects.
The fee increase will be used for maintenance crews and staffing at water treatment plants, support for the meter transition project, and communication staffing as well as recovering lost revenue from the capital fee.
Councilwoman Roney asked if it would be possible to move to monthly billing. The water department said that they are waiting for all of the new meters to be installed before doing that. That will be two to three years. Roney also said she is concerned about the discounted rates for commercial users. She said that Asheville has a deeper discount than any of the other cities they compared to. She asked if they could go ahead and bump up the commercial rates to match with other local municipalities (she used Hendersonville as an example).
Mayor Manheimer said that she agrees that Asheville should look at a tiered rate based on usage. She said that the other compared cities had it tiered for residential users so the less you used the less you paid (your first, say, 150 gallons would be charged at a lower rate than usage after that, for example). She also said that they need to tweak the system to create more affordability for local residents.
Both Roney and Manheimer asked the city to come back with an updated proposal.
The city manager said that the council is asking the city staff to basically duplicate the work being done by the consultants.
The mayor said she understands that so she proposed that what the city should do is hold off on raising the rates for residential users and instead only raise rates on commercial users. That means that the commercial rate raise would have to be more than what was originally proposed to make up for not raising residential rates.
The city and water department balked at being able to do something in time for the budget process. Councilwoman Ullman suggested that if they don’t feel comfortable changing the rates before the study is done then maybe they could just not raise any rates right now. The city said that that would mean not being able to accomplish all of the projects they want to. The mayor said that is why she is suggesting that if they need funding then they can raise the rates on commercial users. She and the rest of the council just want to not raise residential water rates right now. Stormwater and waste fees will still increase.
The city is recommending an increase in fees at Riverside Cemetery to support maintenance of the facility. There will be a reduction of usage fees for recreational and athletic facilities, but there will be an increase for swimming pool fees. There will be an increase in Fun Day Out/Inclement Weather programming (the fee will not increase if students are accessing those programs through an afterschool program they are already enrolled in). The city will also be offering installment payment plants for after school and summer programs. Transit, parking, and special event fees will remain the same.
Nina Tovish had signed up to speak during public comment, but she said that the council had addressed her concerns. One other person talked about the higher rates being charged to residents than commercial users and said that the city should incentivize using less water. They also said that the city needs to do something about water turn-on fees because if you are moving a lot and have bad credit it is very expensive to pay those fees every time you move to a new place.
Jonahtan Wainscott talked about how the different rates were created for New Belgium when they came to town. The mayor said that when she first came to Asheville she heard that the rates were changed for Gerber.
Public Comment
Nina Tovish applauded the council for passing the climate action plan update.
Jonathan Wainscott talked about repealing the absentee ballot law for municipal elections in 1931.
One person said that the Tourists should step up and do something to memorialize the historically black neighborhood that they are a part of. He said it is a high-end paradise that is not inclusive at all, and they should think about that as the city is talking about this South Slope plan.

Join us March 18th at Anisette Sweet Shop in Raleigh for a Sugar On Top! A free show with a beautiful view of Downtown Raleigh. Drinks and dessert available! Doors at 7pm, show at 7:30.
Anisette Sweet Shop, 209 Bickett Blvd., Raleigh, NC 27608

FRIDAY

• Third Friday, Downtown, Durham
• Art in Bloom, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh
• Cocktails Inspired by Art in Bloom, The Willard Rooftop Lounge, Raleigh
• American Ballet Theatre (ABT): "Giselle", DPAC, Durham Performing Arts Center, Durham
• In the Air Tonight: The Music of Phil Collins & Genesis, Meymandi Concert Hall at Martin Marietta Center for the Performing Arts, Raleigh
• Adam Doleac - Barstool Whiskey Wonderland Tour, Lincoln Theatre, Raleigh
• St. Patrick's Day Weekend, Boxcar Bar + Arcade, Raleigh
• Official St. Patrick's Bar Crawl Raleigh 2023, Alchemy, Raleigh
• Psychedelic St. Patty's with Cosmic Superheroes & The Skuns, Transfer Co. Food Hall, Raleigh
• 6th Annual Lucky's St. Patrick's Day Crawl, Zenith Raleigh, Raleigh
• Saint Patrick's Day Party, The Glass Jug Beer Lab - Durham
• Pub Annual St Patrick's Day Celebration, West 94th St Pub, Durham
• St. Patrick's Day Celebration, James Joyce, Durham
• St. Patrick's Day, Lonerider Brewing Company, Raleigh
• St. Patrick's Day Party, Oaklyn Springs Brewery, Fuquay-Varina
• Michael Colyar, Goodnights Comedy Club, Raleigh
• Alingon Mitra, Goodnights Comedy Club, Raleigh
• Steve Brown, Raleigh Improv, Cary
• Capital Quilters Guild Annual Quilt Show, North Carolina State Fairgrounds- Kerr Scott Building, Raleigh
• Fancy Nancy: The Musical, Raleigh Little Theatre, Raleigh
• Rocksalt and Power Ranger, The Night Rider Bar, Raleigh
• Ernest TurneStephen Riley Duo, Sharp Nine Gallery, Durham
• Bachata Fixation – 3rd Friday Bachata Night – Class & Dance Party!, Roots Bistro & Bar, Durham
• THE JURASSIC ENCOUNTER, Fenton, Cary
• Winter Jam 2023, PNC Arena, Raleigh

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SATURDAY

• Monster Jam, PNC Arena, Raleigh
• Playthrough Gaming Convention, Raleigh Convention Center, Raleigh
• Art in Bloom, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh
• Raleigh Roasts 2023, Moore Square, Raleigh
• In the Air Tonight: The Music of Phil Collins & Genesis, Meymandi Concert Hall at Martin Marietta Center for the Performing Arts, Raleigh
• American Ballet Theatre (ABT): "Giselle", DPAC, Durham Performing Arts Center, Durham
• ST PATRICK’S DAY “PADDY ON THE GREEN” FESTIVAL, Lafayette Village, Raleigh
• St. Patrick's Day Weekend, Boxcar Bar + Arcade, Raleigh
• CITY LIGHTS JAZZ, The Umstead Hotel and Spa, Cary
• 17th Annual Raleigh St. Pat's Pub Crawl, Glenwood South, Raleigh
• 23rd Annual Lebanese Festival, Triangle Lebanese-American Center, Raleigh
• Michael Colyar, Goodnights Comedy Club, Raleigh
• Capital Quilters Guild Annual Quilt Show, North Carolina State Fairgrounds- Kerr Scott Building, Raleigh
• Carolina Ballet presents Mozart: Symphony No. 40, Memorial Auditorium at Martin Marietta Center for the Performing Arts, Raleigh
• Cocktails Inspired by Art in Bloom, The Willard Rooftop Lounge, Raleigh
• Steve Brown, Raleigh Improv, Cary
• Fancy Nancy: The Musical, Raleigh Little Theatre, Raleigh
• Fly: a Meticulously Crafted Dance Party, The Burrow, Raleigh
• HOMEGROWN Beer & Music Festival, Bowstring Pizza and Brewyard, Raleigh
• Official St. Patrick's Bar Crawl Raleigh 2023, Alchemy, Raleigh
• Paint Like Van Gogh Workshop: The Immersive Experience, Pleasant Valley Promenade, Raleigh
• Alingon Mitra, Goodnights Comedy Club, Raleigh
• Raleigh St. Patrick's Day Treasure Hunt - Walking Team Scavenger Hunt, Raleigh Union Station, Raleigh
• Shamrock Search, Moore Square, Raleigh
• Triangle Pride Band Kaleidoscope Spring Concert, Garner Magnet High School, Garner
• Black Wall Street Mindset: Black Wealth in the Modern Era, NC Mutual Tower - Main Lobby, Durham
• Lower Eno River Discovery Paddle, Eno River, Durham
• Hickstown from the Heart, Durham County Main Library Auditorium, Durham
• Queer Health Fair, Durham Central Park Pavilion, Durham
• Gross Reality // Franky and the Slight Incline // Orphan Riot, The Fruit, Durham
• Danielle Wertz, Sharp Nine Gallery, Durham
• Fortune Factory: Electric Jungle, Rubies on Five Points, Durham
• Disfruta la Vida Presents Noche de Perreo, The Fruit, Durham
• Capital City Gun Show, NC State Fairgrounds, Raleigh
• Fight Night Live! Cary, PBR Cary, Cary
• Repticon: Sales of Supplies, Reptiles, and Small Exotics, NC State Fairgrounds, Raleigh

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SUNDAY

• Art in Bloom, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh
• Sarah Silverman: Grow Some Lips, Carolina Theatre, Durham
• Monster Jam, PNC Arena, Raleigh
• Playthrough Gaming Convention, Raleigh Convention Center, Raleigh
• Durham Central Park Food Truck Rodeo, Durham Central Park, Durham
• Piano Recital by Guest Artist Cole Burger, Duke University Chapel, Durham
• Carolina Ballet presents Mozart: Symphony No. 40, Memorial Auditorium at Martin Marietta Center for the Performing Arts, Raleigh
• Tobacco Road Marathon & Half-Marathon, Start/Finish: USA Baseball/Thomas Brooks Park, Cary
• Steve Brown, Raleigh Improv, Cary
• Michael Colyar, Goodnights Comedy Club, Raleigh
• Rachel Fogletto, ROOM 861 AT GOODNIGHTS, Raleigh
• Backyard Bounty! – Grow your own Microgreens Workshop, Sweet Peas Urban Garden, Raleigh
• Cocktails Inspired by Art in Bloom, The Willard Rooftop Lounge, Raleigh
• 23rd Annual Lebanese Festival, Triangle Lebanese-American Center, Raleigh
• Will Hoge & The Wild Feathers, Lincoln Theatre, Raleigh
• American Ballet Theatre (ABT): "Giselle", DPAC, Durham Performing Arts Center, Durham
• King Tuff w/ Special Guest: Tchotchke, The Pinhook, Durham
• Repticon: Sales of Supplies, Reptiles, and Small Exotics, NC State Fairgrounds, Raleigh

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The third annual Dreamville Festival, hosted by rapper and NC-native J. Cole, is coming to Downtown Raleigh April 1st and 2nd. Thousands of fans from across the country will flock to the historic Dorothea Dix Park to watch their favorite musical artists perform live less than 2 miles away from the heart of NC’s capital city: Downtown Raleigh.
Downtown is a convenient and central location for Dreamville attendees to spend their time away from festival grounds. It’s a vibrant center of activity home to a thriving creative culture and small business community.
Dreamville Festival describes itself as a “one-of-a-kind celebration of local culture, food, and art.” So in the spirit of Dreamville’s love for all things local, we put together this guide of unique, locally-owned businesses and attractions for festival-goers visiting Downtown Raleigh.
Start planning your dream(ville) weekend in Downtown Raleigh 👇
https://downtownraleigh.org/post/dreamville-festival-downtown-raleigh