Welcome to our weekly e-newsletter - What's Up in Wake Forest. Here you'll find information about Town programs, services, activities, projects, special events and more! If you haven't already, tell your friends and neighbors to visit our E-Notifier page to learn about our full array of free email offerings.
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You're invited to Forest Fest on Saturday, April 23. Celebrating the heart and history of Wake Forest, this free family-friendly event is scheduled from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. – rain or shine – along East Owen Avenue, in Centennial Plaza, and in the Town Hall parking lot.
Offering something for everyone, Forest Fest will include the popular tree seedling giveaway, Wake Forest Guild of Artists Spring Art Market, extended hours by the Wake Forest Farmers Market, and Historic Downtown Walking Tours offered by the Wake Forest Historical Museum.
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The Technology Advisory Board (TAB) is inviting area middle school and high school students and their families to the 2022 Wake Forest STEM Saturday on Saturday, April 30. Presented by the Wireless Research Center, this free family networking event is scheduled from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. at Joyner Park Community Center, 701 Harris Road.
Celebrating Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math, STEM Saturday will expose students to a variety of STEM career options, while featuring STEM-related exhibits, demonstrations, and hands-on learning activities.
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Joshua Lozoff’s performances combine his love for the art of magic with his fascination with psychology and the powers of observation and influence. In one moment, he makes a drawing come to life just by pointing, and in the next he predicts an audience member’s choices even before she knows them herself. An evening spent with Joshua will amaze and entertain the entire family!
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Joyner Park Playground closed next week for maintenance
The E. Carroll Joyner Park playground for children ages 2-5 will be closed for maintenance during the week of Monday, March 28.
Signage and barricades will be posted to inform the public of the closure.
Weather permitting, the playground is expected to reopen by 3:30 p.m. on Friday, April 1.
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Town crews are repairing the sidewalk along the southbound side of South Franklin Street from Elm Avenue to East Holding Avenue weekdays from 8 a.m.-3 p.m. The work is expected to continue through mid-April.
Pedestrians must utilize the sidewalk on the northbound side of South Franklin.
Signage and cones are in place managing traffic flow and safely directing motorists through the work area. Drivers may wish to avoid the area and take an alternate route.
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Wake Forest tree crews will close portions of the downtown parking lot that extends from East Jones Avenue to East Wait Avenue Monday and Tuesday, March 28-29, from 8 a.m.-noon. The lot is situated behind several downtown businesses along the 100 block of South White Street.
The morning closures are necessary to allow workers to prune several trees in the area.
Signage and cones will be in place alerting motorists about the work in progress, while “no parking” signs will also be posted in the closed portion of the parking lot.
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The Wake Forest Renaissance Centre, 405 S. Brooks St., will welcome SOLE Defined on Saturday, April 9, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $15.
SOLE Defined is the Washington Metro area's leading arts organization specializing in percussive dance – using the body as an instrument to create musical expression. Advancing styles such as Tap, Stepping, Body Percussion, Sand Dance, and Gumboot, this Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) led company infuses powerful skills to delight and inspire audiences.
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Designed for boys and girls with disabilities ages five and older, the adaptive baseball league will operate on Saturday mornings April 23-May 28.
Dream League “buddies” ages 10-30 are needed to offer encouragement and assistance with the league’s athletes. There is no fee to participate as a buddy, but buddies must attend a minimum of three games.
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The Town of Wake Forest welcomes the return of Friday Night on White in 2022. Bands scheduled to perform include The Magic Pipers (April 8); Sleeping Booty (May 13); The Soul Psychedelique (June 10); Love Tribe (July 15); The Brickhouse Band (August 12); and Crush (September 9).
FNOW is offered along South White Street in downtown Wake Forest from 6-9 p.m.
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Following a two-year hiatus due to COVID, the Town of Wake Forest and a host of partnering veterans’ organizations will resume their monthly flag-raising ceremonies in Town Hall’s Centennial Plaza on Monday, April 4, at 11 a.m.
The 38th Wake Forest Memorial Flag-Raising Ceremony will honor William Gill, who served his nation in the US Army during World War I.
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The Wake Forest Fire Department is inviting residents to a Red Knights International Firefighters Motorcycle Club Motorcycle Rally along Festival Street (East Owen Avenue) on Saturday, April 2, from noon-3 p.m.
The occasion will feature a variety of motorcycles and fire trucks on display, along with a special appearance by Marshall, the new WFFD K9.
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Following an 18-month planning process, the first draft Community Plan was published and submitted for public comment on January 11, in advance of the open house sessions on February 1.
A public hearing on the draft Community Plan and Land Use Map is scheduled for the April 19 Board of Commissioners meeting. The Board may also take action on the plan at this meeting, which will begin at 6 p.m. in the Town Hall Board Chambers.
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Beginning Monday, April 4, the PRCR Department will partner with the Northern Wake Senior Center to offer free fitness classes at the Alston-Massenburg Center (AMC), 416 N. Taylor St. The PRCR Department will offer weekly Drawing, Yoga Stretch & Meditation, Tone & Sculpt, Aerobics, and Zumba classes with a virtual instructor in the AMC’s large meeting room.
Registration is required by visiting the AMC during normal business hours (Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-8 p.m., Saturday, 8 a.m.-noon).
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Presented by Shaw RV, the free expo will include dozens of indoor and outdoor exhibitor booths featuring Northern Wake County’s premier family-friendly businesses. Attendees will also enjoy live entertainment and can enter raffles to win tickets to the Carolina Hurricanes and Carolina Mudcats.
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The WFFD will host its annual Drive By Fish Fry on Friday, April 22, from 11 a.m.-7 p.m. – or until all the fish plates are sold. The drive-thru event will be offered along Elm Avenue in front of Fire Station #1, 420 Elm Ave. Fish plates will include generous portions of fried flounder, boiled potatoes, coleslaw, and hush puppies. No beverages will be provided.
Plates are $11 each when purchased with a credit or debit card. Only available while supplies last, fish plates may be purchased on the day of the event with cash for $10 each. Online orders will be accepted through Wednesday, April 13.
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The PRCR Department will host its annual Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday, April 9, at E. Carroll Joyner Park, 701 Harris Road.
Presented by Primrose School of Heritage Wake Forest and Bumgarner & Martin Orthodontics, the 2022 Egg Hunt will include over 10,000 eggs containing prizes and candy hidden across four locations for ages 3 and younger, 4-6, 7-9, and 10-12. The occasion will also feature an egg hunt for children with disabilities and a visit from the Easter Bunny.
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The PRCR Department will again partner with GSK and the UNC Morehead Planetarium & Science Center to offer Science in the Summer for rising students in grades 2-8.
The free program will be offered at the Alston-Massenburg Center, 416 N. Taylor St. There is no cost to participate, but due to limited seats in each session, registration is required. The online application is available on the Town website.
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The Town of Wake Forest and the Local Government Federal Credit Union will co-sponsor a drive-thru paper shredding event on Monday, April 18, from noon-4 p.m. – or until the two paper shredding trucks are full. Free and open to the public, the shred event will take place rain or shine in the parking lot of the Wake Forest Renaissance Centre, 405 S. Brooks St.
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The Town of Wake Forest welcomes the return of Six Sundays in Spring. Bands scheduled to perform include Marcus Anderson (April 24), Big Bang Boom (May 1), Orquesta GarDel (May 8), Blue Cactus (May 15), Liquid Pleasure (May 22), and North Tower Band (May 29).
Six Sundays in Spring is offered from 5:30-7:30 p.m. on consecutive Sundays from April 24-May 29 in the E. Carroll Joyner Park Amphitheater, 701 Harris Road.
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There’s a certain feeling you get in our downtown. A charming, stylish, soulful kind of edginess with ambience, atmosphere and aura. From art galleries and specialty shops to coffee companies and clothing boutiques, Downtown Wake Forest is a vibrant, charming, historical and happening place to visit.
Check out our new Where Quaint Meets Cool video for an exciting look at all our Renaissance Area has to offer. Then, stay up to date on the latest downtown events and happenings by following Wake Forest Downtown on Facebook and Instagram and use #WhereQuaintMeetsCool when posting to social media.
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Showing support for Ukraine
The Town of Wake Forest is proud to join cities and towns around the world in support of Ukraine. For the next several weeks, we'll be lighting the street towers along East Owen Avenue blue and yellow, the colors of the Ukrainian flag, in honor of the people of Ukraine.
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In May, the PRCR Department will present Memorial Day Remembrance Walls of Honor at E. Carroll Joyner Park, Alston-Massenburg Center, and Flaherty Park. In recognition of the service and sacrifice of women and men in uniform, these Walls of Honor will bear the names of as many as 500 veterans submitted by members of our community.
From now through Friday, April 15, the PRCR Department will accept submissions, including the names of veterans, both living and deceased, along with the military branch in which they served, for inclusion on each wall.
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We're looking for responsible adults interested in volunteering their time to coach teams of various ages during the upcoming Spring Youth Baseball season. Team practices will begin later this month, and games will be played primarily on weeknights from April through late June.
The PRCR Department is accepting team registrations for Men’s Church Softball through Thursday, March 31. Online registration is available. The entry fee is $550 per team, and the league is limited to participants ages 18 and older.
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The PRCR Department will host an online Esports gaming tournament featuring "Rocket League" on Saturday, April 23. Open to players ages 10 and older, the online tournament is free to play and will be live streamed on Twitch.tv. Registration is open through Wednesday, April 20.
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The Recreation Advisory Board will host a family-friendly 5K/3K walk/run as part of National Trails Day on Saturday, June 4, at E. Carroll Joyner Park, 701 Harris Road. Check-in on the day of the event starts at 7 a.m., and the race begins at 8 a.m. Online registration is available.
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Here’s your chance to be a part of the 2022 Meet in the Street! The Wake Forest Area Chamber of Commerce is currently accepting applications for arts and crafts vendors, food vendors, non-profits, and individual businesses for this popular community event. Applications are available online at and at the Wake Forest Area Chamber of Commerce, 350 S. White St.
Free and open to the public, the 40th Annual Meet in the Street® is scheduled for Saturday, May 7, from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. in historic downtown Wake Forest.
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Youth Leadership Wake Forest is a year-long program for 10th-12th grade students who have demonstrated leadership abilities and have interest in learning about our community. Our mission is for participants to assume leadership roles in our schools and to become more involved in our civic, cultural, economic development, and philanthropic organizations.
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Starting in April, the Town of Wake Forest will celebrate the return of warmer weather by offering a wonderful array of outdoor events and activities for the entire family. From our Memorial Flag-Raising Ceremonies and the Easter Egg Hunt to Friday Night on White and Family Movie Nights at Joyner Park, spring and summer in Wake Forest are jam-packed with fun-filled outdoor events guaranteed to help you forget “Old Man Winter.”
To help inform area residents about all these events, the Town offers Wake Forest Outdoors. The webpage provides detailed information all in one place about our area’s most popular springtime and summer happenings.
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Presenting our new Downtown Wake Forest logo |
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Provided below are announcements about projects that will impact Wake Forest motorists over the next several weeks. Please use the information to help plan your route and move safely through the affected areas.
Through July 31
Wellons Construction, Inc., a private contractor, has closed the portion of Averette Road from Jack Jones Road to Mill Dam Road. Scheduled through late summer, the closure is necessary to allow crews to widen and realign this portion of Averette Road. Signed detours are in place directing traffic around the work area.
Ongoing
Fred Smith Company, a contractor working at the future Legacy at Heritage, will periodically reduce to one lane with alternating two-way traffic the portion of Heritage Lake Road from Dr. Calvin Jones Highway/NC 98 Bypass to Friendship Chapel Road daily from 7 a.m.-4 p.m. The periodic lane closures are necessary to allow crews to widen the road and install a storm drain and curb and gutter.
Signage and flaggers will be in place to manage traffic flow and safely direct motorists through the work area. Delays are expected, so motorists may wish to avoid the area and take an alternate route.
Ongoing
Fred Smith Company, a contractor working on the Holding Village subdivision, will initiate lane reductions along eastbound and westbound Dr. Calvin Jones Highway/NC 98 Bypass in the vicinity of the South Franklin Street intersection daily from 7 a.m.-5 p.m. The lane reductions are necessary to allow crews to extend South Franklin Street and convert the intersection to a Reduced Conflict Intersection, also known as a superstreet.
Signage and cones will be in place to manage traffic flow and safely direct motorists through the work areas. Delays are expected, so motorists may wish to avoid these areas if possible and take an alternate route.
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This is an example of a QR ("Quick Response") code. QR codes are like the barcodes you see on retail products, but they can contain a lot more information than a simple item number.
QR codes can also be used to display other text, such as contact information or menu options. QR codes can be placed on anything from signs and flyers to A-frame signs/sandwich boards and business cards. They provide an easy way for you to get more information about a subject, without having to remember or type anything.
Most of the major-brand smart phone devices offer built-in QR Code readers or provide free readers in their respective online application market places. Once you have the reader on your phone you can simply use your phone's camera to "scan" the QR Code and your mobile phone will be directed to the page you are currently viewing from your more stationary device.
Wake Forest uses QR codes in a variety of ways. For example, codes on A-frame signs help you find info about our Christmas events, complete event surveys, and sign up to receive notifications about Town programs and services. If you have any feedback about our use of QR codes, please be sure to let us know!
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Mayor Jones delivered the annual address to over 200 people during the State of the Town Address & Dinner on February 21. The event was sponsored for the 13th year by the Wake Forest Rotary Club.
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Fall is here and so are the cooler temperatures! The Town of Wake Forest is inviting individuals, families, churches and civic clubs to embrace autumn and join the “Show Some Love, #KeepWFclean” campaign by picking up trash in their neighborhoods and along local streets and roadways. The initiative allows volunteers to pick up litter on a one-time or ongoing basis. Participants may also choose the area they wish to clean or request direction to high need areas around town.
To aid the effort, volunteers may reserve litter kits at no charge by completing the online reservation form. Each litter kit includes reflective vests, gloves, buckets, grabbers, trash bags, data collection sheets, hand sanitizer and litter education materials. A special thanks to B&W Hardware for donating the litter kits.
Once reserved, litter kits may be picked up at the Public Works Operations Center, 234 Friendship Chapel Road, Monday-Friday, between 7 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. and must be returned within one week, unless otherwise requested. For complete details, email Sustainability Coordinator Jeanette Johnson.
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UPDATE - Show Some Love, #KeepWFclean
Since then, volunteers have checked out 116 litter kits; logged 489 hours; collected nearly 10,500 lbs. of trash and 1,625 lbs. of recyclables; and cleaned 47 miles of streets, 19 sections of roadway and 17 sections of waterway.
We developed the infographic below to highlight our progress and express our thanks to YOU - our awesome community volunteers!
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Loose trash in trucks creates litter along Wake Forest roadways.
Help keep Wake Forest roadways clean by securing any trash in your truck bed. When you throw trash in the back of your truck, it inevitably blows out and becomes litter on the roadside. In fact, half of all litter is blown, not thrown! Roadside litter costs millions of dollars to remove, decreases property values and has a negative impact on tourism.
The NC Department of Public Safety reports that an even bigger problem is unsecured loads in the back of trucks. At high speeds, even large items can fly out and hurt or startle other drivers causing accidents. Put trash into built-in containers. Use tarps, cargo nets and tie-downs to secure any loads. #KeepWFclean
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The following monthly meeting schedule is now in effect:
Board of Commissioners Work Session
First Tuesday/month - 6 p.m.
Joint Public Hearings
First Tuesday/month - 7:30 p.m.
Planning Board Meeting
Second Tuesday/month - 6 p.m.
Board of Commissioners Regular Meeting
Third Tuesday/month - 6 p.m.
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View Town meetings live & on demand
Planning Board and Board of Commissioners meetings can be viewed both live and on demand by visiting our Public Meetings Portal. Meetings are available in streaming video for several years after their original air date and featured in a convenient scroll-down menu.
These meetings are also shown live on Wake Forest TV 10 - the Town of Wake Forest’s government access channel - then re-broadcast daily for two weeks at 9 a.m., 3 p.m., and 9 p.m.
Although WFTV 10 is available only to Wake Forest residents and businesses that subscribe to Spectrum Cable TV service, WFTV 10 is also provided online in real-time streaming video.
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The Town of Wake Forest has launched a comprehensive public education campaign on proper recycling behaviors.
#RecycleRightWF introduces and emphasizes a series of easy-to-understand messages aimed at simplifying the recycling process and improving the quality of materials residents place in their rollout recycling carts.
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The Northern Wake Senior Center, 235 E. Holding Ave., offers adults age 55 and older a full schedule of recreational activities. Programming at the center is provided by Resources for Seniors, Inc. The organization serves senior and disabled adults in Wake County by providing home and community-based services and information, thereby allowing them to maximize their choices for independence, comfort, safety, security and well-being.
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