Mayor Cawley, Council Members Vicki Scroggins Johnson and Fender will also be sworn in.  This event will be streamed on the Town Facebook site at https://www.facebook.com/TownOfMorrisville.

My family and I are so very grateful to each of you for providing me the opportunity to serve the citizens of Morrisville, an All-America City and the number one Town to live in North Carolina for four more years. I want to thank my Campaign Team for a job well done. 0ur hard work paid off as we won the most votes of any candidate in any contested race in this years’ election and ran a positive campaign.  I do want to thank every citizen and voter I spoke to and whether you voted for me or not, I will take your feedback and ideas into my new term.  Balanced and Smart Growth it is!  

I look forward to continuing to invest in transportation, schools, parks, and technology to make Morrisville the number one place to live, work and play in the nation, a place where we can Live Connected and Live Well!  

In my fourth term, I will continue to invest in our future, focus on growing innovation and will continue to lead the Town of Morrisville to be the “Smartest City” in the state and nation.   

In this newsletter, I want to highlight some of the real progress we are making on our Smart City Journey.  We will make the Town of Morrisville the Smartest City in the State and Nation, and home to the new job of the new economy!

Let’s Get to Work! Let’s Get the Job Done!  Send me your ideas!

The Town of Morrisville must embed innovation into government service delivery. We want to augment the quality of life for our residents, by becoming even more of a data-driven organization, one that is responsive to residents, businesses and visitors. We also need to be transparent in our operations. In 2018 we completed a consolidated Town plan and realized that we could catalyze this progress further by adopting smart technologies and processes.

To this end, we have created the Morrisville Smart City strategy, which provides a roadmap as to how we got here, where we are going, and why. Innovative technologies are critical tools that can be leveraged to meet the expectations of our digitally savvy residents and business community.

We had an assessment done with each Town Department and aligned our Smart City Strategy to the goals in our Strategic Plan. (Transportation Mobility, Liveable Neighborhoods, Inclusive Neighborhoods, Public Safety, Education, and Economic Development.

I am very proud of our establishment of a Smart City Steering Committee, which will continue to guide and advise the Town of Morrisville on our Smart City Strategy. One project we are working on is the development of a Morrisville Mobile App.  

The Research Triangle Cleantech Cluster (RTCC) Innovation Awards recognize the people, organizations, and initiatives driving cleantech innovation, creative deployment solutions, and workforce development in our region and throughout North Carolina. For more information on the awards, visit https://www.researchtrianglecleantech.org/cleantechawards2021.

Kudos to our CIO Rick Ralph for leading a data and mobility work shop at SAS with the Smart Cities Council.  I enjoyed attending with regional leaders for a collaborative and engaging discussion on how local governments can collaborate with private companies, the Smart Cities Council to share data, and leverage Smart City Innovation to address traffic congestion, reduce carbon emissions, traffic accidents and enhance energy efficiency and other very compelling issues like the Data Life Cycle and best practices for Data Sharing.  I was honored to close out the conference with remarks, and thanked Rick and our team for all of their great work.  This is only the beginning!

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The North Carolina Supreme Court ordered a two-month delay in the state’s 2022 primary elections on Wednesday, giving critics of the state legislature’s gerrymandered political maps additional time to pursue a legal battle to redraw them.   

The unsigned ruling was a setback for the Republican-controlled General Assembly, which created the maps and had argued that a delay in the primaries would sow chaos among both candidates and voters.

The court ordered the March 8 primary elections for all offices postponed until May 17, citing “the importance of the issues to the constitutional jurisprudence of this state, and the need for urgency” in deciding the maps’ legality. New boundaries for state legislative districts and for North Carolina’s 14 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives face three lawsuits filed by Democrats and voting-rights advocates in a state court in Raleigh.

All filing for offices has been delayed until further notice and the Cary elections have been postponed until May 17th. 

In a state split almost evenly between Republican and Democratic voters, the new maps give Republicans a sweeping political advantage. The new House map, for example, would all but ensure victory for G.O.P. candidates in 10 of the 14 districts, with a decent shot at winning an 11th seat.

December 14 - 6:30 p.m. Town Council Meeting

December 16 - 6:30 p.m. Morrisville Smart City Steering Committee

For Morrisville Carpenter Road Project updates Visit https://bit.ly/mcrcp1

The Morrisville Youth Leadership Council is hosting a book and toy drive at the Cedar Fork Community Center located at 1050 Town Hall Drive in Morrisville between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m., December 13-19. New or gently used books for adults and children and new toys and games for children will be accepted. In-person donations can be made to the drop-off bins over the weekend, between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m., December 18-19. All donations will be going to the UNC Medical Center.

For more on book and toy drive donation and hours, click here.

The Morrisville Aquatic and Fitness Center’s 2022 Virtual Marathon Month registration begins Wednesday, Dec. 15! This marathon is a great way to start the New Year. Registration is open to everyone. You may choose from a full (26.2 miles), ultra (50 miles), or mega (100 miles) marathon. Set your goal and track your workouts. To learn more, watch the how-to video, and to participate, click here to register.

Morrisville’s winter 2021 disc golf course will be located at Cedar Fork District Park, 228 Aviation Parkway, from December 3, 2021 to January 18, 2022. Residents and area park users can practice throwing discs for their mid-range game. The course is designed for all levels of play. For details, including hours, a course map, and rules, click here.

The Morrisville Smart Shuttle, the Town’s newest public transit service, allows riders to request a pick-up or drop-off from one of 15 nodes, or stops, located around the Town using the Smart Shuttle application on their smartphone.

Watch this short video on how to use the Morrisville Smart Shuttle App by clicking here!

The service runs seven days a week, from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Friday, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Saturday, and from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Sunday. Additional details on the Morrisville Smart Shuttle visit TownofMorrisville.org/SmartShuttle

Starting Dec. 4, the WWFM is shifting to winter market hours, 9:30 a.m. to noon. Visit http://wwfm.ag/ to see a complete list of local vendors and shop local!

Join us Saturday, Dec. 12th for the Western Wake Farmers Holiday Festival for music, crafts, and family fun.   9:30 am to Noon.

Thanks for joining us on Black Issues Forum for our discussion on Infrastructure

https://www.pbsnc.org/watch/black-issues-forum/. 

Last Friday, I attended the Connected Communities Conference, hosted by the City of Raleigh with CIO Rick Ralph and our Technology Team.  For me the highlight of the event was to hear from North Carolina Dept of Technology Secretary and Raleigh CIO, Sindu Menon on how the state can collaborate with cities to accelerate broadband and digital transformation.

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Thanks for joining us at the Deck the Halls for Fire Safety; a dramatic demonstration put on by the Morrisville Fire and Rescue Department featuring a side-by-side live burn of a holiday tree in a simulated home environment. The event took place at Fire Station No. 1, 200 Town Hall Drive and featured comments by North Carolina Commissioner of Insurance and State Fire Marshal Mike Causey, and representatives from the National Fire Sprinkler Association, the North Carolina Fire Sprinkler Coalition, and Wayne Automatic Fire Sprinklers. Other participating organizations include the Town of Cary and Apex Fire Marshals’ Offices, and the Florida Fire Sprinkler Association.  I was honored to welcome by good friend, Commissioner Causey in a Santa hat.

Thanks for coming out to the Western Wake Farmers Market Holiday Festival this Saturday.  It was great to have my friend Mark Easley play music, and also to spend time with Santa. He is vaccinated, boosted, and ready for his arrival to Morrisville!  I want money to widen NC 54! 

Great to be at State of Morrisville!  Thanks to the Chamber and the Sponsors for hosting!   

Also, it was great to spend some time with SAM IT and other vendors there!   THey are great partner with the Town Smart City Programs! 

Thanks!

It was an honor to attend the 100th Birthday celebration of the late Pramukh Swami, one of the world’s most prominent spiritual leaders.  I am always deeply moved by how he has inspired generations of BAPS devotees to lives of selfless service to their communities.  Thanks for a wonderful celebration and to BAPS Morrisville for all their service to our Town and region.

Join us at Fire Station 1 at 5:30 pm for a Reception before the Swearing In Ceremonies of Mayor Cawley, Council Member Scroggins Johnson, Council Member Fender and myself Face Coverings and Social Distancing Required.  

We are hosting a Dec 18th Reception for Wiley Nickel for Congress at Fusion Nine, 1012 Morrisville Parkway, Morrisville, NC  

December 18, 2021, Noon.

RSVP to Alicia Speedy at (252) 481-7222 or email to alicia@wileynickelforcongress.com

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