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The Town of Wake Forest is reminding residents that loose leaf collection service ends today (Friday, March 11). From Monday, March 14, through Friday, Sept. 30, residents must use compostable paper yard waste bags (paper only, no plastic) or reusable containers weighing no more than 50 pounds for yard waste (leaves, grass clippings, small limbs, and brush) collection.
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The Town of Wake Forest and the Clean Water Education Partnership (CWEP) will celebrate “Creek Week,” March 12-19, by hosting a Creek Week Virtual 5K Run/Walk at E. Carroll Joyner Park, 701 Harris Road.
From March 12-19, participants are encouraged to walk or run (at least) five kilometers along Joyner Park’s three miles of paved trails. Educational information will be displayed on signage along the trails emphasizing the importance of clean and healthy waterways.
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Daylight saving time begins at 2 a.m. Sunday, March 13. Residents are urged to set clocks forward one hour before bed Saturday evening.
The Wake Forest Fire Department encourages residents to use the occasion to replace batteries in smoke and carbon monoxide alarms, flashlights, and weather radios.
On the first Sunday in November, clocks are set back one hour at 2 a.m. The next clock change will be Nov. 6, 2022.
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Talbot Talks Friday Night on White |
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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 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 host an informative workshop for parents, guardians, and caregivers of individuals with special needs on Saturday, April 2. Scheduled from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Joyner Park Community Center, 701 Harris Road, the Flourish Parent’s Workshop: Loving & Caring for an Individual with Special Needs will offer education, inspiration, and support on a variety of topics related to caring for and loving people with disabilities.
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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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From his full stage show to his closeup “Strolling Magic,” 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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North Wake Theatre will present three performances of Forever Plaid: The Musical Saturday-Sunday, March 19-20, at the Wake Forest Renaissance Centre, 405 S. Brooks St. Showtimes are Saturday at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.m.
“Forever Plaid” is one of the most popular and successful musicals in recent memory chock-full of classic barbershop quartet harmonies and pitch-perfect melodies. Tickets are $25 plus tax and may be purchased online or at the Renaissance Centre Box Office, 405 S. Brooks St.
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The Wake Forest Renaissance Centre will welcome the Sons of Mystro on Thursday, March 24, at 7 p.m. Tickets are $12 each.
These incredibly talented brothers play over 10 different genres of popular music, using the violin instead of their voices to express a song's lyrics.
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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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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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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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Former Downtown Development Director and current Strategic Performance Manager Lisa Hayes was recognized Thursday as a North Carolina Main Street Champion during the 2022 NC Main Street Awards Conference.
Hayes was one of 33 individuals and organizations from across the state to receive the honor in recognition of their commitment to downtown revitalization.
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Downtown Wake Forest has a new logo
We are excited to unveil our new Downtown Wake Forest logo! The icon used in the logo is inspired by a pattern of brick vents found on several building facades in downtown Wake Forest. Brick is a unifying element in the downtown business district and this unique brick pattern symbolizes the historic yet contemporary nature of our downtown. It also represents downtown as the central core of Wake Forest.
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Presenting our new Downtown Wake Forest logo |
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You can make a difference in our community by applying to fill the vacancy on the Technology Advisory Board. Professionals with experience in technology-related fields are especially encouraged to apply.
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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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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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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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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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