Raleigh, NC

Earth: United States: North Carolina: Raleigh

• Near to: Durham, Cary, Chapel Hill
• Satellites: Apex, Cary
• Part of: The Triangle

Reference

• Wikipedia
• Wikitravel
• LocalInfoOnline

Issues

• Construction of the Glen Tree project:
  • 2005-11-16 Raleigh's new downtown: 42 floors, Capitol view?
  • 2005-11-02 Not on the up and up: "The 42-story Glen Tree project is OK'd, which is a disgrace."

Blogs

• Raleighing: collaborative blog
• Raleigh Rides: organizing and chronicling weekend cycling in Raleigh

Directory

Art Galleries

Artists

• Suzy Andron

Galleries

• artspace
• Rebus Works "an exhibition space organized by artists for artists"

Bars

see #Social Venues

Broadcasting

Companies

• Capitol Broadcasting Company

Radio Stations

• The Rooster WRDU 106.1: Was WRDU Rock for 22 years, starting right around the time of WQDR's switch from Album Rock to Country; repeated history and switched to Country in October, 2006 as part of a re-shuffling of owner ClearChannel's local holdings [1]
• WKNC 88.1FM: NCSU's college radio station.

Category Uncertain

• DesignBox: a creative collective of design professionals; membership requires weekly meeting attendance/work

Computing

• Cerient Technologies: "the leading provider of IT solutions to RDU Small Business"

Fashion

• Hot Topic:@Streets at Southpoint Mall, Durham-clothes that rock!, it's all about the music!

Shoes

• Firefly

Hair

• Cherry Bomb Studios: an Aveda concept salon

Hair Removal

• BodyLase medical spa: hair removal, skin treatment

Recycling

• Clothing for a Cause: donate clothes and raise money for ovarian cancer research

Tattoos

• Tattoo Devil Studios

Dining

• April & George art gallery & wine bar
• East Village: food, drink, deck

Education

• Kindergarten / Pre-K
  • Children's House of Raleigh: Montessori-based
• Universities
  • NC State University

Employment

• Apex Systems, Inc (Raleigh location)

Employers

• Red Hat: worldwide headquarters

Insurance

• Integra Mortgage Company

Lawyers

• Mitchiner Law Firm, PLLC

Music

• Musicians
  • DJ FM
• Record Labels
  • Bifocal Media
  • Pidgeon English Records
• Venues (see also #Social Venues)
  • Kings downtown

Nightclubs

see #Social Venues

Publications

• Newsmagazines
  • The Raleigh Hatchet
• Newspapers
  • The News & Observer

Radio

• WKNC: indy/alt/rock
• WQDR: country
• WRAL-FM: Mix 101.5 – "The Best Mix of the 80's, 90's, and Today!"
• WRDU "The Rooster": country
• WRVA-FM "The New River" (web; WRVA-FM): has recently de-emphasized alt and focused more on classic rock (part of a reshuffling of ClearChannel's local holdings [2])

Recycling

see also #Fashion:Recycling

• Wise Recycling: Clayton and Raleigh locations

Shopping

• Triangle Town Center

Social Venues

• Kulture: bar and nightclub