Captain Awesome

I think that is more accurately read "reimbursement specialists, people with some nursing or clinical experience and people with pharmacy experience". Not terrible jobs at all, but I wouldn't expect MDs to be trying to hit performance numbers for calls per hour.

Could you elaborate? This is one block off of the CBD. I don't see how this achieves any goals involving urban density, commercial tax base or live/work/play. This would be short sighted and terrible for downtown Cary or downtown Apex, much less downtown Raleigh.

Doubtful. Aside from the fact that even at its most efficient usage, roads still have a finite capacity, you'll still have to spend money to keep the roads from turning into gravel. Roads cost $10M/lane/mile to maintain without traffic. Even if you were to put vehicles on it that can maximize the number of humans per unit, you are essentially building a gold-plated mass transit system out of asphalt. Although a network of 40 lane roads would look like something out of a 1950s futurist magazine(I'm assuming the city and county will continue to grow), it would probably be cheaper for the county to launch people into space to live if they are going to forego land use and density planning and a scalable transportation system.

The Downtown Raleigh Draft Plan alludes to reverting "Cobblestone Hall" back into the original market as part of the rebranding of the area as Market Square. From what I've read in interviews, it appears that the owner, Hazan, is on board with future renovations. So instead of recreating City Market in the Warehouse district, it is probably better to push for the city's vision of Market Square with the restoration of the original market.

The city is already looking to revamp City Market. I don't think we need City Market II.

They light the spire for home games and then do a strobe effect for each goal they score for 10ish seconds and then for two minutes if they win. The are the worst team in the league this season, so don't expect to see the post-game light up too often. http://www.wralsportsfan.com/pnc-turns-tower-red-to-salute-canes-during-season/14066325/

17 Raleigh residents voting on City-Data?

I think fact that it is a townhouse with 28 stories gives it away that it is a joke.

Maybe someone more in the know than I am can explain, but it seems that regardless of any other factors, the summer on Hillsborough St. is always lean. That's why established businesses plan for the yearly slowdown and new businesses use it as a time to tweak their processes before school gets back in session. And it's also why it is used for construction projects (the bus lane construction and the Electric Company Mall renovation come to mind) The construction and the recession seem to be moot points when considering it is summer at State. The students that are not there aren't impeded by the construction nor are these non-existent students watching their wallets during the downturn. I'm a state alum and I spent plenty of time working at businesses on H-st. When area businesses can, they will try to tie any external factor to the summer slowdown in hopes of getting extra support in during their normal slow months. I'm not trying to be mean, but there is no need to sound an alarm for H-st - this is a normal marketing tool that they use every so often to bump up summer sales.

I'll have to check, but I thought the plan was to do it each winter until Charter Square is built. AFAIK, these rinks are essentially large kits and as such are portable(inasmuch as they are not permanent structures). I think that once people get a taste of outdoor skating in downtown, they'll want it even after CS is built. The 5 indoor rinks we have are pumping along pretty much at capacity, so even a little outdoor rink will get some use.

You'd be surprised at the advances in outdoor rink technology. San Diego has a number of outdoor rinks with average winter highs in the mid-to-upper 60s (as compared to Raleigh's lower to mid 50s)

This reminds me of an old article about a proposed rail line between Raleigh and Petersburg that ultimately failed and choked the economy of Raleigh until the development of RTP. NY Times June 6, 1885 (http://www.bugmenot.com/view/nytimes.com, if prompted to log in)

Raleigh-Cary is the MSA(Metropolitan Statistical Area), split off from Durham and Chapel Hill in the last census because of their respective sizes. Raleigh-Durham-Cary is the CSA (Combined Statistical Area), a combination of the Raleigh-Cary MSA, Durham(incl.CH) MSA, and Dunn MicroSA(Micropolitan Statistical Area). So the Raleigh-Durham-Cary CSA serves the purpose of the old MSA, from a grouping perspective, with a different statistical perspective. MSA -from Census.gov

Are these RTP based companies? The article notes that INC will be remodeling 2 floors of their 6 story bldg. I'm guess this hq isn't in the park. The reason I mention this is that by adding so many jobs in the Park (where nobody lives) the major drawback of this would be the added congestion. Not that I am opposed to jobs in the biotech industry, I'd just like a better idea of the QOL costs of more commuters heading from North Raleigh and Cary to the park. Alone. In their cars.

I've heard a rumor of a small grocery store at the corner of Wilmington and Martin. EDIT: It's on the block between where Sonny's used to be and slims. It will be run by the City Mart people and sell beer and wine along with staples, opening before November 1st. Like anything in downtown who knows - hell, it could turn out to be as ghetto as City Mart and just be a glorified convenience store, but who knows.