The Growth Rate

Update May 2, 2018 Future projects–Technical Review Committee When the technical review committee met on March 8, 2018, the members reviewed the following plans: *Powerhouse Row, two- and three-story buildings on the west side of South White Street next to Elm Avenue combining retail on the first floor with residential on the upper floors. The request was filed by JDavis Architects. *A commercial building to be located at 907 Gateway Commons Circle. The request was filed by Gateway Forest LLC. * * * * When the technical review committee met on Feb. 15, the members reviewed the following plans: *Capital Sportsplex: A major master site plan submitted by Calyx, a Raleigh engineering firm, for a sports complex on Star Road with a 250,000 square foot building, one multi-use field, five soccer fields, two outdoor tennis courts, six sand volleyball courts and four baseball fields. This will be a quasi-judicial hearing.

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Calendar

*The Wake Forest Farmers Market now has summer hours, 8 a.m. to noon, and will be open on Saturday, May 5, in the parking lot on Taylor Street behind Wake Forest Town Hall. The change in location is because of the many activities during Meet in the Street. Local farmers and artisans will offer meats, seasonal vegetables, bread and baked goods and other local wares. See the market’s Facebook page for information about the vendors. *Monday Night Bingo at The Factory is hosted by the Wake Forest Kiwanis Club in the Mill Room from 7 to 9:30 p.m. every Monday night. All profits support the club’s projects for children. Visit www.wakeforestbingo.com for more information. *Tri-Area Ministry Food Pantry at 149 East Holding Avenue is now open from 9 to 11 a.m. every third Saturday along with its regular hours on Mondays and Wednesdays from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. for

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Obituaries

Ronald Edgar Lewis Raleigh Ronald Edgar Lewis, 69, of 8007 Marsh Hollow Drive expired on Thursday, April 20, 2018, at the William Dunlap Center in Raleigh. He was born on June 20, 1948 in Brooklyn, New York to the late Edgar Lewis and Mary L. Fennel Lewis. The funeral service was professionally directed on Sunday, April 29, 2018, at Friendship Chapel Baptist Church with burial afterward in the church cemetery. A service of Feggins & Feggins Funeral and Cremation Service, 430 North White Street, Wake Forest, NC (919) 556-1018   Rafael A. Cueto Castellon Youngsville Rafael A. Cueto Castellon, 45, of 417 Cross Street died on Friday, April 21, 2018, at the William Dunlap Center in Raleigh. The funeral service was held Tuesday, April 24, 2018, in the Feggins & Feggins Funeral Chapel. He was born on August 8, 1972, in Nicaragua to Rafael Cueto and Alba Castellon. A service

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