The Wake Forest Renaissance Centre at 405 Brooks Street will host the third annual Wake Forest Home & Garden Show on Saturday, Aug. 11, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday, Aug. 12, from noon to 4 p.m. Presented by Mitchell Heating & Cooling, the Home & Garden Show will feature over 40 local experts showcasing the latest in home improvement products, services and features. As an added bonus, this year’s event will again include a Shopping Marketplace with local art, handmade decor and various home products available for purchase. “For anyone planning a home improvement or yard enhancement project, our home and garden show will offer a convenient look at what’s available in our area,” said Renaissance Centre Manager Cathy Gouge. In addition to visiting with local home and garden experts, attendees will have the opportunity to attend free seminars throughout the two-day event and enter a number

The basketball court in Tyler Run Park at 830 Pineview Drive has been temporarily closed for reconstruction. The court is being enlarged to make it regulation high school size with a new surface, benches and handicapped accessible. The work should be complete in early September. For more information call or email Josh Glover, the Wake Forest Parks, Recreation & Cultural Resources park maintenance supervisor, at 919-554-6184, jglover@wakeforestnc.gov.  

Tickets are on sale for the 10th annual Purple Heart Banquet on Saturday, Aug. 4, at 5:30 p.m. Hosted by the Wake Forest Purple Heart Foundation, the banquet invites the public to help honor those wounded in battle. In addition to Purple Heart Medal recipients and their families, the event at Richland Creek Community Church is open to all veterans, military families, and the public. Tickets are only $20 and may be ordered online at www.WakeForestPurpleHeartFoundation.org, info@WakeForestPurpleHeartFoundation.org, or by calling 919-760-3520. Last year’s celebration saluted 65 Purple Heart recipients from around the Triangle. This year’s banquet features the veterans’ Walk of Honor, entertainment, patriotic tributes, and a catered meal. Sponsors make this tribute possible. Sponsorship levels are Gold ($1,000), Blue ($500), White ($250) and Red ($100). For details, call 919-792-0316. Donations may be made payable to Purple Heart Foundation, P.O. Box 168, Wake Forest, NC, 27588.

The Wake Forest Inspections Department issued permits for 82 new homes in May – 72 single-family homes and 10 townhouses – along with several business buildings. They are the E. Carroll Joyner Park Community Center at 701 Harris Road, CubeSmart at 12405 Wake Union Church Road, Radeas at 907 Gateway Commons Circle, and two multi-tenant buildings at 5103 and 5105 Unicon Drive. Barnhill Contracting Company will build the community center. There were no fees because it is town-owned, it will have 32,406 square feet and the contract is for $11,337,774. Southeastern Design & Construction will build CubeSmart and paid $2,080.25 in fees for a 2,250-square-foot building valued at $65,600. Ashland Construction Company will build Radeas and paid $29,516.64 in fees for a 25,002-square-foot building worth $2,186,000. Garrett Building Corporation will build the two Unicon Drive buildings. The one at Unicon cost $20,328 in fees for a 26,000-square-foot building worth $300,600;

The Wake Forest Area Chamber of Commerce’s new fiscal year started July 1st. With the new fiscal year, comes a new slate of Board of Directors. Terms have ended for Mike Olson with Dynasty Communications, Mike Perry with Michael K. Perry, Esq., Don Bowman with Wake Electric Membership Corp., Jeff WIlliams with Williams Advisory Group, and Dr. Bill Harrison with Parler Properties, LLC. Thank you for your dedicated service to the Chamber! New members of the Board are Amanda Cochrane with Image 360-North Raleigh, Dawn Daria with Flow Circus, Sheri DeShazo with WakeMed North Family Health & Women’s Hospital, Carter Harrell with Wake Forest Federal, Joe Kimray with B & W Hardware Co., and Tim Whaley with Hartsfield & Nash Insurance Agency. Dawn Daria co-founded Flow Circus with her husband Paul Miller and is the Chief Education Officer. Dawn was instrumental in developing the curriculum for the Chamber’s Youth Leadership