The Wake Forest Parks, Recreation & Cultural Resources Department will commemorate “National Physical Fitness Month” in May by offering a 50-Mile Walking Challenge for area residents ages 11 and older. The concept is simple. The parks and rec department is challenging area residents to walk a total of 50 miles in May and use tracking cards to record their progress. Walking locations may include neighborhoods, schools, churches, parks and greenways – just to name a few. There is no cost to participate, and online registration will be open throughout April at https://wakeforestnc.recdesk.com/Community/Home (search “Walking Challenge). The first 200 people to register will receive a free water bottle. Tracking cards are available for pickup at Joyner Park Community Center (JPCC), 701 Harris Road. Everyone ages 11 and over who registers, completes 50 miles, and returns their tracking cards to JPCC by Thursday, June 3, will receive a commemorative T-shirt (while supplies last) and

Updated April 21 Good news! The Wake Forest Planning P Department has resumed publishing the Monthly Development Report on its web page listing all the plans under review. To find it, go to www.wakeforestnc.gov, click on Departments and Planning. Future residential projects under review *Star Road PUD is a plan for both office space – a maximum of 60,000 square feet – and townhouses with a maximum of seven units per acre. *Mason Oaks Parcel 3 is a plan to build 21 townhouses along Edgemoore Trail. *Legacy Center Church would build a 12,400-square-foot church on Rabbit Run Road. *Hawthorne Wake Forest (formerly called Villagio) is a plan for eight multi-family buildings with 248 units on Star Road. The engineering firm is NV5. *413, 425 and 435 Wait Avenue call for a 40-unit condominium apartments with above ground and underground parking in the block between North Taylor Street and North Franklin

Wake Forest Chamber of Commerce members can vote for the new members of the board of directors, and five members selected at random will get a free lunch at Chick-fil-A! The four people who have been invited to join the board on July 1 are Annette Rhodes of Rhodes Law; Veronica Alston of DV Alston Consulting; Bryan Miller of BBT, now Truist; and Peter Kima of Kima Real Estate. * * * * The fun day at Flaherty Park on Saturday, May 1, sponsored by the Wake Forest Area Chamber of Commerce begins early, at 8 a.m. with check-in for the Pickleball Open Tournament where there are competitive categories for those 45 and older and a fun category for ages 11 and up. Registration ended on April 17. Meals on Wheels is presenting the tournament. From 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. you can find the Young Entrepreneurs at their fair