Downtown in Wake Forest and suddenly you see that you have to recharge your phone or laptop. Do you hurry back home? No, you just look for one of the cell phone charging towers the Town of Wake Forest has installed; three for now with a fourth one on the way.
The new towers are along South White Street – one in front of the Depot Parking Lot, one in Jones Plaza with the brick bench and its copper leaves at the corner of South White and Jones Avenue, and the third at the intersection of South White and Elm Avenue. The fourth will be installed the week of Aug. 21 along the walled seating area in Centennial Plaza in front of the Wake Forest Town Hall on Brooks Street.
The charging stations are recognizable by their tall tower and banded lighted top. Each features four USB plug-ins and two electrical outlets. The stations are free to use and available on a first-come, first-served basis to anyone who brings their own cord.
Each cost $970 and the brand is Legrand. Lisa Hayes, director of the town’s Downtown Development Department, said the town paid for the charging stations from its operating budget.
The installation of the charging towers comes less than two weeks after the Town launched free wireless Internet service in downtown. The free downtown WiFi makes it possible for residents and visitors to use the Internet outdoors along portions of South White Street, South Brooks Street and South Taylor Street using their smart phones, tablets and laptops.
For more information, contact Downtown Development Director Lisa Hayes at 919-435-9415 or lhayes@wakeforestnc.gov.
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$1,000 apiece? Just who is goin to be using these? Someone needs to get ahold of the checkbook at the town and chill out. When is enough growth enough? What are we gaining in terms of quality of life by getting bigger and bigger? More traffic congestion is rapidly DECREASING quality of life. Let’s just call it enough.