WakeUP is hiring an Executive Director to lead the organization. Nathan Spencer is stepping down on September 1st so the search committee is looking for someone who can help us continue to promote climate adaptation, transportation, and housing in Wake County. Learn more here. We visited Durham to support the Transportation for the Future Act which will modernize North Carolina transportation spending to provide communities with the tools they need to create safe and sustainable multimodal transportation systems for the future. We developed a fact sheet on Transit Overlay Districts (TOD) in Wake County and how they impact surrounding communities. Learn about how the City of Raleigh is implementing TODs to prepare communities for Bus Rapid Transit Routes here. Board Member and Professor of Architecture at NC State University, Thomas Barrie wrote an op-ed in INDY Week, Why the Missing Middle Matters. Chairperson and Research Ecologist with the Southeast Climate Adaptation Science Center (SE CASC), Adam Terando was featured in the U.S. Geological Survey’s Climate Science Champions series. View the video here. Executive Director Nathan Spencer spoke to ABC11 about the proposed Raleigh budget and its impact on affordable housing and transportation. See the article and video here. Policy Analyst and PhD candidate in the Center for Geospatial Analytics at NC State University, Christina Perella was highlighted by the SE CASC in a recent post. Interested in being more involved with WakeUP Wake County either as a volunteer or board member? Learn more about member duties and how to get involved here. | 
