Plans for Fayetteville Street include branding the historic road as NC’s Main Street. Rendering provided by Interface StudioThe Downtown Raleigh Alliance released major recommendations in tandem with the City of Raleigh to support the future of downtown, starting with downtown’s main thoroughfare, Fayetteville Street. We’re breaking down a few big ideas in these 10 recommendations.…
Inside North Carolina’s First Black-Owned Pilates Studio Travel Noiresource
RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) — More details were revealed about the first changes Capital City residents might see in downtown Raleigh's ambitious revitalization project.The city's Economic Development Strategy — which includes 10 pillars to sustain long-term prosperity downtown — was presented publicly for the first time two weeks ago. The hope is the project will inject…
VP Kamala Harris, in historic Black business district, announces aid for NC companies Raleigh News & Observersource
DURHAM, N.C. (WTVD) — There are dozens of Pilates studios across North Carolina — from the mountains to the coast — but one in the Triangle holds a distinction.A Durham mom of two opened Prevailing Pilates in 2023; it is the state's first black-owned Pilates studio. There's now a waiting list to get through the…
Many are expected to gather on Wednesday for the funeral of Dr. John Mitchell Johnson – the owner of Raleigh’s oldest pharmacy, and North Carolina’s oldest Black-owned pharmacy.Johnson, who was 93, provided years of service to the surrounding community while operating Hamlin Drug Company on East Hargett Street. In 1904, the pharmacy opened as People’s Drug…
Liberation Station Bookstore, North Carolina’s first Black-owned children’s bookstore, is moving out of downtown Raleigh less than a year after it opened.Liberation Station opened on Juneteenth 2023 at 208 Fayetteville St. on the second floor of the Efird’s building. The bright, intimate space hosts events and sells children’s books written and illustrated by Black and…
Liberation Station Bookstore, North Carolina’s first Black-owned children’s bookstore, is moving out of downtown Raleigh less than a year after it opened. source
First black-owned children’s bookstore in Raleigh moving amid threat claims CBS17.comsource
Downtown Raleigh bookstore dedicated to Black children, authors, to close after threats Raleigh News & Observersource