🚗 Parking Can Be an Economic Development Issue Too

📍 A recent survey named South Lumina Avenue in Wrightsville Beach the most stressful place to park in North Carolina. 💵 Parking generally runs about $5/hour on the street and $6/hour in lots. 🚶 Heavy pedestrian traffic and roughly a dozen nearby beach access points...

🌲 A Different Take on the Public Library

📚 Colorado has opened what is being called the first public “nature library” in the U.S. 🏢 The Anythink Nature Library includes a 33,000-square-foot building on a 15-acre campus. 🥾 The property also connects to roughly 140 acres of protected open space through a...

🧱 Friday Failure: The Retaining Wall Edition

I’ve driven by this retaining wall for months and watched it slowly become… more of a retaining suggestion. At this point, grass has started growing in the gravel. 🌱 So maybe the real question is: Is it still retaining enough? I guess that’s between the wall, gravity,...

🚧 $105M Wrightsville Beach Bridge Project

NCDOT is taking a new approach to replace three aging Wrightsville Beach bridges — with the goal of finishing by Spring 2030, about two years ahead of schedule. 🏗️ 🚗 Two lanes will remain open throughout construction🚶 Improved pedestrian access🚴 Better cyclist...