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Date: 3/20/09
Dear Supporters,
Thanks to your hard work, the Raleigh City Council overwhelmingly approved Regency Centers' rezoning request, allowing the Whole Foods project to move forward. Your emails, phone calls, and attendance at the City Council meeting on Tuesday sent a powerful message, which was heard loud and clear.
We would like to thank the Mayor, City Council, and especially Councilor Nancy McFarlane for their support. The vote was 7-1 in favor of the rezoning. Please take a moment of your time to thank Councilor McFarlane, Mayor Meeker, and the other Councilors for their support of this project (click her to send her an email)
The project now moves to the next step. Regency Centers will submit a site plan to the City of Raleigh. Additional hearing will be held. Once the site plan is approved, the permits will be issued and construction will begin.
Please continue to check back here at www.BringWholeFoods.org for all the latest information on this project. We will follow the progress of the project and keep the website updated.
On behalf of the entire Grassroots Committee, we would also like to thank you for your support of this important project North Raleigh.
Sincerely,
Tim Klapish
Co-Chair Grassroots Committee
Date: 3/16/09
Please contact Nancy McFarlane at 919-792-3022 and/or 919-996-3050.
Date: 3/10/09
Dear Grassroots Supporters:
Today we took a leap forward when the Raleigh Planning Commission voted overwhelmingly (8-2) in favor of Regency Centers’ project. Whole Foods Market will be the anchor tenant of this project at the Colonade.
The Grassroots Committee is writing you today to thank you for your continued support and to ask for one final push. The next step in the process is at the City Council meeting on Tuesday, March 17, 2009. WILL YOU JOIN US ON TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 2009 AT 1:00 P.M. FOR THIS IMPORTANT MEETING? (click here to RSVP) If we have a good turnout of support, it is likely the Councilors will hold the final vote on our project.
Please continue to show your support by writing the City Council (click here to write and email), calling Councilor Nancy McFarland at 919-847-2299, and showing up on Tuesday. Below are the instructions for each of these important items. Whole Foods Market has a track record of becoming an active member and partner of the communities they serve. We are looking forward to them being our new neighbor. We hope to see you on Tuesday, March 17th! Again, thank you for all your support.
Sincerely,
The Grassroots Committee
www.BringWholeFoods.org
ACTION NEEDED:
1. Can you attend? Can you bring a friend? If so, click here and send an email letting us know.
2. Write an email to the City Council (click here to write an email).
3. It is also very important that calls be placed to Nancy McFarlane (919-847-2299) since the project will be located in Councilor McFarlane's district.
4. Visit the website http://www.bringwholegfoods.org for all the detailed information on Regency's Whole Foods Market project.
Date: 3/5/09
Update and Action Alert
Regency's project with Whole Foods Market will be before the City Council at 1:00 pm on March 17th! The Regency team is working through the final details with the City of Raleigh Staff and the Planning Commission.
We are getting close and need one final push to the finish line.
Can you attend? Can you bring a friend? If so, click here and send an email letting us know.
NOW is the time for EVERYONE to write an email to the City Council (click here to write an email).
It is also very important that calls be placed to Nancy McFarlane (919-847-2299) since the project will be located in Councilor McFarlane's district. Also, Councilor Rodger Koopman needs to hear from you (919-809-6063). While we have focused our efforts until now on letters and email messages, it is now vitally important that Councilor McFarlane and Councilor Koopman receive phone calls NOW!
Visit the website www.BringWholeFoods.org for all the detailed information on Regency's Whole Foods Market project.
The City Council has the option of voting to approve the project on March 17th or they can send it to a committee for further review. YOUR SUPPORT AND ACTION NOW can show the City Council the huge public support that is behind this project -- and we believe if they hear from you today, we will see them react favorably. Please take a few minutes to write an email AND call Councilor McFarlane (919-847-2299) and Councilor Koopman (919-809-6063) today.
Please mark you calendars for Tuesday, March 17th at 1:00 pm. We need to have a great turnout to show the City Council how important the approval of this project is to us! Let us know you will be attending by sending us an email.
Thank you for your continued support. We look forward to seeing you at the new Whole Foods Market one day soon!!
Sincerely,
The Grassroots Committee
ACTION ITEMS THINGS TO DO LIST:
1. Email the City Council (click here)
2. Call Councilor McFarlane (919-847-2299) and Councilor Koopman (919-809-6063)
3. Attend the Tuesday, March 17th City Council Meeting at 1:00 pm. Let us know you are attending by sending us an email. (click here for directions)
Date: 2/23/09
GREAT NEWS and Updates on Regency Centers’ Project with Whole Foods in North Raleigh!
Regency’s Whole Foods project to build cutting edge stormwater management system
Regency Centers’ proposed Whole Foods anchored project, The Market at Colonnade, was selected last week by the North Carolina Clean Water Management Trust Fund to build a cutting edge stormwater management system. Unlike many conventional stormwater management approaches, the Colonnade project will retain and infiltrate an excess of 50% of the generated site stormwater volume into the underlying soils. This project is the first of its kind in the City of Raleigh. For additional information on their stormwater efforts click here.
Grassroots support continues efforts to rezone The Market at Colonnade
We want to THANK all those who showed their support of rezoning petition Z-44-08 by attending the Planning Commission meeting on February 3, 2009. The meeting was positive, and Regency Centers continues to show their effort to bring a quality development to North Raleigh.
• NOW is the time to show your support by emailing or faxing a letter to your City Council Members (919- 996-7622). Click here to send an email to your Elected Officials. If you have sent one letter, please send another today!
• The next important public meeting that your attendance is greatly needed is the City Council on Tuesday, March 17 @ 1:00 PM. It will be held at the City Council Chambers, 222 W. Hargett St in the Avery C. Upchurch Municipal Building. Click here for directions and parking instructions.
• Pass along this information to all your friends, neighbors, and fellow Whole Foods supporters! Click here to refer your friends.
This project will not be possible without support from those who want to see this project succeed. Don’t risk letting a vocal minority take away our right to have a Whole Foods in our neighborhood. Thank you so much for your support and we look forward to seeing you and your friends on March 17th!
Sincerely,
The Grassroots Committee
Date: 1/29/09
We need supporters to attend the Planning Commission meeting Tuesday, February 3 at 9:00 in downtown Raleigh. Seating is limited so we urge you to get there early! Click here for driving directions and parking information.
If you have not emailed your elected officials to show your support for this project, please do so by clicking the button, “Email your elected official”. Show them you are in favor of the re-zoning for this project.
Date: 1/28/09
If you did not receive the recent mailer sent out from the Grassroots Committee, you can view a copy by clicking here.
Date: 1/26/09
Click here to view letter from Scott Allshouse, President Whole Foods Market - South Region.
Date: 1/9/2009
Dear Friends and Neighbors,
It has been a while since you have received an update on the proposed Whole Foods in North Raleigh. We want to let you know that things are still on track, but they are taking longer than anticipated as the developer, Regency Centers, works through the zoning process.
In order to get the property rezoned for retail use, the project has to go before the Planning Commission and the City Council. The next step in the process is for Regency to appear before a Planning Commission on February 3rd. If that is successful, the project will go to the full Planning Commission on February 10th and then on to the City Council on February 17th. If you need directions and parking information click here. For meeting details click here.
Some of the delay is due to a vocal minority of neighbors who continue to actively oppose this project, so your continued support is extremely important. We won’t be successful without you.
What can we do?
Please let the Planning Commission and City Council know if you believe rezoning this property for use by Whole Foods is “reasonable and in the public interest.” As committee members we not only believe it is “reasonable and in the public interest,” we don’t know why anyone would oppose a new project like this in North Raleigh.
• Write a letter of support to, or call members of the Planning Commission and the City Council. We want them to hear that we continue to support the rezoning for this project. Click on the “CONTACT MY ELECTED OFFICIAL” button and write our representatives a quick message.
• Please join us at the committee meeting on February 3rd. Opponents have been diligent in attending and voicing their concerns. We need to make sure the support of our more than 2,000 supporters is being heard.
• If you haven’t already done so, please sign the petition showing your support for this project.
Again, thank you for your continued support of this petition. Feel free to e-mail us at info@bringwholefoods.org with any questions or comments.
Best Regards,
Bring Whole Foods Grassroots Committee
For information about the City Council meeting held October 21, 2008 click here.
If you have ever shopped at Whole Foods you know what a great store it is. Spread the word to your neighbors and friends, so that we can show them the support of our communities. If you haven't been to Whole Foods, check out their website at www.wholefoodsmarket.com on each link below to view additional articles from the News & Observer:
Sept. 3, 2008 - http://www.newsobserver.com/nrn/story/1204179.html
Aug. 30, 2008 - Whole Foods has signed on
Jul 26, 2008 - Whole Foods fans aims to bring chain to North Raleigh
Jul 4, 2008 - Groceries and good eating
Grassroots Committee for BringWholeFoods.org
Debra Hooper 919-345-5640 (Co-Chair)
Patti and Tim Klapish (Co-Chair)
Libby Telford (Co-Chair)
Laura Graham
Lanier Cansler
Michael Hood
Jen and Clint Lawrence
Kathy Blum
Ruby Henderson
Jim Mahaffey
Lynn Rosenthal
Mara DiGiorgio
Cheri Aschenbrenner
Chris Kelly
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