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🏡 Claps for Raleigh! The City of Oaks once again made U.S. News & World Report’s Best Places to Live list, clocking in at No. 6, and ranked the No. 11 best-run city in the country, trailing behind Durham at No. 6.
🎤 It must be the music. … Red Hat Amphitheater has a record-breaking concert season this year, with 51 shows and counting on the cal—not to mention a handful of sellouts (hey, Chappell Roan!).
👑 Yes, queens! The Wake County School Board approved the CROWN Act, which ensures students will not be punished for wearing natural hairstyles like braids, Bantu knots or twists.
🎾 Causing a racquet: The City of Raleigh pledged $10 million to the massive Swing Racquet + Paddle facility expected to begin construction this summer, ultimately delivering pickleball, tennis and padel courts; a celeb chef-run restaurant/rooftop sports bar; and much more.
🛫 Raleigh is now one of CLEAR’s 40 TSA PreCheck enrollment locations across the U.S.—meaning passengers can now get both CLEAR and PreCheck through CLEAR instead of going through TSA.
💉 Oh, oh, oh, Ozempic! The pharmaceutical company behind the weight-loss drug (also behind Wegovy) announced a new manufacturing facility in Johnston County that will invest $1.4 million in the area, as well as provide 1,000 jobs.
💊 Here’s a new to-do for your aftercare routine. The CDC recommends taking an antibiotic after sex as a way to prevent STDs.
🚗 Cruising around in your little red 2012 Honda Civic? You aren’t alone—the average U.S. vehicle age has hit a record high of 12.6 years old.
⛽️ *Beep, beep.* Raleighites are pumping the gas pedal more than any other major metro in the U.S., with 38.1 per capita vehicle miles traveled per day.
💻 ICYMI: Consider RTP’s previously announced Apple campus on sleep mode. The tech giant’s local project is on pause due to permitting issues.
🌊 Cue the Jaws theme song. NC’s beaches have ranked the No. 8 deadliest for swimming in the U.S., with 24.6 beachgoers rescued per 100,000 attendees.
🌳 Perhaps other cities shouldn’t be so green with envy over us? Raleigh’s ParkScore ranking dropped from No. 53 last year to No. 56 this year.
🪪 The NC DMV is asking patrons to cough up more cash, as they increased the price of driver’s licenses, learner’s permits and vehicle registrations at the beginning of July.
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