Join us on Monday for a 4th of July Parade!
Monday, July 4, 10:30am. Kick off your 4th with a fun neighborhood gathering. Decorate your bikes, scooters, and strollers and parade through the Pilot Mill Neighborhood. Treats and social gathering in Mordecai Mini Park after!
If you have questions, please contact mlswindel@aol.com
Thank you.
Meredith Swindell and family
Organizers
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Mordecai CAC
the key to strong community
Please connect with Mordecai community neighbors through our our website, http://mordecaicac.org and also on NextDoor Community, the MCAC Facebook page, and Twitter.
The Mordecai CAC meets on the second Tuesday of each month, September-June. In the summer we have special events. We hope you'll join us and meet your neighbors!
Summer MCAC events:
June 26: Fun on the Lawn at Mordecai Historic Park
July 4: Parade and family social through Pilot Mill to Mordecai Mini Park
August 2: National Night Out/ Ice Cream Party at Halifax Community Center
Keep reading for more MCAC Updates:
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Too many yard waste carts?
If you don’t want your new yard waste cart you can return it. Simply call Customer Care Center at 919-996-3245 or email sws@raleighnc.gov. Please help our neighbors who don't need their carts by sharing this information:
New yard waste carts -- nearly 110,000 of them -- are being delivered to residential customers throughout Raleigh. Delivery is nearly complete.
Along the way, many residents have requested we collect the new cart because they simply don't have room to store the 95-gallon yard waste cart along with their garbage and recycling carts of the same size.
To respond quickly to the volume of requests and maintain our core services, Solid Waste Services is now working with a contractor(s) to support collection of yard waste carts.
- Carts will only be collected from properties that have submitted a pickup request via email or through our Customer Care Center.
- Carts must be placed curbside and remain there until pickup, as contractors are not allowed to enter private property.
- Pickups may be delayed if the yard waste cart is not curbside when the contractor arrive.
For questions about cart pickup or yard waste services, please call our Customer Care Center at 919-996-3245 or email us at sws@raleighnc.gov.
More info here.
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Thanks for a fun Lawn Party!
We had a great time at the Mordecai CAC "Fun on the Lawn" event on June 26! Thanks to everyone who attended and to all of our great volunteers and vendors. We raised nearly $700 for the MCAC community fund through our raffle! We appreciate all of the North Person Street businesses who donated items.
The Mordecai CAC has hosted a June lawn party/community picnic for 38 years! It was great to be back after missing two summers due to Covid. Community members, if you are interested in having more community events like this or helping with next summer’s party please reach out.
More photos in our Facebook album
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Mordecai T-shirts are for sale! We have plenty left but the sizes are mostly small/kids/womens. Reach out to chair@mordecaicac.org if you want a shirt! One for $7, Two for $12, Three for $15. Proceeds to the MCAC!
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Clover Lane Rezoning
An application for rezoning was filed on May 8, 2022: https://cityofraleigh0drupal.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/drupal-prod/COR22/Z-043-22.pdf
It is currently under review, and you can see a status and details here: https://raleighnc.gov/planning/zoning-cases.
A community committee has been formed and is meeting on Zoom and having discussions on Slack. The next Zoom meeting is tonight, Wednesday June 29, 7pm. If you have questions or would like to get involved, please contact neighborhood leaders Catherine Clodfelter, Brian Lee, Adam Ridge, and David Plotner by emailing: cloverlane@mordecaicac.org.
More information will be posted here as it is received: https://www.mordecaicac.org/clover-lane
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SAVE SEABOARD TRAIN STATION
Preservation Group
Update
Community members formed a preservation group in January to promote efforts to save the historic Seaboard Train Station building (Logan's Garden Shop), which is affected by the rezoning application.
The Planning Commission approved the Logan's rezoning on June 14. Our next step is CITY COUNCIL.
If you'd like to get involved with efforts, please email savethestation@mordecaicac.org for more info. Our group is primarily communicating via Slack. We have an announcement email list as well. Please join https://groups.google.com/g/saveseaboard if you would to receive updates.
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Volunteer with the Mordecai CAC - make your community a better place!
 Co-Chair
Monthly Newsletter Editor
Zoning Chair
Neighborhood Representatives (all neighborhoods)
The Mordecai CAC is the Mordecai Community Action Coalition. We are a coalition of multiple neighborhoods working together to provide ways for citizens to share information, meet each other, and take action in our community. Neighborhoods include: Pilot Mill, Oakdale, Mordecai, East Mordecai, North Person/Blount, Cotton Mill, Capitol Park, and part of Oakwood.
CO-CHAIR: We still need a new MCAC co-chair. This person will serve a two year term and be responsible for working with a partner to plan meeting agendas and lead the direction of the CAC. If you are interested or know of a neighbor that would be good for the job, we'd love to talk to you.
Please contact Merrilee Jacobson at chair@mordecaicac.org.
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Join the MCAC Leadership Team!
The MCAC Leadership team is open and welcomes any resident of the Mordecai Community. Our core group of neighbors communicates regularly to plan meetings and share ideas for citizen engagement. We'd love to have more neighbors get involved. The leadership team communicates via a Slack Workspace. All residents are welcome to join.
Email chair@mordecaicac.org for an invitation or click here to join!
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MCAC Meetings/Minutes
The Mordecai Community Action Coalition meets at 7:30pm on the second Tuesday of the month, September-June. Currently we are meeting on Zoom, and we also post our meetings on Facebook. All residents are encouraged to get involved with the MCAC.
Becky Hayes is our MCAC secretary. Look in this section of our newsletter a link to the minutes from each meeting. If you'd prefer to watch the video, recordings of our Zoom meetings are also posted on the MCAC Facebook page.
If you have any questions or suggestions for us, please reach out to Dana and Merrilee at chair@mordecaicac.org or contact Becky at secretary@mordecaicac.org
Mordecai CAC
Minutes: May 10, 2022
Featured Speakers: Tina Govan, Placemaking; Toby Coleman, Clover Lane Rezoning
Minutes: April 12, 2022
In person meeting at Emmaus Church
Minutes: March 8, 2022
Featured Speaker: Tiesha Hinton
Topic: Community Engagement
Minutes: February 8, 2022
Featured Speakers: Parker Poe, Turnbridge Development, and J Davis Architects
Topic: Logan's Rezoning
Minutes: January 11, 2022
Featured Speaker: Mayor Mary-Ann Baldwin
Topics: A Conversation with Mayor Baldwin
Minutes: November 9, 2021
Featured Speakers: Bill King, Downtown Raleigh Alliance; Marti Maguire, William Peace University.
Topics: The State of Downtown; Person Street Takeover!
Minutes: October 12, 2021
Featured Speaker: Sam Crutchfield – Grub Ventures
Topic: Raleigh Iron Works
Minutes: September 14, 2021
Featured Speaker: Rob Steward, Hoffman and Associates
Topic: Seaboard Station update
Minutes: June 8, 2021
Featured Speaker: Gary Claiborne, PRCR Capital Projects Manager
Topic: Devereaux Meadow Park
Minutes: May 11, 2021
Featured Speaker: Reuben Moore, City of Raleigh Engineering Services Department
Topic: Blount-Person Corridor Two-Way Conversion and Mordecai Roundabouts
Minutes: April 13, 2021
Featured Speakers:
- Amanda Astor, City of Raleigh Recycling
- Leigh Bragassa, City of Raleigh Parks
- Sarah Roholt and Joe Layton, MCAC Parks
- Matt Allen, Stream Cleanup
- Lisa Grele Barrie, Raleigh City Farm
- Reid Serozi, Heavy Metal Recycling
Topic: Caring for Our Community
Minutes- March 9, 2021
Featured Topics: Person Street Partnership, Google Fiber Install update
Minutes - February 9, 2021
Featured Speaker: City Councilor Corey Branch
Topic: District C Update
Minutes- January 12, 2021
Featured Speaker: Nathan Spencer
Topic: The S-Line
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Corner Pantry Items Needed!
Please keep our neighborhood Corner Pantry in mind for donations as you are able. It is at the corner of Glascock and Watauga Streets. We continue to welcome all to take what they need and leave what they can. The Corner Pantry has been utilized a great deal since being built, so please help us maintain inventory by dropping off non-perishable foods as you are able. Thanks!
-Adrian Standish
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