Podcast Raleigh Ashton & Hayes

What do you do with a future city park site that currently sits kind of as an empty parking lot? Enloe student Adrian Mangano had an idea: why not make it a skate park?

And that idea became Skate Raleigh, a venture to build a temporary skate park between Capital Boulevard and West Street on the future site of Smoky Hollow Park. The area has long been a hang out for skaters, in part because of the Endless Grind skate shop that's operated nearby on Peace Street since 1986. 

Adrian tells us how the idea came about, how it became a reality who some of the supporters are and more.

A little more than 5 years ago, Raleigh almost became home to the new USTA headquarters that eventually landed just outside Orlando. But the message was clear: Raleigh has a lot of people who spend a lot of time with racquets in their hands.

Now the Triangle is on the verge of getting a 45-acre racquet and paddle sports super park that includes facilities, food, different membership offerings (including courts for free public use), event space and sportstainment (TM) facility: Swing Racquet + Paddle.

In recent weeks, Swing has announced partnerships with Wilson, chef Fabio Viviani and tennis academy Good to Great. We talked to managing partner of Swing Jason DeGroff about these partnerships, which sports are included at Swing (and why), the design and the origin story of what will truly be a one of a kind facility in Raleigh.

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Jonathan Melton is serving in his second term as an at-large member of the Raleigh City Council, serving on the Economic Development & Innovation and Transportation & Transit Committees. He was inspired by seeing other young leaders run for and take office, and saw a need for the city to have more varying voices making decisions. And calling back on his time as an NC State student, he thinks people in Raleigh can and should have everything they need within walking distance.

We had a great conversation that touched on two big Raleigh topics: affordable housing and community engagement. Additionally he gave us some insight on what exactly a city council member does--and what the city council doesn't have the authority to do. We also touched on his work as a family law attorney and his kickball addiction (that, not surprisingly, is tied to another leadership story!)

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Johnny Hackett had a successful stint in the corporate world before deciding to seek out work that had more meaning. This led to the founding of #BlackDollarNC, a black owned business directory, the Black Friday Market, a retail store hosting goods from 60+ small businesses, and The Factory, and co-working and manufacturing space.

We talked to Johnny about all of these ventures, their successes and challenges, and what their future looks like. We also talked to him about impressing Diddy and why he's the "cool" uncle to his niece, at least currently.

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We plan to roll out new Podcast Raleigh episodes soon, but in the mean time we’re kicking off the year with a Podcast Swap! Today’s episode will be from Raleigh Magazine’s Office Talk podcast. Raleigh Magazine Publisher Gina Stephens (a Podcast Raleigh guest--check out the episode!) discusses  some of the top Raleigh restaurants, including which one they chose as THE best restaurant of 2022. Currently over on the Office Talk pod, they’re running our episode on affordable housing and the Raleigh Area Land Trust with Rhett Fussell. Be sure to subscribe to Raleigh Magazine’s office talk podcast AND Podcast Raleigh, and enjoy this discussion of some of Raleigh’s best restaurants.

It's been almost a decade since Peace College became William Peace University and, since 2015, its leader under the new banner has been Dr. Brian Ralph.

We talked to him about the school's diverse student body and array of academic studies, its focus on immersive learning, the expansion of arts and athletic programs, the growth of the North Person and Seaboard neighborhoods, and how having daughters in college made him a better school president.

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