View the Stream of the Retreat Our Council held its annual retreat February 26-28. The three days of meetings were conducted virtually and streamed on the Town’s website. Throughout the retreat the Town Council focused on strategic deliberations that will inform future policy decisions, shared budget priorities and initiatives for the upcoming fiscal year, and […]
Author: Steve Rao
Women’s Month!
Monday marked the start of Women’s Month! #WomensHistoryMonth, is a time to honor & recognize the contributions of women throughout history and those who are working tirelessly today to improve our communities. #WomenLead. I would like to thank Liz Johnson for highlighting Kiran in her last Facebook Post: “Kiran, which means ‘ray of light’ in […]
HOMETOWN HERO: Arvind Mahajan Establishes $10 million School Campus in Morrisville!
Congratulations to Arvind Mahajan, CEO, of AKM Realty Investments, who plans to develop a $10 million Goddard School Campus in Morrisville at the Intersection of Davis Drive and Parkside Valley Drive. The expanded development will include a swim school, a children’ hair salon, an orthodontist office, a restaurant, and a real estate venture. Mahajan intends […]
My Thoughts on the Land Use Plan
Tomorrow, evening, we plan to Vote on the Land Use Plan. I will be sharing a Position Paper next week on my Vision for Morrisville, and how the Land Use Plan can help us execute on that Vision. First, I want to thank the staff for their hard work, and to the citizens and businesses […]
Happy Presidents Day!
“I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States.” Forty-six citizens of our great nation have taken this oath to join the most Exclusive and Powerful Club […]
Remembering Abraham President Lincoln on his Birthday! Feb 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865
“A House Divided Against Itself Cannot Stand.”– President Abraham Lincoln, June 16, 1858 “With Malice Towards None, with Charity for all, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up and heal the nations’ wounds, to care for he who bore the battle and for his widow and orphan and […]
The Moral Jedi, Our New Hope
Steve S. Rao is a Council Member and former Mayor Pro Tem for the Town of Morrisville, and is an opinion writer for ABC 11. He is also a member of New American Economy, and a Business Development Executive at Alphanumeric Systems, a global technology company, headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina. During the last few […]
Happy 4th of July
As we cook out, enjoy the beach, Fireworks and July 4th parties, let us also use this day and time, to reflect on the greatness of our nation, and the true meaning of American Independence Day. WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS TO BE SELF EVIDENT, THAT ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL, THAT THEY ARE ENDOWED BY THEIR CREATOR […]
Morrisville approves Wilson Road connection, agrees to federal grant terms
From The News and Observer: http://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/community/cary-news/article98806347.html#storylink=cpy By Henry Gargan hgargan@newsobserver.com “MORRISVILLE After weeks of discussing two road-related items with potential long-term traffic impacts in Morrisville, the Town Council took action on both of them last week. On Aug. 23, council members voted 5-1 to approve a rezoning petition that would allow for 31 new homes […]
Celebrating Our American Independence
Celebrating Our American Independence “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” It is easy for many of us to celebrate our American Independence with cookouts, fireworks, and […]