On Wednesday, I had the honor of attending the RTP 180 event on Open Source technologies and Open Data. RTP 180 events are hosted by the Research Triangle Foundation, in an effort to bring together techies, entrepeneurs, and thought leaders from around the region to share ideas, collaborate, and educate each other on trends in […]
2013 North Carolina Planning Conference Awards Luncheon
Morrisville planning board wins award for McCrimmon
Town of Morrisville Receives Anthemion Award for Pugh House Restoration
Congratulations to the Town of Morrisville, staff, and all involved as we the Town received the Anthemion Award for the historic preservation of the Pugh House by the Wake County Historic Preservation Society. Congratulations to all winners, and once again, this is a great day for Morrisville as we now have one more historic landmark […]
Triangle Entrepreneurship Week and Innovate Raleigh
Last Wednesday, I attended the Innovate Raleigh Summitt, at the Raleigh Convention Center, and thank Jon Leonardo and his team for organizing a series of events, all throughout the Triangle focused on Entrepreneurship. Here is my summary of what the panelists and particpants came up with ideas, I would like to take back to Morrisville, […]
Councilman Rao attends North Carolina Datapalooza
On Thursday, I attended the North Carolina Datapalooza at the NC Museum of Natural Science. This event represented the final stage of the Regional Open Data efforts in Wake county, and there were three companies, who presented their Open Data results, and the types of applications which they were able to develop. At the end […]
Sept 13 Council Office Hours
This week, Office hours, were not too busy but I did have a few interesting meetings: Open Data I had a few IT execs who live in Morrisville, very interested in the Town moving forward with an Open Data Initiative. The main reasons cited were the success in having citizens develop apps, which can […]
Sept. 10 Town Council Meeting
On Tuesday, we had a very productive Council meeting with much activity and interesting discussion. Western Wake Farmers Market The evening began with a presentation from Jim Pellegrini, President of the Western Wake Farmers Market. Key benefits of a Farmers Market included the economic benefits, the growth of entrepreneurs in the food industry, and […]
Rufus Edmisten Shares NC History with Steve Rao
At the September 12 reception with Rufus Edmisten, former NC attorney general and secretary of state, he shared some interesting memories of NC political history. by
Transportation Secretary Tata addresses NCTA Vendor Council Meeting
I had the honor of recently hosting the North Carolina Technology Association Government Vendor Council meeting, and the speakers were NC Secretary of Transportation, Anthony Tata, and David Ullmer, the CIO for the NCDOT. The administration is looking more closely to streamline efficiencies, along with implementing more cloud services to reduce IT capital expenditure, and […]
2013 Triangle Business Journal Global Summit
Job Creation