Eastern Wake Love

03/06/2025

Get ready to visit Harper Park for a while, ya’ll.. 🥰

Hey ! The Knightdale Station Park playground is getting a makeover! Renovations will begin April 1st and will effectively close the PSNC Energy Shelter until renovations have been completed. The Splash Pad, Veterans Memorial/Shelter, and Ashley Wilder Dog Park will remain open.

We understand the timing isn't ideal, and we would have loved to schedule the installation during a period of lower usage. However, playground equipment of this size and type takes months to be built, and the delivery timeline was not flexible. Now that the equipment is arriving, we will need to proceed with installation. We will have some cool new upgrades to the space, including new equipment, improved safety features, and fresh landscaping coming that we know you all will love!

In the meantime, we encourage everyone to enjoy the playgrounds at Harper Park and Mingo Creek Park while we work on upgrading the Knightdale Station Park playground. The estimated completion is June 2025.

We apologize for the inconvenience but appreciate your patience as we update our playground.

Please share this with your and friends!

11/06/2024

Congratulations, Ben McDonald for Knightdale Town Council!

Hey ! We know him as an amazing Town Councilor, but Wake County Public Schools knows him to be an awesome social studies educator. We send CONGRATULATIONS to Councilor Ben McDonald, who has been chosen as WRAL's Teacher of the Week! If you didn't catch his feature this morning on FOX50, it will air again at noon and this Saturday at 7 am.

You can also view the segment online https://www.wral.com/video/teacher-of-the-week-benjamin-mcdonald/21710110/

We appreciate your service to our community and students, Councilor McDonald!

11/02/2024

We spent a good chunk of our day exploring the Annie Louise Wilkerson, MD Nature Preserve Park, managed by Raleigh Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources Department.

This park is so pretty! Between their woodland fairy village, incredibly helpful staff that helped us borrow their fairy backpacks, and the pretty trails, it was the perfect way to spend an autumn day with family. 🥰

10/31/2024

I’ve gotten a few questions lately like this:

Friend: “So, how’s the blog going?!?”

Me at 10:20pm: “Slow going… but look at this C Clever Cat headband I just made for my daughter’s Letterland Parade tomorrow!” 😻😂

Mom life vs. personal ambition can be a tough balancing act of which I’m still working through. But love my Eastern Wake neighbors and towns all the same! 🫶

10/16/2024

It’s a gorgeous fall morning in Knightdale, NC at Knightdale Station Park 🥰🌸🌼

10/15/2024

Just a reminder to everyone looking for a fun, free fall event that East Regional’s Moonlight Walk is tonight!

10/11/2024

The playground is looking good over at Harper Park! This shade is gonna be GREAT for those hot summer days. ☀️🕶️

So thankful for Knightdale Parks and Recreation for listening to feedback and budgeting for these shade structures!

Looks like the playground is reopening today at 3pm! 🥰🛝🌳 We hope ya’ll enjoy this gorgeous fall weather!

10/06/2024

👀 For everyone wondering when Burlington is opening!

10/04/2024

I love Knightdale in the fall. 🥰🍂🍁

10/03/2024

Please swing by this weekend and donate if you can! 🫶

The Town of Knightdale is partnering with Northside Community Church to collect supplies for Western NC. We will be collecting supplies this Saturday, October 5th, at the Fall on First Avenue Festival 11:00 am - 2:00 PM at the Northside Community Church table. The supplies will be taken to Spruce Pine, a hard-hit area and isolated community between Asheville and Boone. Below is a list of the items being collected:

Apple Sauce, Baby Cereal, Bar soaps, Crackers, Diapers, Dry milk, Formula, Fruit Cups, Fruit rolls, Gas cans, Hairbrushes, Hygiene items, Instant Oatmeal, Jerky, Mouthwash, Paper products, Peanut butter, Protein bars, Raisins, Shampoo/Conditioner, Snacks, Socks, Soups /Chili cans, Spam, Toothbrushes, Toothpaste, Water, Wipes

Please come out to the Fall on First Avenue event this weekend, and consider dropping off some donations for our neighbors in the Western part of the state.

Per the NC Department of Public Safety, the best/safest way to make monetary donations is via the North Carolina Disaster Relief Fund, managed by the United Way of NC. These donations will be used to provide grants to nonprofits working directly in impacted communities. Visit http://www.nc.gov/donate to make a donation.

10/01/2024

If ya’ll are looking for a family-friendly event coming up soon, the Moonlight Walk at Wake County Public Libraries East Regional Library has easily become one of the ones that we look forward to every fall!

Don’t forget to support your local Wake County libraries at the polls this November too by supporting their bond initiative!📚🥰🫶