If you are unfamiliar with The Beehive Collective, it is an organization based in Raleigh that pool together resources, host fundraisers and events, as well as coordinate other activities that benefit others in ways that have a greater impact than a contribution by a single individual may have. The idea behind the “collective” is to be a close-knit and industrious group that give back to the community through co-operation.

A little over a week ago, the 41 members of the Beehive Collective met at 101 Lounge and Cafe to vote on their first ever grantee that is in-line with their focus of 2008: Improving Economic Security & Financial Literacy for Young People and Low Income Individuals in our Community. The recipient of their first grant is Passage Home‘s Just Greening Communities intiative, which is a program in Southeast Raleigh that will take neighborhood residents and train them in the green jobs career field.
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Within the past couple of weeks, the giant stone housing a memorial marker denoting the location of the first Court House of Wake County has returned to its original location at the front of Bloomsbury Estates condos. It has been absent throughout the construction procress likely to avoid any possible unintended damage that could have occurred during that time. This is the second such marker to note the historical significance of this area. The first, located on the corner of Boylan Avenue and Morgan Street, marks the area known as Bloomsbury–the namesake of the condos nearing completion near the Boylan Wye.

The inscription reads:

First Court House for Wake County. Built – 1771. The first Court House, Prison, and Stocks for Wake County stood in this area. Erected by The Wake County Historical Society – 1983 –

If you’ve been down by the west end of Hillsborough Street recently, chances are you’ve noticed the rennovations taking place at the former North Carolina Equipment Building. Lulu will be occupying the building in the first part of 2009.
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