“What if We Could All Be Friends?” by Jordan Perry (k thru 3rd grade group)
If you use Google as your homepage like I do, then you get to enjoy the different “special occasion” Google logos. Each year for the past 4 years, Google has had a competition for school age kids to design a Google [...]

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On Saturday, May 3, The City of Raleigh’s Planning Department and Marbles Kids Museum partnered to host the first Kids City Planning Day 2030.
The City of Raleigh currently is updating its Comprehensive Plan for the first time since 1989. Over the next 20 years, the city is expected to grow by 70 percent and reach [...]

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As some of you may know, Gamil puts a lot of resources into creating SparkCon. It’s a conference and showcase of local talent, and one of our biggest distractions! The conference goes out of its way to help let the world know the wide variety of artists, musicians, technologists, and thinkers in the Triangle area. [...]

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…or maybe we should get a drink at The Raleigh Times instead?
It was 5pm on Tuesday, voting day, and Aly and I were out the door to vote. But as we were getting ready to leave, Joey got the inside scoop that “in 15 minutes, Barack Obama is gonna be down at The Raleigh Times!”
Ooooooooh, [...]

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Following sustainable design, I have been a fan of Nau. It is a great example of how sustainable design can be sexy. Borne of some of the more progressive, corporate minds in outdoor gear, I thought they stood a good chance of fusing a green focus with an innovative business model.
They did have pretty compelling [...]

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