Commissioners adopted the Age-Friendly Community Strategic Action Plan on September 15, 2026, setting more than 50 actions across six domains after a survey drew 1,200 responses.

Wake County votes November 3, 2026 on $680 million for schools and $149.1 million for Wake Tech. Two new elementary schools and two Wendell renovations are on the list.

Wake Forest commissioners were scheduled to consider a construction inspection contract for the $4.7 million reservoir dam project on September 15, 2026. Bids opened in May.

Lane closures on Forestville and Rogers Branch roads run 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. through mid-October while six new tenants hold permits at 3601 to 3605 Rogers Branch Road.

Crews are testing soil between I-540 and Burlington Mills Road, and the state is buying land. The Wake Forest stretches of the $1.3 billion upgrade are not scheduled to break ground until 2033.

A four-day pilot puts speed cushions, a median island and bump-outs on one street to see what slows drivers down. The town’s own 2020 policy rules out vertical devices like cushions.

Crews are tying in a water main near Liberty Street and Forestville Road through Friday night. It is part of Raleigh Water’s $14.5 million pipe replacement across 17 areas of Wake Forest.

The 17-acre Town Campus on East Young Street is annexed, rezoned and now in site plan review. The town has not published a cost or a construction date.

The Youngsville smokehouse that started as a food truck in 2021 has a Wake Forest address and phone number. It is permitted but not open yet.

Eight and a third acres off Harris Road, with a pump track, basketball courts and a fitness court. Roughly $4.4 million is outside money, the start date has slipped to February 2027, and the design is still open for comment on September 30.