Holly Springs Watch

10/20/2026

My daughter’s submission to the town’s 150th site!

Firm Handshakes and Ballet Shoes: A Hometown Girl Shares Her Story

10/18/2026

If you have gone to an early voting location, you have seen loads of campaign signs as well as candidates and campaign workers milling about. You have probably seen the “50 foot signs” which is establishes a campaign free zone.

IMO, educated voters should arrive to the polls knowing who they are voting for and why. Would you support a law which trebles the zone to 50 yards ?

10/16/2026

Whether you see the need for this or not, share your thoughts on this proposal. I wish they included estimated cost of each concept though.

The Town of Holly Springs is finalizing designs to create a festival street along Avent Ferry Road in downtown Holly Springs. Three draft concepts have been developed, based on input shared during recent community engagement events and previous online surveys.

As a final design is developed, which could include a mix of elements from all three concepts, the Town is seeking feedback from residents. View the draft concepts and share your thoughts in this new online survey, open through November ➡️ https://bit.ly/4jX5xH8

10/14/2026

Early voting will be starting soon. Many go to the polls without much research ahead of time, so here is some information to consider.

Holly Springs is represented in both district 36 and 37 in the NC House . Rep Erin Pare represents the district 37 portion. During her tenure in the NC House, she has helped bring over $75M in funding to the region. Certainly helps that she is chair of the Appropriations Committee.

Again, just an FYI before heading to the polls.

10/06/2026

The town council has announced that they are looking at a bond referendum to address “traffic management” concerns which were expressed by some of the 401 people who took the last community survey.

In some of the threads on Facebook, I asked about drilling down to determine what is meant by “traffic management”. In my experience, most considered “traffic” issues as rush hour congestion or school drop off/pick up congestion. Sidewalks have often been factored into “transportation”, but as one who logs many miles on town sidewalks, I rarely encounter others using them.

What are “traffic management” issues to you? There is no way a multimillion dollar bond will not increase taxes, so are you willing to accept an increase in tax rate to pay for a bond?

09/25/2026

Have you completed HollyQuest?

09/13/2026

To help provide some info for when you go to the polls, incumbent Safiyah Jackson was part of the Wake Co Commission that voted to increase property taxes by almost 4%.

08/30/2026

The town’s sesquicentennial team going all out !!

08/11/2026

We can thank Rep. Erin Pare for her work getting this done at the Fuquay location . We often see discontent when public officials make certain decisions, we have seen it with certain approvals in Holly Springs and there is a lot of the same in Fuquay with the future Hilltop Needmore development. But when an elected official makes a significant (and politically risky) promise and it is kept, that is admirable and in many instances unusual!

A new DMV driver's license office is scheduled to open in early 2027 in a former Walgreens building in Fuquay-Varina.

08/07/2026

You may be aware that the Cary town council is under fire for the extreme spending which took place by their former town manager. The book that the town financed and ghost written for the town manager got my attention due to the recent media coverage . I took it out from the library and read it. What did I learn from it? Cary is very proud of itself ! It was a very fast read.