🌱Raleigh Ties With Durham For 3rd Best Places Live + Summer Concerts

Hello, neighbors! Karena Garrity here with your Wednesday edition of the Raleigh Patch newsletter, filled with all the things you need to know about what's happening in town. Today we'll cover these stories and more:

• Raleigh, one of the best places to live.
• Meet Chocolate and Chip this weekend.
• Great concerts this summer.

But first, today's weather: Partly sunny. High: 81 Low: 57.

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Here are the top stories in Raleigh today:

1. Tied for third place on the national list for U.S. News and World Report's Best Places to Live Rankings for 2023-2024 in America, Raleigh and Durham, North Carolina make the top three. According to WTVD-TV, "Huntsville, Alabama came in second and Green Bay, Wisconsin topped the list. (WTVD-TV)
2. What are you doing this weekend? Would you like to meet Chocolate and Chip? If you answered yes, then head on over to the Got to Be NC Festival at the State Fair Grounds in Raleigh. The event will be running from Friday through Sunday, May 19-21. You can meet Chocolate and Chip, the pair of 2022 pardoned turkeys. According to The Daily Record, "Other animals on display at the Agri-Plaza in the Graham building include a chick hatchery, Longhorn steer, Pig Patch Birthing Center, feeder pigs, a llama, alpaca, sheep and goats. Demonstrations will include goat milking and make-your-own felting. Egg candling demonstrations will show festival goers how eggs can be checked to monitor for embryo growth. The dairy milking classroom will also present daily shows on dairy cows and the milking process." Hope to see you there! (The Daily Record)
3. Looking to hear some great music this summer in Raleigh? Check out this list of concerts coming to the area, compiled by WRAL News. (WRAL News)

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Today in Raleigh:

• Content PLT — Wake Young Women's Leadership Academy (All Day)
• STEM Symposium — Athens Drive High (All Day)
• Hounds Town Wake Forest Ribbon Cutting Ceremony (11:00 AM)
• MAV Time-Mentoring — Mount Vernon (11:58 AM)
• SIP Meeting — Hilburn Drive Academy (3:30 PM)
• Wakefield FFA Banquet — Wakefield High (6:00 PM)
• RTP Business Rockstar Connect Networking Event (May, RTP) (6:00 PM)
• International Thespian Society Inductions/Cafeteria (7:00 PM)
• Behavior Technician Virtual Career Fair (7:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• CAM Raleigh: "Join us this Thursday, May 18 at 6:30 p.m. for a fundraising event in support of the grand opening of @liberationstationbookstore! Celebrate North Carolina's first Black-owned children's bookstore and mingle with community members." (CAM Raleigh via Instagram)
• The Raleigh Murals Project: "Who is ready, Raleigh?! In a unique twist on the sport and dare we say first time ever being done (maybe anywhere), The Art of Pickleball is coming to City Plaza on Saturday and Sunday for @artsplosure." (The Raleigh Murals Project via Instagram)
• Raleigh City Farm: "We're thrilled to introduce our summer crop of interns: Ariel, Jacob, Marlee and Heritier, and excited to watch them grow alongside the produce they are planting and tending. " (Raleigh City Farm via Instagram)

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Now you're in the loop and ready to start this Wednesday off right! I'll see you around.

— Karena Garrity

About me: Journalism is in my veins. I have been a community reporter for the better part of the past 20 years. I love my community and I am honored to be a part of Patch.com. You can reach me at; karena.garrity@patch.com.

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