End Note

REASONS WE LOVE RALEIGH

by AYN-MONIQUE KLAHRE illustration by JILLIAN OHL

213 Sunny days per year, on average 3 Nature preserves 118 Miles of greenway 18 Museums* 174 Goals scored by Hurricanes player turned coach Rod Brind’Amour 7 Dog runs and dog parks 10 Colleges and universities 125 Miles of dedicated bike lanes 42 Pieces of public art in the Municipal Art Collection 210 Inches around Raleigh’s Champion Black Oak 12 Public pickleball courts 2 Food halls 59 Musicians in the North Carolina Symphony 8 Public aquatic facilities 25 Incubators and coworking spaces 146 Square miles 93 Downtown murals created through the Raleigh Murals Project 86 Years of Raleigh Little Theatre, the oldest continually operating community theater in the country! 36 Species of amphibians that live here 106 Public tennis courts 35 Breweries* 38 Dancers in the Carolina Ballet Company 190 Downtown restaurants 9 North Carolina Grammy nominees in 2021 200 Parks 5 Seasons of our women’s professional soccer team, the Carolina Courage 11 Downtown hotels 8 Distilleries* 32 Together Raleigh bus shelters 1 Grand capitol building

Special thanks to the Downtown Raleigh Alliance, North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh Murals Project, Raleigh Chamber of Commerce, 26 | WALTERand Raleigh Department of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources for their help. *Stats for Wake County, not just Raleigh.