News and Observer - Raleigh City Council makes it easier to bring some businesses into neighborhoods
Jennifer Truman, who is running for City Council, spoke in favor, and said the rules before the council were a compromise that will help people.
Speaking to the Council she said, “The rules that you can vote on today limit the worst case scenarios that have been imagined,” she said.
“But they do encourage entrepreneurship, side hustles and small businesses by creating an objective standard with a simple permitting process for most small, home-based businesses to serve customers or clients close to where they live. And that’s the really other important point. We must welcome services and small businesses into our neighborhood corners to meet our climate goals. Whether that’s a popular opinion or not.”
