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JULY 2016 www.townofwendell.com HISTORIC ROOTS

INCORPORATED: 1903 HISTORIC TRAIL MAP: YEARLONG CENTENNIAL • Recreated through a partnership CELEBRATION: 2003 between the Wendell Historical Society and the Chamber of PRIMARY DOWNTOWN Commerce CORRIDOR: Main Street • Available at Wendell Town Hall at 15 East Fourth Street or online: HISTORIC BUILDINGS & DISTRICTS www.townofwendell.com LISTED ON NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES: • Wendell Commercial Historic District • Wendell Boulevard Historic District • Original Wendell Post Office • M.C. and Martha Todd House • W.R. Nowell Drugstore • Bank of Wendell DOWNTOWN WENDELLDOWNTOWN 2

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www.townofwendell.com CHARACTER

GOALS: ANNUAL EVENTS: • Protect the historic downtown • Opening Day at the Park character Late April • Support diverse housing choices • Art Walk • Sustain a diverse tax base Early May • Encourage more activities and • Public Safety Day destinations 1st Weekend in May • Preserve civic infrastructure • July 4th Parade • Provide open space and recreational July 4 opportunities • International Food Festival • Brand and market the downtown core Third Saturday in September • Preserve small town quality • Harvest Festival • Maintain capital city connections 1st full Weekend in October • Sustain an active Farmers Market • Treat Trail October 28 • Maintain annual Community Events • Grow a diverse population • Lighting of the Square Mid-November • Wendell Wonderland Mid November–Late December LOCATION

ACCESSIBILITY: • Duke Primary Care Knightdale (15) • By Car: Use US Routes 64 and 264 • Wake Med Raleigh Campus (25) • By Bus: Use the Triangle Transit • Eastern Wake Regional Center (15) Zebulon/Wendell-Raleigh Express • State University (25) • Parking: Free on-street parking • (30) spaces and surface lots • Barton College (40) • (50) NEARBY INSTITUTIONS: • North Carolina Central University (50) (approximate travel time in minutes) • University of North Carolina at • Downtown Raleigh (20) Chapel Hill (55) • Downtown Durham (45) • Johnston Community College (35) • Downtown Chapel Hill (55) • Wake Technical Community • Research Triangle Park (45) College (40) • Raleigh East Airport (10) • (30) • Raleigh Durham International • (30) Airport (45) • Eastern Wake Hospital (5)

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CONNECTIVITY LEGEND A Chamber of Commerce B Town Hall C Zebulon-Wendell-Raleigh Express Bus Stop D Police Department E Wendell Farmers Market F Wendell Elementary School Main Street Business Corridor

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www.townofwendell.com DEMOGRAPHICS

POPULATION: EDUCATION: 2010 5,845 60% (some College, Associates, 2015 (estimate) 6,285 Bachelors or Graduate degrees) Median Age 40 68.8% of children (enrolled in Pre-K Population Married 55% through 12 public school) Population, ages 25-44 28% 8.2% of children (enrolled in Pre-K Population, ages 0-19 28% through 12 private school) Average Household Size 2.7 HOUSING: Small tow RACE / ETHNICITY: n, big char 40% of units built before 1980 m. White 54.9% Mean Home Sales Price (2015): $170,253 Hispanic 11.5% (Up from $123,444 in 2012) African American 30.2% Other Race 2.5% Asian 0.9%

MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME: 2010 $47,908 2013 (estimate) $51,466

TRAVEL: 88.4% commute alone to work 4.3% carpool to work

TOP EMPLOYMENT INDUSTRIES FOR WENDELL RESIDENTS: 1 – Education, Healthcare, and Social Assistance 2 – Retail Trade 3 – Professional, Scientific, Technical Services 4 – Construction 5 – Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate 6 – Manufacturing Definitions: Median – Middle value of a group of numbers when they are ordered by rank Mean – Average number used to represent or characterize a group of numbers * For additional statistics refer to www.townofwendell.com DEMOGRAPHICS continued

RETAIL MARKETPLACE PROFILE:

Industry Demand Supply Retail Gap Leakage Summary (Retail potential, (Retail sales, (in dollars) Factor in dollars) in dollars)

Total Retail Trade $54,532,303 $33,225,606 $21,306,697 24.3 Food and Drink

Total Retail Trade $48,733,739 $31,256,044 $17,477,695 21.8

Total Food and Drink $5,798,564 $1,969,562 $3,829,002 49.3

Top 3 Industries

Full-Service Restaurants $2,131,071 $73,107 $2,057,964 93.4

General Merchandise $9,245,971 $658,398 $8,587,573 86.7 Stores

Electronics & $1,350,183 $168,925 $1,181,258 77.8 Appliance Stores

Leakage Factor means that residents are spending more for products than local business capture. There is unmet demand that the community can support.

• Wendell Small Business Resource Center • Business Incentives • Downtown Façade Grant Program • Available Properties EDUCATION

ELEMENTARY MIDDLE SCHOOLS SCHOOLS Wendell Middle School Carver Elementary School 3409 NC Highway 97 291 Liles Dean Road Wendell, NC 27591 Wendell, NC 27591 http://wendellms.wcpss.net http://carveres.weebly.com Curriculum: 6-8 traditional public Curriculum: PreK-5 traditional school. Proximity to Downtown: 6 schedule public school. Proximity minute drive. to Downtown: 5 minute drive. Lake Myra HIGH SCHOOLS Elementary School Corinth-Holders High 1300 Elk Falls Drive School Wendell, NC 27591 6875 Applewhite Road Faith Lutheran School http://lakemyraes.wcpss. Wendell, NC 27591 1809 Capital Boulevard net www.johnston.k12.nc.us/ Raleigh, NC 27604 Curriculum: K-5 year-round pub- chhs Curriculum: K-9 private school. lic school. Proximity to Downtown: Curriculum: 9-10 public school on Proximity to Downtown: 20 10 minute drive. a traditional calendar. Proximity minute drive. Wakelon Elementary School to Downtown: 11 minute drive. Love Christian 8921 Pippin Road East Wake High School Center Academy Zebulon, NC 27597 5101 Rolesville Road 410 Lord Berkeley Road http://wakelones.weebly. Wendell, NC 27591 Raleigh, NC 27610 com http://ewhs.wcpss.net Curriculum: K-12 private school. Curriculum: K-5 traditional Curriculum: 9-12 traditional Proximity to Downtown: 20 schedule public school. Proximity public school. Proximity to minute drive. to Downtown: 15 minute drive. Downtown: 8 minute drive. Our Lady of Lourdes Wendell Magnet Catholic School Elementary School PRIVATE SCHOOLS 2710 Overbrook Drive *2015 Winner of the Raleigh, NC 27608 Elementary Magnet School Body of Christ www.olls.org of Excellence Award Christian Academy Curriculum: K-8 private school. *2016 Winner of AHA 4501 Spring Forest Road • Wendell Small Business Resource Center Brains & Bodies Gold Proximity to Downtown: 25 Raleigh, NC 27616 minute drive. Award Curriculum: K-5 private school. • Business Incentives DOWNTOWN WENDELL 3355 Wendell Boulevard Proximity to Downtown: 20 Raleigh Christian Academy • Downtown Façade Grant Program Wendell, NC 27591 minute drive. 2110 Trawick Road http://wendelles.weebly. Raleigh, NC 27604 • Available Properties com Cardinal Gibbons www.raleighchristian.com Curriculum: K-5 traditional High School Curriculum: PreK-12 private schedule creative arts & science 1401 Edwards Mill Road school. Proximity to Downtown: magnet school. Proximity to Raleigh, NC 27607 20 minute drive. Downtown: 2 minute drive, 7 www.cghsnc.org minute walk. Curriculum: 9-12. Proximity to Raleigh Christian Downtown: 30 minute drive. Community School 7000 Destiny Drive, Faith Assembly Raleigh, NC 27604 Christian Academy Curriculum: PreK-8 private school.

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Raleigh, NC 27610 drive. Curriculum: 1, 3-8, 10-12. Proximity to Downtown: 20 minute drive. continued >

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St. Thomas More Academy ECPI University Southeastern Free Will 3109 Spring Forest Road, 4101 Doie Cope Rd, Baptist College Raleigh, NC 27616 Raleigh, NC 27613 532 Eagle Rock Road, http://stmacademy.org www.ecpi.edu Wendell, NC 27591 Curriculum: 9-12 private school. Curriculum: Offers Diplomas, www.sfwbc.edu Proximity to Downtown: 25 Associate’s, Bachelor’s and Curriculum: post-secondary private minute drive. Master’s degrees in Technology, school focused on preparing young Trinity Primary Business and Criminal Justice, men and women for church related Christian Academy Heath Science and the Culinary ministries. Proximity to Down- 6600 Hallelujah Boulevard, Arts. Proximity to Downtown: 32 town: 8 minute drive. Wendell, NC 27591 minute drive. The Medical Arts School Curriculum: K-5 private school Johnston 7041 Old Wake Forest Rd., Proximity to Downtown: 9 Community College Ste. 103, Raleigh, NC 27616 minute drive. 245 College Rd, www.medicalartsschool. Smithfield, NC 27577 com CAREER AND www.johnstoncc.edu Curriculum: Offers programs in TECHNICAL COLLEGES Curriculum: Offers Diplomas, massage therapy, medical assisting, Certificates and Associate’s degree and medical office administration. Eastern Wake in applied science, pre-business Proximity to Downtown: 24 Education Center administration, music, general minute drive. 519 Industrial Drive, education, biology & biology Zebulon, NC 27597 Wake Technical education, and pre-engineering. Community College www.waketech.edu Regional and collaborative Curriculum: Offers non-credit 9101 Fayetteville Rd, programs with fouryear institutions Raleigh, NC 27603 training. Proximity to Downtown: are also offered. Proximity to 12 minute drive. www.waketech.edu Downtown: 37 minute drive. Curriculum: Offers Associate’s Mechanical Trades degrees diplomas and certificates Carolina in science, applied science, the arts 350 E. Fourth Street, and general education as well as Wendell, NC 27591 college transfer into four-year col- www.ualocal421.org leges and universities. Proximity to Curriculum: Offers plumbers Downtown: 38 minute drive. and pipefitters certifications. Also provides continuing education for FOUR YEAR COLLEGES all state licensed trades. Proximity to Downtown: 1 minute drive. AND UNIVERSITIES Barton College 704 College St NE Wilson, NC 27893 www.barton.edu Curriculum: Offers Bachelor’s de- grees and pre professional training in the arts and sciences, business, education, nursing, and social work. Proximity to Downtown: 40 minute drive. Meredith College North Carolina LIBRARY 3800 Hillsborough Street State University Raleigh, NC 27607 2200 Hillsborough Street Wendell Community www.meredith.edu Raleigh, NC 27695 Library Curriculum: All girls, offers www.ncsu.edu 207 S Hollybrook Road, graduate and undergraduate Curriculum: Offers graduate and Wendell, NC 27591 degrees in the liberal arts, sciences, undergraduate degrees in agriculture www.wakegov.com/libraries engineering, business, education, life & life sciences, design, education, Catalog: Fiction, Romance, sciences, and design. Proximity to engineering, humanities and social Mystery, Inspirational, Science Downtown: 30 minute drive. sciences, management, natural Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, resources, science, textiles, and Picture Books, Beginning Readers, veterinary medicine. Proximity to eBooks, Non-Fiction, Biography, Downtown: 25 minute drive. Audio Books, Large Print, and Downloadable Audio. Proximity to Downtown: 2 minute drive, 8 minute walk.

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www.townofwendell.com LOCAL CONNECTIONS

Wendell Town Hall Wendell Chamber of Commerce 15 East Fourth Street 115 N. Pine Street Wendell, NC 27591 Wendell, NC 27591 (919) 365-4450 (919) 365-6318 www.townofwendell.com www.wendellchamber.com

Wendell Police Department Wendell Historical Society 9 South Pine Street www.wendellhistoricalsociety.com Wendell, NC 27591 (919) 365-4444 Wendell Women’s Club www.townofwendell.com/ 10 Cypress Street departments/police Wendell, NC 27591 (919) 365-7273 Wendell Public Works Department www.wendellwomensclub.org 450 Lake Glad Road Wendell, NC 27591 Wendell Driver License Center (919) 365-4822 2851 Wendell Boulevard www.townofwendell.com/ Wendell, NC 27591 departments/public-works (919) 365-9516

Greenmount Cemetery US Post Office Industrial Drive 40 Hanor Lane (919) 365-4448 Wendell, NC 27591 www.townofwendell.com/ (919) 365-0657 departments/planning/cemetery Eastern Wake EMS Historic Post Office 401 East Third Street Corner of Oakwood Ave & Fourth Street Wendell, NC 27591

DOWNTOWN WENDELL (919) 365-1601 J Ashley Wall Town Square www.easternwakeems.com Corner of Third Street & Cypress Street (919) 366-2266 Eastern Wake Senior Center www.townofwendell.com/rentals/ 323 Lake Drive j-ashley-wall-town-square Wendell, NC 27591 (919) 365-4248 Wendell Community Library www.resourcesforseniors.com 207 South Hollybrook Road

Wendell, NC 27591 East Wake Education Foundation (919) 365-2600 16 East Fourth Street

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Wendell Farmer’s Market (919) 366-5901 3700 Wendell Blvd www.eastwakeeducationfoundation.org Wendell, NC 27591 (919) 365-6402 www.wendellfarmersmarket.org

www.townofwendell.com RECREATION

Wendell Park & Community Center Crossfit HTC 601 West Third Street, Wendell 2819 Wendell Blvd, Wendell Townofwendell.com/ www.crossfithpc.com departments/parks-and-recreation Ritch’s Personal Training Services and amenities: 103 acre park 15 West Fourth Street, Wendell includes picnic shelters, ball fields, basketball courts, tennis courts, trails, www.ritchspt.com dog park, frisbee golf, fitness classes, Vardy Health Professional Center gymnasium, and hosts tournaments and 2555 Wendell Blvd Suite A, Wendell seasonal sports games. www.vardychiro.com

Robertson’s Mill Pond Preserve COMING SOON 84.6 Acres - Canoeing and Kayaking Wakegov.com/parks/about/projects Bald cypress habitat & historic mill dam Open weekends and some holidays Turnipseed Nature Preserve 265 Acres - Trail Hiking Wendell Country Club Open weekends and some holidays 180 Jake May Drive, Wendell Expected opening Spring 2017 Wendellcc.com Services and amenities: Golf course, Procter Farm Preserve pro shop, practice facilities, Divots Grill, 563 Acres - Equestrian Trails tournaments. Open weekends and some holidays Expected opening 2017-2018 Wendell Falls Farmhouse 320 Vintage Point Lane, Wendell Lake Myra County Park Wendellfalls.com/community-map 224 Acres Services and amenities: Pool, Environmental Education Center, meeting facilities, playground, pond, shelters, playground, boat rentals, trails, Grounds Cafe. fishing, boardwalks & trails. Wendell Swim Club 700 S. Selma Road, Wendell Wendellswimclub.org Services and amenities: Swim team, race lanes, free swim, tennis, volleyball.

Outdoor Recreation Center 4900 Wendell Blvd, Wendell (919)366-0080 Services and amenities: Pool, bingo, go karts, grill, live music. BUSINESS INVENTORY

Accounting, Finance, Banking Auto Sales, Services & Gas Child Day Care Services Stations ABC Land Inc. David M. Williams, CPA, PA Carolina Used Tires A New Beginning Child Care East Wake Accounting Exxon Beginnings in Christ Academy Edward Jones Investments Fleet Fuels Central Baptist Church Farley’s Accounting & Tax Goodyear Preschool Services Leith Autopark East Wake Education First Citizens Bank Nowell Auto / U-Haul Foundation KS Bank O’Reilly Auto Parts Kids Educational Center Liberty Tax Service Quality Equipment LLC New Hope Preschool Morgan’s Accounting & Tax Sheetz Open Arms Daycare Service Snappy Lube Our Lady of Lourdes State Emplyee’s Credit Union Swedish Performance & Parts Catholic School Thomas R. Grimes, CPA Universal Chevrolet Wells Fargo Bank Walker Automotive Supply / Fitness NAPA Auto Parts Crossfit HPC Adult Day Care/Retirement Wendell Auto Brokers Ritch’s Personal Training Oliver House Wendell Tire Company Robinwood Retirement Florists Community Bed and Breakfast Designs by Donna Total Life Center Sunset Inn Designs by Mike

Arts and Design Building & Construction Funeral Home Amy Draws Affordable Painting & Home Strickland Funeral Home Art of Giving Improvement Bart’s Fine Arts CSD Engineering Guns / Gunsmith Baynes & Company Art Express Electrical Service ESCI Gunsmith & Framing Efficiency Heating & Air Perry’s Gun Shop Broach Custom Signs G&G Builders of Wendell Cheryl King Designs N.W. Poole Well & Pump Co. Health Care Expressions of Worship Old Oak Construction Acts Medical Clinic Dance Studio Redemption Roofing Advanced Physical Gregory Knott Photography Sanderson Engineering Therapy Associates Lizard Lick Graphics, Printing Turn-Key Home Solutions Don Whitworth Family & Music United Realty & Construction Dentistry Lynette Pair Designs Eastern Wake EMS Third Street Screenprint Computer Services Inner Peace CCS Blevins Creative Group McClure Orthodontics Hunter Computer Solutions Merlin Young Dental Klimczak Inc. Not Just Talk Vardy Chiropractic and Wellness Clinics Wendell Family Dentistry Wendell Medical Center

www.townofwendell.com Insurance Boulevard Pizza Hedrick Insurance Agency Real Estate Bravo’s Pizza /Nationwide Insurance KB Investments & Realty Brown Bag Bagels Perry’s Retirement & Parrish Realty Country Café Insurance Services Ridgway Realty Dominos Pizza Todd & Scarboro Insurance Rosamund Property Food Lion Agency Consultants Great Wok Chinese Walter’s Insurance Agency Tarpley & Rigsbee Restaurant /Allstate Insurance Grounds Cafe Recreation & Entertainment Las Tres Marias Legal Services Jump-N-Fun For Kids LLC Lick’s Ice Cream Harold J Broadwell Outdoor Recreation Center McDonald’s Kirk, Kirk, Howell, Cutler Wendell Country Club Moe’s Variety Pickup & Thomas Wendell Falls Farmhouse Mr. G’s Market Motor Vehicle Solutions Wendell Swim Club Oaklee Distillery Swaim Law Subway Retail Trans Mini-Mart Landscape & Pest Services 1903 Wendell Farmers’ Market A Clean Feeling Bella Mar Wine & Beer 101 Hick’s Landscaping Bridger’s Coal & Farm Supply Ide’s Landscaping Builder’s Discount Center Spa / Hair / Nails Lawn & Garden Service Center Dance Exchange Bodykneads Massage Therapy State Pest Control Dollar General Crew’s Barber Shop Family Dollar Cut it Up Cutz Manufacturing Friendship Jewelry and Loan Eastern Carolina Therapeutic Eagle USA Healing Hands Mission Massage Kioti Tractor Division Ladybug’s Cottage Klassic Kuts Hair Salon Mahoney Environmental MadSports and Design Klip Chicks Mortex Apparel Mortex Outlet Lily’s Salon Manufacturing Mr. E’s Variety Nail Fashions Vishay Precision Group Red Door Furniture & Decor Pulley’s Hair Salon Micro-Measurements Strickland Jewelers Stage One Hair Design Wendell Antiques & More The Hair Studio Newspaper Wendell General Store Wendell Barber & Style Shop The Total Connection Wendell Landscape Supply Wendell ReSell Storage Facilities Pet Services Western Auto Carolina Mini Storage Groomer Ruth Pet Salon Lake Glad Storage K9 Perfection Restaurants, Bars, and Neuse River Veterinary Markets Tailor Hospital Agave Mexican Bar & Grill Larry’s Tailor Shop Aubrey and Peedie’s Grill Pharmacy Wendell Drug Disclaimer: Businesses featured here are of the downtown area but not meant to be inclusive and subject to change.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Town of Wendell Board of Commissioners Town Manager Community Development and Planning Department Economic Development Committee

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