Small town, big charm . Small town, big charm. 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 DOWNTOWN WENDELL 2 Disclaimer: The information in this brochure provides a snapshot of amenities within and nearby the Town of Wendell; it does not include a comprehensive list of Town offerings. 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 • North Carolina State University (25) • Parking: Free on-street parking • Shaw University (30) spaces and surface lots • Barton College (40) • Duke University (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) • Meredith College (30) • Raleigh Durham International • William Peace University (30) Airport (45) • Eastern Wake Hospital (5) Small town, bi g charm. Wake Forest Zebulon Cary Apex Garner 5 DOWNTOWN WENDELL TRAVEL COMPARISON TRAVEL . m r a h c g i b , n w o t l l a m S 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 Small town, bi g charm. F TOWN PARK 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 WENDELL DOWNTOWN 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. 921S New Hope Rd Ste 105 Proximity to Downtown: 20 minute 9 Raleigh, NC 27610 drive. Curriculum: 1, 3-8, 10-12. Proximity to Downtown: 20 minute drive. continued > www.townofwendell.com EDUCATION continued 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