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If you are relocating to Raleigh, consider renting an apartment in Garner, NC, take a look at Abberly Place Apartments.  Raleigh is one of the top cities in the south. We have a great climate all year round with warm summers and mild winters. With loads of outdoor activities for the naturalists and plenty of shopping and restaurants for those who love the big city, Raleigh is the perfect location.  You will find both when you move to Raleigh.
 
Besides the bustling downtown, flourishing businesses and great night life, Raleigh also has great college and professional sports teams: NC State, Duke, and the Carolina Tar Heels and the Carolina Hurricanes and the Carolina Panthers. There is so much to see and do a free hybrid electric bus service that will connect you to museums, dining and shopping.
 
Abberly Place represents a new style of living in a beautiful, neighborly community with upscale offerings, unmatched location and easy access to bustling Downtown Raleigh. For more information on one bedroom, two bedroom or three bedroom floor plans, contact us.

Everyone who owns a home or lives in an apartment in Garner knows that this city has some of the most dynamic restaurants in the country. Raleigh itself is a blend of the old and the new, and our restaurants blend as well. From mom and pop restaurants to fine dining and everything in between.

A Taste of Downtown Raleigh Gourmet Food Tour is enjoyed by everyone in Raleigh every Saturday from 1:30-4:30 & 2:00-5:00. Enjoy talking with chefs and owners of area restaurants who are serving ethnic and southern cuisine, house-made chocolate, authentic barbecue, beautiful and delicious cupcakes, local beer, and organic wine. There's something for every taste in Raleigh.

Looking for something way to get out of the apartment in Garner, NC this weekend? It is the Martin Luther King Holiday Weekend, head to Raleigh for some of these Triangle area events.

Friday

• Wake Tech Community College Stop Hunger Now Challenge, 9 a.m., followed by MLK Celebration Program, noon at the Student Services Building, 9101 Fayetteville Road, Raleigh. Students, faculty and staff will pack 10,000 meals to be distributed to schools and orphanages around the world.
• Durham Technical Community College's 27th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Celebration and Luncheon, 11 a.m. in the Phail Wynn Jr. Student Services Center multipurpose room at Durham Tech.
• Bell-Ringing and State Employees' Martin Luther King Observance Program. 11:55 a.m. on the Bicentennial Plaza near the N.C. Museum of History in downtown Raleigh. Members of the N.C. Martin Luther King Jr. Commission will initiate the bell-ringing tribute before the State Employees' Observance Program, which will get under way at noon at First Baptist Church, 99 N. Salisbury St., Raleigh.
• Wreath-Laying, 6 p.m. at the Martin Luther King Memorial Gardens, 1300 Martin Luther King Blvd., Raleigh. Keynote speaker will be Norman Camp, chairman of the Southeast Raleigh Parks Advocacy Council and the South Raleigh Citizens Advisory Council.

Saturday

• Durham Parks and Recreation program, 2 p.m. at W.D. Hill Recreation Center, 1308 Fayetteville St., Durham. The theme is "MLK Day: Remembering the Legacy Through Art."
• MLK Concert Celebration, 7 p.m. at the Durham Armory, 220 Foster St., Durham. The University Choir of N.C. Central University will perform with the Durham Symphony.

Sunday

• Duke University's Martin Luther King Jr. commemoration, 3 p.m. in Duke Chapel, 401 Chapel Drive, Durham. Veteran political strategist and commentator Donna Brazile will give the keynote address.
• Celebration of the Life and Legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., 4 p.m. at the Garner Performing Arts Center, 742 W. Garner Road, Garner. Keynote speaker will be Reuben Young, secretary of the N.C. Department of Crime Control and Public Safety.

Monday

• 32nd Annual Martin Luther King Triangle Interfaith Prayer Breakfast, 7 a.m. at the Sheraton Imperial Hotel, Research Triangle Park. Keynote speaker will be Cynthia Marshall, president of AT&T of North Carolina. For the first time, the breakfast will be televised live on WRAL-TV. Doors will open at 6 a.m.
• Triangle Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service. Durham, Johnston, Orange and Wake counties will host nearly 30 community service projects to honor the legacy of Martin Luther King. Durham's Signature Project is 9 a.m. to noon at American Tobacco Campus, Bay 7, where volunteers will help with a variety of projects, including assembly of homeless hygiene kits, computer drop-off and cleaning, and writing letters and creating valentines for veterans and active military. Johnston's Signature Project is from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Pizazz Thrift Store, where volunteers will collect diapers, new underwear, clothing and nonperishable food. Orange's Signature Project is from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Christ United Methodist Church, where volunteers will work on projects such as assembly of health kits. Wake's Signature Project is from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at White Plains Children's Center, where volunteers will assemble hygiene kits, sort books, and write letters for veterans and active military. See www. unitedwaytriangle .org /mlk/ .
• Stop Hunger Now project. 9:30 a.m. at Duke University's Freeman Center, 1415 Faber St., Durham. Members from Duke, N.C. Central University and the Durham Rotary Club are coordinating the Million Meals Project, which is expected to package 80,000 meals.
• 32nd Annual Martin Luther King Memorial March. Assemble at 10 a.m. on the grounds of the State Capitol, and depart at 11 a.m. The theme for this year's celebration is "From The Dream to Reality ... Economic & Social Equality ... More Work to Be Done."
• Birthday party held in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. for area children at Northgate Mall, 1058 West Club Blvd., Durham. A reading at 10 a.m. of "Child of the Civil Rights Movement" by Paula Young Shelton, daughter of civil rights activist Andrew Young, will be held for preschool children. A reading at noon will be held for school-age children. Between the readings, Young Shelton will sign the book.
• 32nd Annual Martin Luther King Ecumenical Observance, noon at the Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Raleigh. The Rev. Nelson Johnson, executive director of The Beloved Community Development Center in Greensboro, will be the keynote speaker.
• 32nd Annual Martin Luther King Evening Musical Celebration, 5:30 p.m. at the Progress Energy Center in downtown Raleigh. Headlining will be national recording artist Ernest Pugh from Maryland.

Sure it isn’t Christmas yet, but it is never too early to make plans for New Year's Eve.

Raleigh's big New Year's Eve celebration, First Night is celebrating its 21st year. This year the event is taking on a French theme. Forget about spending New Year’s Eve in your apartment in Garner, NC; grab the family, some friends or your significant other and head out to what is shaping up to be a fun-filled event.

The biggest plan for it is a 90-foot Ferris wheel, which festival organizers are calling La Grand Roue de Raleigh (like La Grand Roue de Paris, the large Ferris wheel found in the French capital). Could you get more romantic than riding a Ferris wheel with your sweetheart to usher in the New Year?

First Night in Raleigh all starts at 2 p.m., Dec. 31, with a children's celebration at the state history and natural science museums. Kids can participate in hands-on crafts creating impressionist paintings, making miniature sailboats and decorating their own versions of the Eiffel Tower. "The Owl Tree," an interactive sculpture, encourages you to make a wish for the coming year. There will also be circus performers, storytellers, giant puppets and more. A mini French film festival will take place inside the N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences. There will be a screening of "Madeline" at 4:30 p.m.

The People's Procession takes the party from the museums to Fayetteville Street for an early countdown at 7 p.m. with live music, fireworks and the descent of the Raleigh Acorn. There's a countdown, acorn drop and fireworks at midnight too.

Information from WRAL

Grab your mittens and scarves from your apartment in Garner, NC and make your way to the center city for the area’s favorite holiday event right outside of Garner, the Raleigh Winterfest. Winterfest is an outdoor extravaganza featuring an outdoor skating rink with natural ice. If you haven’t been there yet, head over to this  family-friendly celebration of fun-filled activities.

What will you find there? An outdoor ice rink, Choirs, bands, local entertainers, Santa Claus, sledding ramps, ice carving demonstrations, carriage and carousel rides and more!

Here is the weekly schedule:
Sledding Sundays: SnowMyYard.com will create a winter wonderland on December 18, January 8 and January 15.

Two for Tuesdays: Skaters will receive one free admission to the rink with the purchase of one paid admission (includes skate rental).

Stroller Skate Thursday Mornings: Parents and babies share outdoor fun! Skate and push a strollers on the ice from 10 am-11 am. Click here to read an article and watch a video about stroller skating!

Date & Skate Thursdays: Free carriage rides with skating wristband from 6 pm-9 pm.

Rock Around the Rink Fridays (select dates TBA): DJ Paradime from Pulse 102 will rock the rink from 6 pm-10 pm.

From Abberly Place Apartment Homes, Happy skating!

The economy has changed and it has some college graduates rethinking the traditional "American dream" of buying a house. Many college graduates are considering renting vs buying a home.

Many college graduates in and around Raleigh are more focused on looking for jobs.

In years past, it was understood that after your graduated college, you would start your job, buy a home and start a family. Not so anymore. These days, Raleigh area college grads are either not finding jobs that are paying enough to feel they can qualify for a traditional mortgage, or not feeling like they want to spend all that money on a down payment and interest, when they can invest it instead.

Many people are opting to rent an apartment in Garner or around the Raleigh area.

Graduates want to feel confident and stable in a job before opting for a mortgage, in this economy, security is a rare commodity for many. Many college grads out there don’t want to be trapped in a 20 or 30 year loan.

The Triangle area does have diverse work opportunities. Abberly Place Apartments has a new college graduate special for those looking for a one bedroom or two bedroom apartments in the Raleigh area around the Research Triangle area.

Contact Abberly Place for more information on our apartment homes and on our new college grad special.

This Saturday there will be an arts-and-music festival to help victims of the Raleigh tornadoes that struck this spring. The ComeUnityNow street festival will be at City Plaza and Fayetteville Street in downtown Raleigh from 10 a.m.-10 p.m. on Saturday.

This festival has been created to encouraged  unity.

The festival's theme of unity will be displayed through all aspects of the event. For example, bands will play 15- to 20-minute sets, and then remain on stage to play a bit with the act that follows. The bands are going to jam and improvise with other musicians they've never practiced with before - it's bands working together.

Street artists also will be painting what they see before them at the event - not just bringing works from their studios to sell.

More than 30 local bands, musicians and dancers will perform throughout the day on two stages. Some of the acts include the Mary Selvidge Band, Outside Soul, Monika Jaymes, Bull City Syndicate, BushHawg Band, Colandra McDowell and Bernard Harris.

Oil and watercolor painters and clay sculptors will be crafting their art along the street during the day. At the end of the festival, the pieces will be sold in a silent auction.

A Kids Zone will have inflatable play areas and carnival games. There is also a parade scheduled at noon on Fayetteville Street to honor first responders and disaster relief workers. A misting tent will provide refuge from the heat.

The event is free, but special VIP music tickets will cost $10 for adults and $20 for a family of three or more. Discount cards for merchants will be on sale for $20.

This Saturday, hit the streets and have fun, while helping to support those whose homes, businesses and apartments in Raleigh, NC were damaged this past spring by the tornadoes.

The combination of high temperatures and high humidity will cause heat indexes to soar, making it feel 105 degrees or hotter in Raleigh especially tomorrow and Friday.

If you live in an apartment in Raleigh, NC, be aware of your neighbors, and take an extra dip in the pool to stay cool. Take caution while outdoors to avoid heat illnesses.

A common sense approach to the heat can reduce heat-related problems, especially for the elderly, the very young and people with respiratory ailments. These folks are more susceptible to the effects of high temperatures.

Here are some tips to follow during hot, humid weather:

• Slow down, avoid strenuous activity. Do not try to do too much on a hot day.
• Wear lightweight, loose-fitting, light-colored clothing. Protect your face with a wide-brimmed hat.
• Drink plenty of water regularly and often, even if you do not feel thirsty.
• Limit intake of alcoholic beverages.
• Eat well-balanced, light, regular meals. Avoid high protein foods that increase metabolic heat.
• Stay indoors as much as possible.
• If you do not have air conditioning, stay on the lowest floor, out of the sun.  Electric fans do not cool the air, but they do help evaporate perspiration, which cools your body.
• Go to a place where you can get relief from the heat, such as air conditioned stores, libraries, theaters and other community facilities that may offer refuge during the warmest times of the day.
• Check with your community for information about possible local "cooling centers."
• Cover windows that receive morning or afternoon sun with drapes, shades, awnings or louvers. Outdoor awnings or louvers can reduce the heat that enters a home by up to 80%.
•  Avoid too much sunshine. Sunburn slows the skin’s ability to cool itself. If you are outside, use sunscreen lotion with a high SPF.
• Never leave children or pets alone in a closed vehicle.
• Check on family, friends and neighbors.

The Triangle area of North Carolina is a beautiful community with amazing job opportunities. Not to mention, there are so many things to see and do.

The Best Place to Live and Work in the Nation, the Best Business Climate, the Best Place in the US for Educational Opportunities, these are just a few of the many national and international accolades that Raleigh and the Research Triangle have received from publications that include Money, Fortune and Time Magazines.

A recent survey showed an astounding 96% of newcomers with children said they would move to the area again if they had it to do all over again.

“With a population aeound 300,000, Raleigh may be a city, but it lives like a small town, with shaded pedestrian streets, more than 153 park sites, historic cobblestone streets with period lighting and sidewalk cafes."  Greenwich Post.

While relocating can be challenging, at Abberly Place, we can help.  We can help you find an apartment in Raleigh, NC in our beautiful community, with many amenities at the right price.

Father’s Day is quickly approaching. Since you live in North Carolina, one of the best states for golf in America, and most dad’s love golf… Here's are a few of the best public and semi-private courses in the Raleigh area.  The Triangle’s top three universities offer public access to beautiful and challenging courses of the caliber usually reserved for private clubs.

Finley Golf Course at UNC
Located just south of campus in Chapel Hill. Greens fees range from $30-$82 depending on day of the week and time of play. Great deals are available for weekday and twilight tee times.

Duke Golf Club/ Washington Duke Inn and Golf Club
This rolling golf course, located on the Duke campus, travels into and around the Duke Forrest. Meet after the game at the Washington Duke Inn. This is a Robert Trent Jones course. Triangle residents receive special rates.

Lonnie Pool Golf Course at NC State University
An Arnold Palmer designed course with great views of the Raleigh Skyline and NC State's Centennial Campus.

The Preserve at Jordan Lake Golf Club
This semi-private club has won a number of awards including Golf Week’s "One of America's 100 Best Residential Golf Courses." Winner buys lunch or dinner at the Grille after the game.

Falls Village Golf Course
This Raleigh course give the feeling of playing in the great outdoors with no one else around.