More space, more items

   The shift from recycling bins to recycling carts is about to begin.

   Carts will be distributed throughout an eight-week period starting in April. We'll place a notice on your garbage cart the week before your new recycling cart is to be delivered. Continue to use your existing recycling bin until you receive a cart.

   The switch to carts will provide you with more room to recycle. The new 65-gallon rollout carts each have more than three times the volume of your current bin.

   Moving to carts will also allow additional types of materials to be collected at the curb. Chipboard (such as cereal boxes), telephone books, and junk mail (including postcards and window envelopes) will be added to our list of acceptable items for recycling once the carts have been delivered.

   We’ll be using automated trucks to pick up your recycling similar to the automated trucks that collect your garbage. Automated collection is the safest, most efficient, equitable and economical way for the Town to collect recycling.

   When you receive your cart, use it for recycling at the curb every other week on the same day as your current solid waste collection day. Remember, your garbage and yard waste will continue to be collected every week.

   A calendar with the recycling collection schedule will be provided with your new cart.

   For details, visit www.townofcary.org. Additional details about the program will be provided in each BUD through June 2009.

Cary Performs at Spring Daze

     The 16th annual Spring Daze festival will be held on Saturday, April 25 at 10 a.m. at Bond Park. This free festival will be filled with wonderful arts and crafts, your favorite festival foods, entertainment, and more.

     This year, Cary Performs will be featured at Spring Daze. Cary Performs celebrates and highlights local performing groups who will showcase their talents for the public.

     We’ll also be celebrating Earth Day.  Stop by that area of the festival to learn how you can play a role in preserving our natural resources.

     Look for more details on Spring Daze in April Bud.

Bring kids to Kite Festival

   Our annual Kite Festival at Bond Park is a great way to spend a spring afternoon. Join us on Saturday, March 28 at 1 p.m. for this free event.

   Kids of all ages will enjoy stunt kite demonstrations from an expert kite flyer, and there will be certificates and special awards in a variety of kite flying categories for those who choose to participate.

   Are your kids interested in making a kite? Children ages 3-10 can learn to build a kite on March 28 from 10-11:30 a.m. at the Cary Senior Center . The cost of the class is $12 for residents, $16 for non-residents and registration is required.

   For more information, call 469-4100 or visit Kite Festival at www.townofcary.org.

Recognized environmental leader

     Cary ’s commitment to protecting the environment was recently recognized by the state Department of Environment and Natural Resources, which awarded the Town the Local Erosion and Sediment Control Program Award for going beyond state regulation to support erosion and sediment control for three or more years.

     This marks the fourth time that we have received this recognition since the award’s inception 12 years ago.

Bud Bits

• The Cary Downtown Farmers Market will open on Saturday, April 4 at 8 a.m. at its new location at Chatham Square, 744 E Chatham St . For more, call 616-7728. The new  Western Wake Farmers Market will open at  the Carpenter Village Marketplace in western Cary, on Saturday, May 2 at 8 a.m. For details, call 460-1469.

• Town offices will be closed on Friday, April 10 for Good Friday. Solid waste, yard waste and recycling materials will be collected on your regular collection day. For a list of Town observed holidays, visit www.townofcary.org.

Bunny breakfast, egg hunt coming in April

     On Saturday, April 4, bring your kids to Bond Park for Cary ’s annual Breakfast with the Bunny and Easter Egg Hunt.

     Breakfast with the Bunny will begin at 8:30 a.m. Enjoy a continental breakfast and take photos with the Easter Bunny. You must purchase a ticket in advance to attend this event.

     The Easter Egg Hunt is free and will be held during the morning at 10 a.m. , or for those who would rather sleep in, at 1:30 p.m. The egg hunt features 3 hunt areas, each for a different age group. Bring your own basket and come early for good parking!

     After the hunt join Woppo from Flow Circus at Sertoma Amphitheatre for a magic and juggling show.

     Tickets for the Breakfast with the Bunny may be purchased at the Herbert C. Young Community Center beginning March 3.  The rain date for the event is Sunday, April 5 at 1:30 p.m.  

     For more information, call 469-4100 or visit Easter Activities at www.townofcary.org.

Cary offers incentives for waterwise landscapes

     Thinking about redesigning your landscape this spring to make it water wise? Our Turf Buy Back program offers eligible property owners a one-time, $500 incentive to replace a minimum of 1,000 square feet of historically irrigated turf with a warm season grass such as Zoysia, Centipede, Bermuda , or St. Augustine , or convert it to a natural area.

     You may also apply for a permit for a three-week exception to the alternate day watering schedule from April 15 through August 15 when you plant warm season grass.

     For details on both opportunities, visit the Water Conservation section of the Town’s Web site, www.townofcary.org.

Register for annual road race

     The Cary Road Race returns to Koka Booth Amphitheatre on Saturday, April 4. Register to participate now as a recreational or competitive runner. There’s no charge for our one-mile Fun Run but registration is required.

     Recreational runners pay just $10 for the 5K or 10K in advance and competitive runners can pre-register for either the 5K or 10K for $13.

     Race-day registration will begin at 7 a.m. and entry fees will be $12 for recreational participants and $17 for competitive runners. T-shirts will also be available for purchase at $5 each.

     For more, visit Cary Road Race at www.townofcary.org.

Stopping distance

   We want to remind you that our blue C-Tran buses, vans, and sedans stop frequently as they travel throughout Cary . When you are driving behind one of our vehicles, please leave a safe distance between your car and C-Tran and be prepared to stop.

Understanding tornadoes

   Peak tornado season in the south is March through May. Tornadoes often strike quickly and with little warning. Get prepared now by designating a safe room in your home: the basement or an interior room with no windows on the first floor.

   If you are not at home, do not try to outrun a tornado by car. Get inside a building or lie in a ditch well away from the car.

   For more tips, visit Severe Weather at www.townofcary.org.

Cultural Connection

• Cary Art Loop, March 27 & April 24, 6-9 p.m. at various locations.  For details, visit www.caryartloop.org.

• Applause!  Cary Youth Theatre: Improv Comedy Night, March 28, 7 p.m. at Cary Senior Center., Free. For more information, call 469-4061.

• Concert Singers of Cary present Heart Renderings, Mar 28, 7:30 p.m. , Cary High School Auditorium.  For more information,(919) 678-1009 or concertsingers.org.

• Regency Romance Tea, March 31, 7 p.m. at Page-Walker Arts & History Center .  For more, call 460-4963.

• Genealogy Forum, April 9, 7 p.m. at Page-Walker,  Free.  For more information, call 460-4963.

• Walking Tour - Heart of Cary , April 14, 2 p.m. at Page-Walker. For more information, call 460-4963.

• Charlie Chiklis and the Moonlighters Big Band, April 18, 7:30 p.m. , Herbert C. Young Community Center .  For more information, call 469-4061.

• Concert Singers of Cary present Brahms’ A German Requiem , Apr 25, 7:30 p.m. , Kirk of Kildaire.  For more information,  (919) 678-1009 or concertsingers.org.

• Triangle Sacred Harp Singers, April 26, 2–4 p.m. at Page-Walker. For more information, call 460-4963.

Exhibits

• Kenneth Eugene Peters: Structure and Light. March 31-April 30 at Jordan Hall Arts Center . Artist Reception:  Apr 24, 6-8 p.m.

• Fine Arts League of Cary Annual Teen Exhibition. March 27-May 26 at Town Hall. Artists Reception: March 29 2-4 p.m.

• Saskia Leary: Follow the road, what is around the corner? March 27 - May 26 at Herb Young Community Center .  Artist Reception: March 27, 6-8 p.m.

  For more Concerts and Events, visit www.townofcary.org.

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