Summary: Bill and I chat about the history of Downtown Raleigh Alliance, the state of Downtown Raleigh, and changes in the public realm.________________________________________________________About Bill: Bill King is the President & CEO of the Downtown Raleigh Alliance, a nonprofit devoted to advancing the vitality of downtown for everyone. At DRA, Bill leads a team that provides economic development, marketing & communications, events, problem solving, and safety patrol services for the downtown area. DRA has recruited storefront businesses, hosts regular promotions and activations such as Downtown Restaurant Week, First Friday and Moore Square Market, and provides policy advocacy on behalf of downtown stakeholders. Prior to this role, Bill served as DRA's lead economic developer, helping to recruit grocery stores to downtown Raleigh and authoring the State of Downtown report. He also worked in Washington, D.C. as a policy analyst and investigator for Congress in areas of economic development, transportation, financial oversight and nuclear nonproliferation. Bill has degrees from the University of Georgia in history and public administration and from UNC-Chapel Hill in urban planning. Connect with Bill: Website | LinkedIn | Instagram | Twitter________________________________________________________Show Notes: Welcome to Dirt NC where we talk all about the places and spaces of North Carolina and the people who make them awesome, I am your host Jed Byrne.Throughout my career in engineering, construction, finance, and development, I have covered just about all sides of the land use ecosystem. This show creates an opportunity for me to share what I have learned with you as well as introduce you to some of my  friends, both new and old who are doing transformative work.With each episode of Dirt NC my goal is to make sure you walk away learning something new about land use. I promise to keep it simple and straight to the point.As always, I am grateful that you have chosen to share this time with me! If you have comments/questions/suggestions about Dirt NC or anything land use related you can find me on twitter at @OakCityCRE and if you want a simple and to the point update on Raleigh commercial development you can subscribe to The Top Five, my free weekly newsletter at www.oakcitycre.com Until next time, Thank you!