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Municipal Service District Advisory Committee · October 27, 2026

Downtown parking lot rebuild starts early 2027, and police report nearly 2,000 MSD calls this year

Big takeaways this meeting: the Inner Court parking lot renovation is slated to go out to bid this month with construction targeted for early 2027, and rente…

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Oct 22Veterans' dog training program wins special use permit for Pinetree Drive facility Oct 21Historic commission OKs Children's Museum storefront makeover and shutters, plus a contentious addition amendment Oct 15Board updates its own rulebook and starts talking ADUs and data center rules Oct 14Big night for affordable housing: First Ave lots sold to Housing Authority, Habitat gets 8 lots Oct 13Board pumps brakes on Weyerhaeuser rezoning after residents demand time to read development agreement Oct 13New Bern moves toward feral cat census and faces utility rate hikes to fund $150M in infrastructure

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Trent Court redevelopment adjacent to MSDFollow →Municipal Service District projectsFollow →Downtown policing and event securityFollow →Pedestrian safety at downtown crossingsFollow →

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Inner Court Parking Lot Reconstructionunder-review Trent Court Redevelopment (Choice Neighborhood Initiative)under-review Paws of War Eastern NC Programapproved TK Facility for the Epiphany Schoolapproved

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