This week’s episode covers both the 6:00 public workshop and the 7:00 regular Wilmington City Council meeting on March 19, 2026.

That matters, because if you only watch the regular meeting, you miss most of the explanation and a lot of the framing that happens before the votes.

In this episode, I walk through the downtown flower proposal, Curtis Drive and North Spring Street, finance items including landfill notes, the continuing curbside recycling debate, the minor subdivision zoning cleanup, public comment on Merefa, the downtown parking sign ordinance, the East End purchase, and the broader process questions shaping these decisions.

I also reflect on what happens when public input keeps getting minimized, whether in surveys, public comment, or organized petition drives.

The next regular council meeting is Thursday, April 2.