House Us Now: We Need More Homes for Fixed-Income, Low-Income, and No-Income Tenants
By: Advocacy Team at the Community Empowerment Fund Progress has been made to build more affordable housing. It’s…
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Another Carrboro Vermicomposting workshop this weekend!
Tom Smith is at it again with his 3rd Vermiculture Workshop coming up this Saturday. It’s free, it’s…
Results from the poll on when and how Chapel Hill should spend bond funds
A week ago, we asked readers how they would spend $50 million in bond fund across six categories.…
Thoughts on Jennifer Moore, Bonnie Hauser, and the upcoming Orange County School Board runoff
In March, incumbent Jennifer Moore decisively won an Orange County school board seat. She received more than 400…
The Carrboro Bike Plan, South Greensboro Street sidewalk, and Phase 2 of the Bolin Creek Greenway are being funded!
Earlier today, the board of the Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization (“the MPO”)—which is responsible for regional transportation…
Chapel Hill is finally updating its traffic calming policy. Hooray!
As the former New York governor Mario Cuomo liked to say, politicians campaign in poetry, but govern in…
Parking in Downtown Chapel Hill? A guide to using ParkMobile.
I’m often hanging out somewhere downtown, and I occasionally see people looking perplexed at one of the touchscreen…
New Hope Audubon Society is contemplating a name change. That’s awesome.
Big news in local birding: the New Hope Audubon Society, which champions wetlands and conservation funding and Lights…
Tell Chapel Hill Town Council How to Spend $50 million
It’s not often that elected officials need help spending money, but Chapel Hill prides itself on being a…
Attend the Community Dinner on April 28 at McDougle Middle School
Last year, I attended my first Community Dinner with my family. I was intrigued by the tagline -…
Athletes 4 Justice statement on Mark Robinson
We, the undersigned, join to publicly share our longstanding hope for a caring, diverse, equitable, and fair-minded state…
Chapel Hill Faces Tough Choices on Budget, Bond
This week, the Chapel Hill Town Council will be meeting to discuss two major items. First, the council…
Floraffiti: Bringing Words to Life and Life to Words
Floraffiti is growing strong and April is Poetry Month! In Carrboro and Chapel Hill, each bright green, growing…