We came across a brand new website earlier this week — a website so new, it’s not quite finished. It’s called “Bolin Forest Climate Action,” and appears to be created by the Friends of Bolin Creek, the anti-greenway organization that has stymied Carrboro’s plans to add a 10-foot-wide path along the existing sewage easement along […]
Posted inGreenway, Carrboro, Carrboro Town Council
A new petition against the Bolin Creek Greenway is riddled with misinformation
A new petition has started circulating from Friends of Bolin Creek, the anti-greenway group that has stalled Carrboro’s efforts to build out a 10-foot paved path along an existing 30-foot-wide sewage easement along Bolin Creek. A paved path already exists in Chapel Hill along Bolin Creek, and similar greenways exist in Hillsborough, Durham, Raleigh, Cary […]
Posted inCHALT, Chapel Hill, Housing
No, there are not 5000 units in the Chapel Hill housing pipeline
The phrase “5000 housing units in the pipeline” has been popping up in CHALT-related material recently. (CHALT stands for the Chapel Hill Alliance for a Livable Town. They’re an “anti-development community group” that has “opposed nearly every major development proposal” in Chapel Hill since its inception in 2014/2015. They formed a PAC in 2017. The […]
Posted inCarrboro, Carrboro Town Council
Carrboro may change its ‘Feel Free’ tagline tonight – and that seems fine
10 years ago, the tagline “Feel free” was launched for the Town of Carrboro. It was an optimistic slogan. The background about its development includes this: that in discussions with town residents, “a recurrent theme emerged about a feeling of optimism, encouragement, a lack of judgment – and as a result of being unencumbered, inspired […]