Back in December, the Chapel Hill Town Council adopted the “Complete Communities” strategy developed by the consultant Jennifer Keesmaat. One of its key pillars was development of an “Everywhere to Everywhere” greenway network that, as Mayor Hemminger said, is designed to “focus housing growth along an ‘everywhere-to-everywhere’ greenway network with attention to making sure that […]
Posted in828 MLK, Advisory Boards, Chapel Hill
Live Blog: Chapel Hill Town Council meeting June 21, 2023
Our live blog has now concluded! With the approval of the housing choices ordinance, we’re closing down. Thank you so much for reading. We plan to write further analysis in the coming days. Have a great night. (If you enjoyed this, please consider a small donation to TBB, which will help us improve our tech […]
Posted inChapel Hill, Chapel Hill Town Council, Housing
The Selective Outrage of Save Chapel Hill Supporters
A quick pass through Chapel Hill’s historic districts will quickly reveal that homeowners in these neighborhoods really, really want to “Save Chapel Hill,” as the cheap plastic signs dotting their yards make clear. Assuming, of course, that you can see the signs around all the construction trucks parked in front of their homes. Many residents […]
Posted inChapel Hill, Chapel Hill Town Council, Housing
Everything we’ve written on Chapel Hill’s missing middle housing vote
Last September, we excitedly tweeted that Chapel Hill was getting ready to make it hugely easier to build “missing middle” housing. Tomorrow, the Chapel Hill Town Council will vote on a text amendment that will allow people to build duplexes and small homes throughout our community, not just in a handful of neighborhoods. There are […]
Posted inChapel Hill, Chapel Hill Town Council, Housing
The proposed text amendment is good policy, one that will actually save Chapel Hill.
Our housing crisis did not take shape in a day, and the tools proposed in the text amendment are responses to the recognition that we need more opportunities for housing in our community, and that we needed more than just new, large rental apartments. Even CHALT leaders have recognized that “missing middle” infill development is […]
Posted inChapel Hill, Chapel Hill Town Council, Housing
Who Needs Housing Choices?
This Wednesday, the Chapel Hill Town Council will hear, and possibly vote, on the Housing Choices for Complete Communities text amendment. As we enthusiastically wrote back last September, this proposal will make it easier to build small- and medium-sized housing in our community, which will give all of us more housing options. Having more housing […]