Rosemary Street property that houses Mama Dip’s for sale for $3.6 million
The Rosemary Street property that houses the beloved Mama Dip’s Kitchen is for sale for an eye-popping $3.6 million. The parcel is less than three quarters of an acre and the restaurant is just over 4,000 square feet. According to a listing for the sale, the restaurant equipment is not included in the sale price, […]
The Pumpkin Loop: Chapel Hill’s greatest trail?
In 2021, Gov. Roy Cooper signed House Bill 554 designating 2023 as the Year of the Trail in North Carolina. In this post, I will share some information about the Pumpkin Loop. Located in the UNC-owned Carolina North Forest, the Pumpkin Loop is an approximately a 2.5 mile loop that follows a fire road encircling […]
A Milder Proposal: Town Staff Revises Its Plan for Missing Middle Housing
Over the past few months, Chapel Hill homeowners from Gimghoul to Greenwood, Hidden Hills to Laurel Hill, Colony Woods to Lake Ellen, have taken precious hours out of their day to complain to, cajole, and sometimes just yell at town staff who, at the council’s direction, are trying to solve a major problem—we don’t have […]
From anger to action after the loss of another cyclist
At around 7am on Thursday the 30th of March, 2023, John Allore was struck and killed by a motorist driving a passenger car. He was riding his bike on Bradshaw Quarry Road in Orange County, NC at the time. I did not know John personally, but I was moved by the outpouring of responses from […]
How’s the Chapel Hill Town Council feeling about the proposed wet lab on Franklin?
On March 22, the Chapel Hill Town Council was presented with a concept plan for a new wet lab at 306 W. Franklin Street. The wet lab is being proposed by Longfellow, a life-sciences-focused real estate firm that owns similar properties in Durham and RTP. The purpose of the presentation was to receive Council’s feedback […]