February 14th was Valentine’s Day in Carrboro. The more romantic among us might have had a reservation at Glass Half Full or a quiet dinner at home with our main squeeze. My wife was escorting our oldest kid to his basketball game in Chapel Hill, while I had our two younger kids sitting with me […]
Posted inChapel Hill, From the archives, Housing, Zoning
In-Chu-Co: The protests start in 1968
The day before the town council was set to vote on its plan to build 39 apartments for moderate-income people in Chapel Hill, the members of Inter-Church Council, which headline writers charmingly called “In-Chu-Co,” had to be optimistic.
Posted inChapel Hill, Affordable Housing, Chapel Hill Town Council, Housing
In-Chu Co and Missing Middle Housing: Chapel Hill’s Missing Middle Housing Battle in 1968
This week, we are publishing a five-part series looking back at Chapel Hill in 1968, and the lengthy and contentious battle to build duplexes and small apartments next to a church, and between a neighborhood of single-family homes and a shopping center.
Posted inGreenway, Bike and Walk, Bike Beat, Chapel Hill, Things to do with kids
The Fan Branch Trail: Year of the Trail in North Carolina
The Fan Branch trail, at 1.6 miles long, isn’t the longest greenway in Chapel Hill, but it certainly has the most going along its path. Here is a quick inventory A community park An elementary school Several playgrounds Picnic benches and pocket parks 4 bridges A tunnel A spur trail to a middle school A […]
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Who’s running an AirBnB out of the Harris Teeter parking lot?
The town’s most bizarre political marriage of convenience has risen again. In an email to Town Council Thursday, the Chamber for a Greater Chapel Hill-Carrboro, joined by CHALT (!), heads of three hotel chains including the managing director of The Siena Hotel, and former mayor Rosemary Waldorf, begged the town to enforce the new short-term […]