As we’ve noted, we’re very excited for the town’s proposed LUMO revisions to allow for more housing options within Chapel Hill by permitting duplexes, triplexes, and quadplexes in most of the town’s zoning districts, including R-1 and R-2. These two zoning districts are among the most common in the town, and for decades have allowed […]
Posted inGreenway, Bike and Walk, Bike Beat, Parks and Rec
Morgan Creek Greenway: In Pictures
A photo gallery of places of note along the town of Chapel Hill’s Morgan Creek Greenway.
Posted inGreenway, Bike and Walk, Bike Beat, Parks and Rec
Morgan Creek Trail: The Year of the Trail in North Carolina
The Morgan Creek Trail in Chapel Hill is not quite a mile long, and stretches east-west along the Morgan Creek flood plain. Like most of Chapel Hill’s paved greenways, it sits in two separate utility easements.
Posted inHousing, UNC
Fact check: Has UNC added 8000 students in the past decade? No.
Over the past two days, we’ve attended two public information meetings that the Town of Chapel Hill has hosted to talk about missing middle housing — duplexes, cottage homes, and the like. As we’ve said earlier, we’re really excited about this — it will be really great for seniors, young families, and multi-generational households to […]
Posted inGreenway, Bike and Walk, Carrboro, Connectivity
Debunking misinformation about the Bolin Creek Greenway
Related: Learn more about Carrboro’s Linear Park Project and sign up for updates to build out Carrboro’s greenway network. My family lives within walking distance of Carrboro’s Bolin Creek, but we frequently drive to Umstead Park in Chapel Hill to walk along Bolin Creek’s paved path. With the envisioned paved Bolin Creek Greenway in Carrboro […]
Posted inChapel Hill, CHALT, Chapel Hill Town Council
Chapel Hill is going to spend $66k to do what the Blog Blog already did for free
On tonight’s Chapel Hill Town Council agenda is an exciting opportunity for the town to spend $66,000 in taxpayer money to figure out how different types of land use impact the town’s finances. I wish I had known this before the Blog Blog completed such analyses for the low cost of free. We found that […]