Earlier this week, Andy Bechtel, who teaches journalism at UNC, tweeted that The Local Reporter was looking for a new part-time editor, noting that “someone who lives in the area would be ideal.” The non-profit local paper’s current editor — their fifth in just over four years — is based in Florida, more than 500 […]
Posted inChapel Hill Town Council, Housing, Public Comment
Simon Palmore: “We just need a safe, comfortable place to live that we can afford.”
I think that speaking for myself and people like me, we have a lot to offer to this community. We want to stay here, we want to serve the town.
Posted inChapel Hill, Housing, Zoning
We’re launching the Chapel Hill (and maybe Carrboro) Inclusion Project
Crowdsourcing research into Chapel Hill neighborhoods to identify legal restrictions that limit the ability to build anything other than a single-family detached home.
Posted inChapel Hill
BREAKING: Britany Waddell named new Planning Director for Chapel Hill
The new Planning Director for Chapel Hill is Britany Waddell, AICP, who previously served as the Assistant Director of Planning and Development for the City of Raleigh. Waddell has almost 20 years of experience working in planning practices and town/gown issues. She has also served as a Community Development Planner for Monroe, NC and Director […]
Posted inLink roundup
It was a bit of a week at Triangle Blog Blog
It has BEEN A WEEK! With the winter holidays well in the rear view window, there’s a buzz of activity around local government, and we have been doing our best at the Blog Blog to try to keep up. We’ve published quite a few articles over the last week, and thought it would be helpful […]
Posted inPublic Comment, Chapel Hill Town Council, Housing
Melissa McCullough: Residential multifamily buildings are a traditional American housing form
We’re reprinting some of our favorite public comments from the public hearing on the housing choices proposal held by Chapel Hill Town Council on January 25, 2023. Melissa McCullough spent 31 years at EPA and retired as the Senior Sustainability Advisor and Assistant Director of the Sustainable and Healthy Communities Research Program. She was also the […]