I moved to Chapel Hill in 2017 from Pittsburgh after receiving a great new job offer. My family and I rented for two years and then we bought a house. We chose to live in Chapel Hill because of the amenities. The schools are great for our kids, the library is amazing, the park system […]
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Civic Meetings: Week of October 2, 2022
We’re coming down from our Carrboro Music Festival bender, and are excited for a full week of civic engagements on the calendar. Let’s take a look, shall we? via GIPHY Monday 10/3 Chapel Hill Town Council Work Session 6:30 PM, Chapel Hill Public Library Agenda and meeting notes This was supposed to be the meeting […]
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Make a new plan, Stan? And other takeaways from the 9/28 Chapel Hill Town Council meeting.
Last Wednesday’s Chapel Hill Town Council meeting featured a real humdinger of a presentation from Rod Stevens and Jen Keesmaat. First, some background: Stevens and Keesmaat are both planners; Stevens, of Bainbridge Island, Washington, wrote the 2021 Housing Report that said we need more housing, and Keesmaat, formerly Toronto’s chief planner, is currently leading our […]
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Chapel Hill’s getting ready to make it hugely easier to build “missing middle” housing!
Ok, now THIS is a big deal. Chapel Hill is getting ready to make it hugely easier to build “missing middle” housing. What is missing middle housing? It’s all the housing between single-family homes and big multi-family apartments like: Duplexes Triplexes, and Cottage apartments. For years, like many other communities, most land in Chapel Hill […]
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Housing news: Starter homes, land for housing, rental units
It must have been a rough weekend for our neighbors who continue to mangle basic economics and use convoluted logic to argue that we don’t need to build more housing in Chapel Hill. Both the New York Times and Wall Street Journal released articles detailing the housing crisis affecting the nation as a whole, and […]
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Civic Meetings: Week of September 26, 2022
Yo Chapel Hill and Carrboro: there’s a LOT going on this week, civics-wise. Let’s take a look at what’s on the docket. Monday Parks, Greenways and Recreation Commissions special meeting Our parks and rec friends are holding a special meeting to discuss the Splash Pad and Inclusive Playground Feasbility Analysis and Report Project. We’re major […]