In the Facebook thread that just won’t quit, we’ve moved on from discussing whether newly-built apartments in Chapel Hill generate enough tax revenue to pay for services they receive (Spoiler: Yes.) and onto a series of other discussion points, including: Whether we can and should apply the fiscal analysis for the not-built 2014 Obey Creek […]
Posted inChapel Hill, Chapel Hill Town Council, Housing, Zoning
We answered (almost) every question Chapel Hill Town Council has received on missing middle housing
Last week, the Town of Chapel Hill’s planning staff hosted two public info meetings about missing middle housing. Ever since, emails have trickled into the town inbox filled with fearmongering predictions about gentle density – which, if implemented, is one tool that will help address Chapel Hill’s shortfall in housing supply for young families and […]
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The day Martin Luther King, Jr. came to Chapel Hill
On Thursday, May 5, 1960, The Daily Tar Heel previewed a speech by Martin Luther King, Jr. that was to take place the following Monday: An overflow crowd attended the speech, which was held in Hill Hall at 8pm. A few years ago, Mike Ogle wrote about the speech and what brought Dr. King to […]
Posted inHousing, Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill Town Council, Zoning
Fact check: R-1 and R-2 aren’t going anywhere
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.