This year, our local elections should be substantive, not boring. This week, two of our favorite local political pundits, Aaron Keck and Tom Jensen, recorded an election preview where they predicted our municipal elections would be “boring.” Noting the absence of candidates running against development and growth, Keck and Jensen suggested that this election would […]
Posted inDevelopment review, Housing
Chapel Hill Has Densified from the Outside In: Why That’s a Concern
Chapel Hill is getting denser, as anyone who has driven around the town can attest to. That is a good thing, given our need for more housing and the constraints imposed by a nearly built-out town and the rural buffer. However, this densification is occurring in an atypical way. In most older cities and town, […]
Posted inHelping neighbors, Orange County
Thank you! We raised 500 dollars for the artists towed from Carr Mill Mall
And a bunch of money for the Orange County Arts Commission! Yesterday we told you about the unfortunate incident where artists installing artwork for the Uproar Arts Festival were towed from Carr Mill Mall parking lot. (As you might know, Carr Mill Mall has a predatory towing issue.) $1,562 raised from 93 individual donors We […]
Posted inOrange County
We’re helping the artists who were towed at Carr Mill Mall
Over the weekend, two things happened: We cannot do anything about the first point, although it’s disheartening and dismaying that Carr Mill Mall removed a piece of artwork. Uproar was launched in 2023 to support small businesses, especially downtown Carrboro and Chapel Hill during the quieter summer months – and brings visitors and dollars to […]
Posted inGoTriangle, Transit
Fast, Frequent and Regional Bus Service Comes to Chapel Hill and Durham
For the first time ever, you can decide to go to downtown Durham (or Chapel Hill) on the bus and get there in under an hour without looking at a schedule. Why? Because as of yesterday, August 3, the 400/405 bus runs every fifteen minutes, starting at 5:40 am in Chapel Hill, and 5:45 am […]
Posted inUncategorized
Help stock the CHCCS teacher supply store!
Launched in 2007 through a partnership between the Chapel Hill – Carrboro Public School Foundation (PSF) and the East Chapel Hill Rotary Club, the annual Teacher Supply Store supports teachers in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools (CHCCS). On average, teachers spend $750 of their own money each year to purchase classroom supplies. This pop-up store helps ease that burden by allowing CHCCS teachers to “shop” […]