Join us for what we hope will be a fine evening of liveblogging the primary election results in Orange County, NC. We have fine correspondents embedded at watch parties and at home, and will do our best to keep up with the proceedings. Polls close at 7:30 PM and results from early voting will appear […]
Posted inHousing, Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill Town Council
Two cents for Affordable Housing
Local elections matter. Local referendums matter. Infrastructure details matter. Becoming a home owner with the help of Community Home Trust made me want to give back to my community.
Posted inLink roundup
Lunch Links: May 17, 2022
Happy Election Day! Here’s what the Triangle Blog Blog crew is reading while waiting for primary results to roll in. Downtown Portland created a “Car Master Plan” – and gave us a master class in advocacy. Excerpt: “Why make a Car Master Plan? SO WE CAN SEE CARS. We don’t see what we don’t […]
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Posted inCarrboro
Remembering Robert Drakeford: Carrboro’s first bicycling mayor
Robert “Bob” Drakeford, the first and only Black mayor of Carrboro who planned the Chapel Hill-Carrboro bus system, increased the town’s commercial base, and created many of Carrboro’s bikeways, died on Monday. He was 77. Mayor Drakeford was elected in 1977 and served until 1983. Much of his focus was on public transit and advancing […]
Posted inCarrboro Town Council, Chapel Hill Town Council, Orange County Board of County Commissioners
In advance of tomorrow’s primary, local elected officials weigh in on state and national races.
Tomorrow, Tuesday, May 17, marks the most competitive local Democratic primary election in generations. Who have our local elected officials endorsed?
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Lunch Links: May 16, 2022
News travels fast. Here’s a quick round up of weekend links and a peek at the week ahead. Brian Deese, White House Director of the National Economic Council, shared a timely op/ed from Martin Luther King, III on the need for more affordable housing and teased the big Monday news drop from the White House […]