Floraffiti is growing strong and April is Poetry Month! In Carrboro and Chapel Hill, each bright green, growing word carries a message written as a poem about the climate crisis and environmental justice as experienced locally. Nineteen poems were created by local community members who participated in workshops held by Carrboro Poet Laureate, Liza Wolff-Francis […]
Posted inChapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools
Now recruiting: candidates for SIT and PTA officers in CHCCS district
In mid-summer of 2023, Triangle Blog Blog sounded the alarm about the lack of candidates in the CHCCS school board race. In response, over 50 people answered the call, and close to 20 officially filed to run for office. I was delighted to know that so many community members are committed to our schools. Now […]
Posted inCarrboro, Carrboro Town Council
Tonight’s Carrboro Town Council meeting will be in English and Spanish. That’s a big deal.
Tonight Carrboro Town Council meeting will live interpreted in Spanish. This is a first and really awesome. How it will work We asked Catherine Lazorko, the town’s Communication Director, how this will work tonight. She said this: “We will have interpretation headsets available for anyone who requests them. We’ll offer some headsets at the dais […]
Posted inChapel Hill, Greenway, Obituary, Parks and Rec
A bench to honor and remember Jim Huegerich
On Friday, April 5 at 1pm, a big crowd gathered at Umstead Park. We were there to celebrate Jim Huegerich’s life and to dedicate a bench in his honor. As an old-timer in Chapel Hill, I was thrilled to reconnect with folks who worked for the town years ago and who came to honor their […]
Posted inEvents around town
How to watch the solar eclipse in Chapel Hill and Carrboro
The solar eclipse will peak in Chapel Hill between 3:05 and 3:20. We’re getting a partial eclipse (magnitude 79-ish%) but it’s still pretty great to watch. Hargraves Community Center Party until 5pm. They still have eclipse glasses! Wilson Library “Join us for this celestial event! We’ll be in front of Wilson Special Collections Library with […]
Posted inCarrboro, Chapel Hill, Climate, Downtown, Small business, Transportation
More than 37% of our downtown land is dedicated to parking
Using a tool created by the Parking Reform Network, I calculated how much land in the downtown areas of Chapel Hill and Carrboro are dedicated to parking. The downtown areas of Carrboro and Chapel Hill have more than 37% of downtown land dedicated to parking. That’s more than ⅓ of all of the land downtown. […]