An often-heard complaint about development in Chapel Hill (and there are a lot of complaints about development in Chapel Hill) is that all of the new mid-rise, multi-family buildings look alike. As it happens, there’s a great deal of truth to this. Why? It’s largely because of a type of construction known as stick-frame over […]
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The GoFundMe for the UNC frat has ties to conservative political operatives
Overnight, the GoFundMe that’s raised over $300,000 for UNC frat boys changed: It added that the funds were now being raised by John Noonan on behalf of Susan Ralston. A comment on the GoFundMe calls Ralston a “world class event planner named Susan [who is] already hard at work. She worked in the White House […]
Posted inChapel Hill, Connectivity, Transportation
Interview: Chapel Hill Transit Director Brian Litchfield talks to us about the NSBRT
In March, President Biden recommended that the federal government provide $138.3 million to build the North-South Bus Rapid Transit route along Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard in Chapel Hill. This represents the single largest transit investment in Chapel Hill’s history, and will make our community—which already punches well above its weight in terms of transit […]
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House Us Now: We Need More Homes for Fixed-Income, Low-Income, and No-Income Tenants
By: Advocacy Team at the Community Empowerment Fund Progress has been made to build more affordable housing. It’s not nearly enough. Decision-makers still sit on their hands and pretend routine building fixes are needed more than roofs over people’s heads. Power-holders still dramatically underfund services for our unhoused neighbors. People are still getting evicted, leaving […]
Posted inCarrboro Town Council, Chapel Hill Town Council, UNC
Chapel Hill, Carrboro Electeds ‘Strongly Condemn’ UNC Police Response
Below is a statement written on May 1 by a group of Chapel Hill and Carrboro town council members in response to the police response to pro-Palestine demonstrators on the UNC campus on April 30. The full statement is below: Town Council members in both Carrboro and Chapel Hill are aware of the arrests of […]
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UNC Faculty member: “I don’t think I will ever get over what I saw my employer do to its own students and faculty today.”
My throat is still itchy, but I’m physically ok. I don’t think I will ever get over what I saw my employer do to its own students and faculty today, however.