There are two ways to think about land in Orange County. In one version, we think about how land has been used historically. Our county was and remains largely rural, and much of that land is owned by private property owners, some of whom have been here for generations. If we focus on historic uses […]
Posted inElection 2024, Housing
Great news. President Biden is going to announce a plan to lower housing costs tonight.
We were psyched to see Yonah Freemark’s tweet earlier today hinting that President Biden might address housing affordability in tonight’s State of the Union. And then we were more excited to see what Biden has plans to talk about tonight, after the White House published a fact sheet in advance of his address. It’s all […]
Posted inCarrboro
Carrboro is going to start enforcing 2-hour parking limits. And other parking news.
Last Tuesday’s Carrboro Town Council meeting focused on parking. As we noted last year, Carrboro has been hovering around the idea of charging for parking, and even just enforcing 2-hour time limits, for many years now.The town’s first parking study back in 2016 showed Carrboro has A LOT of parking. The second Carrboro parking study, […]
Posted inElection 2024
A runoff’s possible in the Orange County School Board race. Here’s what we know.
There was a curious bit of information deep in Tammy Grubb’s coverage of last night’s election results for the Orange County School Board race: [Bonnie] Hauser, who asked the NGOP to drop its endorsement after learning about it, came in fourth, with just 461 fewer votes than [Jennifer] Moore. That means Hauser could ask for […]
Posted inChapel Hill, Housing, Orange County
WASMPBA: What do we want Southern Chapel Hill to look like in 30-50 years?
It took us a long time to write about the potential extension of the water and sewage service boundary in the southern part of Chapel Hill because we wanted to make sure we had a handle on the terminology. That took a long time. We talked to a lot of people, including town staffers and […]
Posted inElection 2024
Election: NC Primary 2024 Live Blog Blog
10:25: Even though the early vote wasn’t counted until after the polls closed, election workers in North Carolina once again did an admirable job counting and reporting votes quickly. Thanks for following along, and for participating in this year’s primary. On to the general election! 10:18: 32 of 36 precincts in Durham are reporting, and Sophia Chitlik […]