Write (or do something – hell, anything) for the Triangle Blog Blog! We are offering small grants of $100-$150 for student work. Read on, friends! What is the Triangle Blog Blog? Triangle Blog Blog is the nation’s preeminent blog that ignores most of the nation to focus like a low-powered laser on civics in Carrboro […]
Posted inClimate, Orange County
What do Orange County residents think about global warming?
Almost two-thirds — 65% — of us think that local elected officials should do more to address global warming. And 85% of us want schools to teach about global warming.
Posted inChapel Hill, Downtown, Economic development, UNC
Twelve ideas for revitalizing Franklin Street
Last year, Stephen Whitlow wrote that the “predicament with Purple Bowl” was a sure sign that we’ve “reached the painful stage of economic growth. What could be good for our overall economic well being could be hell for our local businesses that make this place feel like home.” If you’ve ever moved away from Chapel […]
Posted inCarrboro, Chapel Hill, Economic development
11 things I learned about Chapel Hill and Carrboro from the State of the Community Report
Each year, the Chamber for a Greater Chapel Hill-Carrboro presents a State of the Community Report, an annual presentation to local leaders that shares the latest demographic, economic, educational and environmental data for Orange County and our municipalities. You can find the databooks for 2021, 2022, and 2023 on the Chamber website. They’re fascinating documents, […]
Posted inChapel Hill, Downtown, Journalism, UNC
A eulogy for Linda’s: Writers, DTH journalists, and organizers remember the institution in Chapel Hill
If you’ve worked in a newsroom, you probably have a newsroom bar. In DC, it was the Post Pub. In Philly, it’s the Pen and Pencil Club. And in Chapel Hill, that role has largely been served by Linda’s Bar and Grill, an institution just off campus where decades of Daily Tar Heel writers have […]
Posted inCarrboro, Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill and Carrboro’s 2023 Person of the Year is…..
Time’s Person of the Year is the person, a group, idea, or object that “for better or for worse… has done the most to influence the events of the year” So, who or what would that be in our community? We posed the question in our newsletter and on social media and got back hundreds of […]