Last night, I attended the standing-room-only town council meeting in Carrboro, in which Barbara Foushee was sworn in as Carrboro’s first Black female mayor, and Eliazar Posada, Catherine Fray, and Jason Merrill were sworn into their seats on town council. If you’ve never been to a swearing in ceremony, I highly recommend it. The room […]
Posted inBike and Walk, Bike Beat, Downtown, Things to do with kids
Ride with us in the Cycling Community in the Holiday Parade!
This Saturday, December 9 is the Chapel Hill – Carrboro holiday parade! What is notable this year is there will not be any vehicles. Every year, cycling groups I am involved with have ridden as a group in the parade. Some years, we have performed a ‘bicycle ballet’. For at least the last 6 years, […]
Posted inBike and Walk, Bike Beat, Greenway, Uncategorized
Take the Morgan Creek Greenway East Survey!
The Town of Chapel Hill is planning the next steps of the eastern extension of the Morgan Creek Greenway. The current greenway stops at the east end at Merritt’s Pasture. We have written about it here. It is a real gem, and this project will offer extraordinary connectivity to residents of the Morgan Creek area […]
Posted inOrange County Board of County Commissioners
Will Orange County Have a Competitive March Primary for the County Commission races?
Today at noon marks the beginning of the filing period for the Democratic and Republican primaries on March 5, 2024. In 2022, we had many contested primary races, in large part because David Price’s retirement from Congress set off a game of musical chairs that led to vacancies in our local state senate and house […]
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Posted inCarrboro, Carrboro Town Council, Election 2023
Looking at the Carrboro Town Council vacancy through an equity lens
Tuesday’s Carrboro Town Council meeting is a chance to celebrate our new Mayor-elect Barbara Foushee and three newly elected Town Council candidates: incumbent Eliazar Posada and newcomers Catherine Fray and Jason Merrill. Each newly elected official gets to pick who gives them the oath of office. Fray will be sworn in by former mayor Lydia […]