Free workshop on vermicomposting coming November 11 – learn to produce the world’s best soil amendment, help to save the planet and have fun doing it Readers of the Triangle Blog Blog likely know that if we tree huggers had put more emphasis on political change starting 50 years ago (in addition to recycling beer […]
Posted inCarrboro, Carrboro Town Council, Greenway
Tonight is going to be a historic meeting for Carrboro’s greenways
Some fairly significant updates to Carrboro’s Bolin Creek Greenway project this week. Here’s a recap. After hundreds of staff hours and months of promotion, the Town of Carrboro’s public engagement process for Phases 3 & 4 have been completed and the results are unambiguous: respondents overwhelmingly prefer the “creekside” alignment. The survey is included in […]
Posted inChapel Hill, Chapel Hill Town Council, Planning Board: Chapel Hill, This Week in Planning Commission
This Week in Planning Commission—Oct. 17, 2023
Welcome back to the nation’s most-read preview of Chapel Hill Planning Commission meetings! This time we’ll be reviewing the meeting that’s going to take place on Tuesday, October 17. We’ll be discussing the Planning Commission agenda, which is on the Town’s agenda website. Just scroll down and click “Meeting Details” next to the upcoming meeting. That […]
Posted inCHALT, Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill Town Council, Election 2023
CHALT is endorsing Searing and his slate. Why won’t they admit it?
Over the past week, leaders and candidates affiliated with the Chapel Hill Alliance for a Livable Town (CHALT) have started telling people across Chapel Hill and Carrboro not to trust: – local media – The Daily Tar Heel – endorsements – Triangle Blog Blog – candidate forums (the only place where we get to see […]
Posted inChapel Hill, Chapel Hill Town Council, Election 2023
Triangle Blog Blog endorsements: Chapel Hill 2023 – Anderson, McCullough, Mitchell, Nollert, Ryan
For the first time in eight years, Chapel Hill will have a new mayor. We’re a different community than we were in 2015. We are facing unprecedented growth pressures and feeling the effects of climate change. Rents have surged and homeownership has become harder for young people to achieve. The racial disparities in COVID deaths […]
Posted inElection 2023, UNC
UNC students, your vote matters in Chapel Hill and Carrboro’s municipal elections
Election day is November 7, about a month away. And we have a problem. Students in Chapel Hill and Carrboro don’t vote in large numbers. There are around 31,000 students at UNC Chapel Hill. That’s about 10,000 more people than live in all of Carrboro. And this election cycle, the overwhelming majority of those students […]