We were looking through old Chapel Hill Town Council meeting minutes when we came across the 1955 zoning map from the town. Prepared by the Planning Board, the map set up three additional districts in town: RA-20, suburban commercial, and agricultural. What does the map show? It shows Chapel Hill’s eight zoning districts. We can […]
Posted inCarrboro
The Bolin Creek Greenway draft scope of work misses the mark: Here’s why
On February 14, 2023, the Carrboro Town Council met for a work session to discuss the long-awaited public engagement process for Phases 3 & 4 of the Bolin Creek Greenway. We liveblogged the work session (and wrote an analysis afterwards). The purpose of the work session, if you didn’t tune in, was for Carrboro council […]
Posted inHousing
Amending the LUMO to more readily permit the building of “missing middle” housing is the right way forward.
We’re reprinting some of our favorite public comments from the public hearing on the housing choices proposal held by Chapel Hill Town Council on January 25, 2023. The following comments were made by Nancy Lovas, a resident of Carrboro. My name is Nancy Lovas. I am speaking in support of the proposed amendments to the […]
Posted inCHALT
The ongoing hypocrisy of CHALT
We were perusing the public Chapel Hill Town Council email inbox – some of us like to live dangerously – when we came across two strange little emails. The first, sent in May 2022, was from one of CHALT’s current leaders. A paragraph: I have several ideas for legal/policy changes the Council could make, that […]
Posted inConnectivity
A Place for Happiness in the Conversation about Place
What makes a place conducive for human happiness and wellbeing? And how do we create that in the face of our sustainability challenges? “And what are our needs for happiness? We need to walk, just as birds need to fly. We need to be around other people. We need beauty. We need contact […]