It remains problematic that the entire board of The Local Reporter has close ties to CHALT, an organization with a PAC that recruits and runs candidates in local elections.
Posted inHousing
Breaking: We now have 2(!) homes for sale for middle-income buyers ??
It’s taken a while but we finally have more than one home for sale for middle-income buyers in Chapel Hill. This week’s two options are in the same condo complex near Bolin Creek, which Redin describes as at “extreme risk” of flooding. As I noted three weeks ago, much of Chapel Hill’s relatively affordable housing is […]
Posted inBike and Walk
The Chapel Hill Inventory of Resources for Bicycles (CHIRB)
I wanted to create an interactive, Town-wide inventory of not only bicycle parking units (bike racks, bike lockers, etc.), but also bicycle maintenance units such as fix-it stations and air pumps, so cyclists who live, work, and play in Chapel Hill could more easily locate bicycle parking at their destinations.
Posted inHousing
Yet another creative letter from a lawyer against Chapel Hill’s housing proposal
It seems like just yesterday that an attorney wrote to Chapel Hill Town Council with some quite silly arguments against the Town’s housing choices proposal. Given that it said nothing that a licensed attorney needed to be paid to say, we thought that would be the end of it. We really did not expect anyone […]
Posted inTriangle Blog Blog
Come to our first birthday party!
Triangle Blog Blog launched last March. Since then, we’ve ?Published over 300 pieces digging into local civics, housing, history, transportation, journalism, our school system, UNC, Chapel Hill and Carrboro. ?Launched the Chapel Hill Inclusion Project, where approximately 40 volunteers are investigating the history of Chapel Hill’s exclusionary covenants ?Liveblogged important council and advisory board meetings […]
Posted inGreenway
The Sierra Club’s guidance on sustainable communities and the Bolin Creek Greenway
With respect to greenways and sustainable communities, it turns out that the Sierra Club gets it.