Where we left off: After a fierce, months-long debate about building affordable housing adjacent to the large single-family homes in the Coker Hills and Lake Forest neighborhoods, the town council declines to support the Inter-Church Council’s proposal to build the Elliott Woods project. It took an election. In May 1969, Howard Lee, Chapel Hill’s first, […]
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Electric bikes are the most climate-friendly way to travel
Meandering around Chapel Hill, it is hard to miss the plethora of hybrid, plug-in hybrids, and electric cars in driveways, shopping centers, and parked on the street. On just about every block you’ll see a Tesla, which may have displaced Toyota’s Prius as the favored vehicle of the town’s environmental set. But while electric cars […]
![Message on back of card: "Monday, Chapel Hill. My sister [took] flu & brother pneumonia so they phoned for me. I'll be here a few days I suppose. Sylvia is [illegible] & Harry out of danger. Lovingly, Bess D. Arrowood." Addressed to: "Miss Irene Tate, Morganton, N.C." Postmarked 21 March 1922.](https://triangleblogblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Arboretum.jpg)
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Why I support the housing choices proposal: Dan Levine
We are publishing statements made during the May 24, 2023 public hearing on the Town’s housing choices proposal. Good evening, I’m Dan Levine, a resident of Colony Woods. I love my neighborhood for the people, not because of the houses. In fact, it’s a textbook example of a sprawling single-family subdivision with homes set back […]
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Why I support the housing choices proposal: John Wallace
We are publishing statements made during the May 24, 2023 public hearing on the Town’s housing choices proposal. My name is John Wallace, I work in the School of Public Health at UNC, and am fortunate to be able to afford to live in Chapel Hill. As a public health researcher supporting community health improvement […]
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Why I support the housing choices proposal: Carolyn Klamm
We are publishing statements made during the May 24, 2023 public hearing on the Town’s housing choices proposal. I am in support of this policy. We must remove restrictions on our housing if we are to build a sustainable future. Sustainability, to me, means a future where we do not pollute our air with car […]
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Why I support housing choices: Abby Parcell
We are publishing statements made during the May 24, 2023 public hearing on the Town’s housing choices proposal. As a longtime Chapel Hill resident who has worked for the university and in the nonprofit sector, but who hasn’t been able to afford homeownership here, I’m grateful for gentle density. For nearly a decade, I have […]