We love the Chapel Hill Public Library’s annual summer reading challenge. This year, the library’s reading challenge is called Summer Blast and involves family Fun Fridays, family movie matinees, and adult programming (including book speed dating.) For each five books you read this summer, you get a raffle ticket. There’s also a free book (!) […]
Posted inChapel Hill Town Council, Development review, UNC
Parking Ruins Everything: UNC Health Balks at Council Demands
For at least six years, UNC Health, the Chapel Hill-based nonprofit medical system owned by the state of North Carolina, has dreamed of turning its ~50 acres of land at Eastowne Drive and 15-501 into a medical campus. A short history: In September 2018, the Chapel Hill Town Council approved the first building of the […]
Posted inCarrboro, Greenway
No, the Bolin Creek Greenway will not cost as much as building the Big Dig in Boston
Fighting against the wrong information that’s being circulated around Chapel Hill and Carrboro is almost a full-time job. We have fact-checked many claims related to the Bolin Creek Greenway, and are appreciative of the Carrboro Linear Parks Project for creating a FAQ with primary source documents that detail exactly what’s happened so far. Today we’re […]
Posted inChapel Hill, Chapel Hill Town Council, Housing
We must do better—otherwise Chapel Hill becomes like an exclusive, gated community where only the wealthy can live
We are publishing statements made during the May 24, 2023 public hearing on the Town’s housing choices proposal. In some cases, these statements may not exactly match the comments made during the meeting. This statement is from Laura Wells from Hope NC. Budget comments Mayor Hemminger and Council Members, My name is Laura Wells and […]
Posted inChapel Hill, Chapel Hill Town Council, Housing
Why I support the Housing Choices proposal: Theodore Nollert
Thanks for being here, y’all – I know it’s late, so I’ll bring all my energy for this: I try to be a numbers guy. We’ve got an estimate from the projected housing needs report that we need an average of ~485 units/year. There are limited developable parcels remaining in town for large multi-unit projects. […]