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 […]
Posted inChapel Hill Town Council, Development review, Downtown, Housing, Small business
Three Things We Learned From Watching the March 22 Chapel Hill Town Council Meeting
From the start of the March 22 meeting of Chapel Hill Town Council, it seemed that everyone was bracing for a long night. Despite a relatively slim agenda, the council revisited several contentious items from the past and discussed, for the first time, a wet lab that’s proposed for downtown. Here’s what we learned: People […]
Posted inHousing, Bike and Walk, Climate
Jenny Schuetz on the IPCC report and the true climate impacts of urban growth
On Monday, the IPCC released its 2023 report on climate change, and it’s pretty grim. Scientists have given us a “final warning” on the climate crisis, warning that only swift and drastic action can avert us from irreversible catastrophic warning. The language is blunt, the warnings are dire. We need to act now, in many […]
Posted inTransportation, Connectivity, Triangle Region
CRX bus riders in Chapel Hill: Did you know GoTriangle plans to change the route? Probably not!
GoTriangle has proposed eliminating one and possibly both bus stops that are used by Chapel Hill riders of the CRX bus line. The CRX bus line is the express bus that connects Chapel Hill to Raleigh. Sadly, the CRX bus has not been running this winter due to staffing shortages at GoTriangle. When it is […]
Posted inHousing, Affordable Housing, Carrboro, Chapel Hill, Triangle Region
We say yes to “doing all of the things” when it comes to housing
Opponents to housing in Chapel Hill often say that they’re not against more housing, they’re just against a particular development or type of housing because of its location and/or because it won’t solve our affordable housing crisis. (This has, in practice, meant that they’ve largely and vocally been against every opportunity to add new housing […]
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Friends of Neighbors of Alliances of CHALT Websites bracket, round of 64
Which is cooler?