Aja Kelleher is once again running for Town Council in Carrboro. Kelleher, who was a registered Republican until July of 2020, has come out against the new library project in downtown Carrboro, a project some 3o-odd years in the making. From NextDoor: Only…that’s not exactly accurate. There’s quite a large body of research that shows […]
Posted inFrom the archives
The Chapel Hill News: 1991
We miss group blogging. We have been writing for a long time on Twitter and Facebook and NextDoor and over email and neighborhood listservs — and we’ve decided to test out putting everything in one place. A number of us routinely attend council meetings and boards and commissions, and we’ll put our notes from those […]
Posted inChapel Hill, Chapel Hill Town Council, Development review
Greene Tract
“How long shall we stand? As long as there is a need to correct an injustice.” This week, the Towns of Chapel Hill and Carrboro and Orange County will consider adopting a resolution approving a draft recombination plat (map) and conceptual plan for 164-acres jointly owned by the three parties, known as the Greene Tract. […]
Posted inHousing
The Chapel Hill housing apocalypse
Calling Chapel Hill a town on the verge of becoming an exclusive enclave of wealthy homeowners, an East Coast “Palo Alto,” a real estate consultant issued a blistering report about Chapel Hill’s direction, finding that the town needs to build significantly more housing to moderate housing price increases and retain our economic competitiveness, and criticizing […]
Posted inTransportation
Transportation plans that are consistent with our values
The Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization is the body that coordinates regional transportation planning. Most of its members are appointed by local governments in Orange, Durham, and Chatham Counties, but there are also representatives from NCDOT. The MPO is currently working on its new long-range transportation plan, the 2050 Metropolitan Transportation Plan. Unfortunately, the three […]
Posted inHousing
More places to live are good, actually
Along Elliot Road in Chapel Hill sits a modern rental apartment building called the Berkshire Chapel Hill. Though nondescript, several years ago this “luxury” apartment complex rocked Chapel Hill’s political landscape. In 2015, a new mayor and slate of like-minded Town Council members won election following community outrage after the Berkshire replaced a perfectly nice […]