On March 22, the Chapel Hill Town Council was presented with a concept plan for a new wet lab at 306 W. Franklin Street. The wet lab is being proposed by Longfellow, a life-sciences-focused real estate firm that owns similar properties in Durham and RTP. The purpose of the presentation was to receive Council’s feedback […]
Stephen Whitlow
Stephen Whitlow lives in Chapel Hill. Trained as an urban planner at DCRP, he works for a research, evaluation, and technical assistance firm and focuses on the areas of housing affordability, fair housing, community development, and local government innovation. He is interested in placemaking, how cities change (or don't), and the role of place in shaping economic and social opportunity.
Posted inClimate
Great news! The Orange-Chatham chapter of the North Carolina Sierra Club looks likely to support the Bolin Creek Greenway and missing middle housing. Hooray!
This is great news, as it aligns with national guidance provided by the Sierra Club! The BlogBlog caught wind of a brouhaha at the latest meeting of the Orange-Chatham chapter of the North Carolina Sierra Club. We did some digging and were able to obtain leaked drafts of letters of support from the chapter’s executive […]
Posted inChapel Hill Town Council
Adam Searing is Chapel Hill’s FOX News
Adam Searing is probably running to be the next mayor of Chapel Hill. He’s also a demagogue who routinely spreads misinformation and appears to prefer creating rather than solving problems. We all know how FOX News operates. It whips viewers into a frenzy with information that is false but taps into their deep-seated fears, all […]
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 inChapel Hill
Goodbye Structural Racism, Hello Status Quo
It’s February in Chapel Hill and that means two things: 1) The optimists among us are quietly confident that the UNC men’s basketball team is somehow going to turn the corner and make another deep run in the NCAA tournament, and 2) The pessimists among us are working on another petition to town council. This […]
Posted inChapel Hill
It’s February 21 2023 and there is still just *1* home for sale in Chapel Hill for middle income buyers
Spring has sprung a bit early in Chapel Hill but so far there are still few homes for sale for middle income buyers. This week’s sole option is an, um, aggressively lived in 2 bedroom, 2.5 bath condo with 1,150 square feet (much of Chapel Hill’s NOAH, naturally occurring affordable housing, is in poor condition […]