Imagine your town council proposes a 20+ acre new park and also much needed missing middle housing for municipal workers in your community. Oh yeah, and also some shops like the ones they have next to that amazing downtown park in Blowing Rock, NC. And, get this, the new park will be within easy walking …
We’re getting a park on the American Legion land. Why are people fighting it? Read More »
It’s the start of the Town Council cycle for Chapel Hill and Carrboro, which means we’re once again planning to keep you informed about issues involving civic life in both of our towns. We also have opinions about what the Town Councils should tackle this term. Here are five ideas we plan to track: Connecting …
Five things we want to see Town Councils tackle this term Read More »
When we last visited The Local Reporter – our “relentlessly local” non-profit newspaper with very close ties to an organization with a PAC – they were saying farewell to their fourth editor in three years. He served just under three months in the role. It’s been a little over a month since that shakeup, and …
Our local non-profit newspaper is having a rough month Read More »
We at Triangle Blog Blog are not a singularity, and we often debate civic topics amongst ourselves. So when my Triangle Blog Blog colleague Martin Johnson wrote earlier about GoTriangle’s latest commuter rail plans – saying that we shouldn’t move forward with the project due to high costs and potential low ridership, I wanted to …
Go, Go Triangle: Yes, we should move forward with the commuter rail project Read More »
This is part of our Harder Truth series. The Rural Buffer, enacted in 1987, was not utilized correctly, and needs to be reconsidered. (If the town is not going to build densely, which was part of the Buffer deal, then we should scrap the buffer. The Buffer has ‘preserved open space’ in a hyperlocal way …
Hello! It’s Monday! And there’s a lot going on in Chapel Hill, Carrboro, and Durham this week. Here’s your daily roundup: 📖 Get your books on 📖 The Friends of the Chapel Hill Public Library are hosting their August book sale next weekend – and we’ve heard that there will be thousands of children’s books, …
Lunch links: Friends book sale, Ann Arbor’s vision, thoughts on Durham Read More »
How do we determine Chapel Hill and Carrboro’s fair share of affordable housing to provide in the Triangle region?
One of the Triangle Blog Blog editorial assistants is under 5 and we are very excited that the FDA has approved shots for his age cohort. If you’re looking for a COVID shot for your child under 5, here are some options: Orange County Orange County Health Department Starts Friday, June 24 (Moderna and Pfizer). …
Where to get a COVID-19 shot for under 5’s in the Triangle Read More »
Hello! Today the Chapel Hill Transit operations facility was renamed in honor of former state Senator and Chapel Hill Mayor Howard Lee and his wife Lillian. Lee pushed for Chapel Hill Transit to be formed in 1974. Watch Mayor Lee and Chapel Hill Transit Director Brian Litchfield discuss the origins of Chapel Hill Transit Listen …
On Tuesday June 21, Dr. Jenny Schuetz, a Senior Fellow at Brookings Metro and the author of Fixer-Upper: How to Repair America’s Broken Housing Systems will join Stephen Whitlow, who serves on the Planning Commission for the Town of Chapel Hill, is a member of NEXT, and writes for Triangle Blog Blog, for a wide-ranging …
