Music aficionados are likely familiar with R.E.M.’s place in the local music scene in the early days of the band’s career. The band played its first show outside of Georgia at the Station in Carrboro, where the members met Jefferson Holt, who went on to manage R.E.M. for 15 years as it grew into America’s […]
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Flashback to the 1980s: The Anti-Growth Consensus in Chapel Hill
As anyone who has tried to buy a home in Chapel Hill in recent years knows, we are in the middle of a housing crisis. According to the Cooke Report, published last month by local realtors Allison Zimmerman and Lucia Cooke, the average house sells within 13 days of being listed. (In a healthy market, […]
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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. […]
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An office building Chapel Hill can’t refuse
There are few better locations for this office building than Meadowmont, especially from an environmental and climate-change perspective.