The Local Reporter is about to appoint a fourth editor. There have been many examples of non-disclosure over the paper’s existence.
Chapel Hill
Posted inBike and Walk
Flipping the Script: Understanding Pedestrian and Bicyclist Safety in Chapel Hill-Carrboro
We are reprinting select articles from Carolina Angles, which is brought to you by the Carolina Planning Journal based out of the Department of City and Regional Planning at UNC Chapel Hill. The blog publishes outstanding academic, critical, and creative work by students, practitioners, and academics with the mission of providing a platform for conversation in the planning […]
Posted inHousing
Two cents for Affordable Housing
Local elections matter. Local referendums matter. Infrastructure details matter. Becoming a home owner with the help of Community Home Trust made me want to give back to my community.
Posted inUncategorized
A look at the week ahead: May 16, 2022
Here is a look at some of the local government meetings scheduled for this week, May 16-20, 2022: Chapel Hill Town Council The Chapel Hill Town Council will be holding a virtual meeting on Wednesday (May 18) at 7 pm — view the agenda here, access the Zoom here if you want to comment, and it’s also […]
Posted in828 MLK
Who is the Coalition for Safe and Just Housing?
A new group calling itself the Coalition for Safe and Just Housing has formed around the development project at 828 MLK. Like with other groups, this group centers around a single issue that neighborhood defenders want to block, and uses language that is designed to heighten fear and anger among residents. I can’t know anyone’s […]
Posted inChapel Hill
Jenny Schuetz on America’s (and Chapel Hill’s) Housing Crisis
While many of us have recognized for a long time that Chapel Hill is an expensive place to live, the Rod Stevens report seems to have cut through the noise and raised Chapel Hillians’ awareness of the extent of the problem. According to Stevens, the report was commissioned to answer town council’s question “Are we building too […]