If the idea of spending 3 hours on a hot and muggy evening watching the Chelsea-Wrexham soccer match in Kenan Stadium sounds awesome to you, imagine how much better it would be to do so on a completely full stomach! Ok, yes, perhaps mid-July is not the ideal time for the match, but what’s done […]
Economic development
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How’s the Chapel Hill Town Council feeling about the proposed wet lab on Franklin?
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 […]
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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 […]
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♫ I only want to see you eating in the Purple Bowl ♫
♫ Purple Bowl, Purple Bowl ♫ When we last visited the Purple Bowl predicament, the beloved acai restaurant on Franklin Street was spearheading an email campaign to Chapel Hill Town Council to save themselves from a potential redevelopment. Here are some updates: We still believe this is a problem that Chapel Hill needs to solve […]
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Saving Purple Bowl (and other local businesses)
It’s no secret that the Town of Chapel Hill wants more commercial development here, and there are good reasons for that: It could take some of the tax burden off residents who now contribute a higher share of the town’s property taxes than neighboring communities. It diversifies our economy. Economically healthy places have multiple industries […]