Join us this Friday, as Next and the Bicycle Alliance of Chapel Hill sponsor a bike ride around Chapel Hill. The second annual Bike Around Chapel Hill is organized by UNC grad student René Iwo. The ride is a social bike ride around UNC campus and Chapel Hill/Carrboro. The intent is to demonstrate how chill […]
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Celebrating Chapel Hill’s AARP Community Challenge Grant
For six years, the AARP have been giving out Community Challenge Grants to communities across the country “The AARP Community Challenge provides small grants to fund quick-action projects that can help communities become more livable for people of all ages.” They are great to have, and we need to thank the town for submitting the […]
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Bike tour of the Uproar Festival of Public Art
The Uproar Festival of Public Art is going on now until August 12. It is a new arts festival taking place throughout Orange County. It’s a bit of a scavenger hunt and you can find works in Hillsborough, Carrboro and Chapel Hill. Being the bike nuts we are, we made a bike map to help […]
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Where to eat in downtown Chapel Hill before (and maybe after) the Chelsea-Wrexham match
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 […]
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How to take a shuttle bus to the Chelsea-Wrexham match on July 19 at Kenan Stadium in Chapel Hill
One of Chapel Hill Transit shiny new electric buses On July 19th, 50,000 people are expected to arrive in Chapel Hill for a historic soccer match between Wrexham AFC, the Welsh Soccer club owned by Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, and Chelsea FC, English Premier League team. The teams will be playing at Kenan Stadium, […]
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How to get tickets for the shuttle bus to the Chelsea-Wrexham match
It’s really not that hard to get a pass for the Tar Heel Express, but since we anticipate a lot of fans who never normally attend UNC sports events, we thought we’d walk your through the process. You will have to create an account, but it’s pretty easy, start here Tar Heel Express tickets for […]