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 »
Each month, NextFwd hosts a happy hour for members to discuss local civic issues in Chapel Hill and Carrboro. In August, before the scheduled happy hour, I led a walking tour through Chapel Hill’s Blue Hill District. The Blue Hill District – which used to be called the Ephesus Fordham District – is located off …
Let’s take a walking tour of Blue Hill in Chapel Hill Read More »
We recently asked you where to put a splash pad in Chapel Hill and received great suggestions. We examined all of them for factors including access, equity, transportation, and ease of use.
Chapel Hill ranks ahead of Durham and Raleigh in the percentage of residents who live within a 10-minute walk of a park.
This piece was written by Melody Kramer with input from Geoff Green, Caroline Dwyer, John Rees, Stephen Whitlow, and Martin Johnson. Update – June 16, 2022 On June 5, CHALT published an anonymous blog post (“A New Park…) containing serious accusations of misconduct against several Town of Chapel Hill council members without any supporting evidence. Our …
Facts about the American Legion site: A response to CHALT’s ‘A New Park…’ Blog Post Read More »
Pickleball is the fastest growing sport in the country. Almost 5 million picklers play the paddle-based sports, including thousands of people right here in the Triangle. Here’s everything you need to know about pickleball in the Triangle. If you know of another resource or court, please email us at triangleblogblog@gmail.com and we’ll add it to …
A recap of the Chapel Hill Town Council Working Session on the American Legion Park, June 1, 2022
As Chapel Hillians increasingly recognize our moral obligation to address the housing affordability crisis, inspiration may come from an unlikely source: pickleball. Think of your typical suburban single-family lot as a tennis court, with plenty of open green space and clear boundaries. When you first get a tennis court it’s a lot of fun but …
The nice thing about signing a petition is it allows you to feel virtuous without the need to contemplate any hard choices or competing priorities. And what’s more virtuous than advocating for a community good when you don’t have to figure out how to pay for it? That’s no doubt the reason behind the relative …
tl;dr – A CHALT petition circulating calls for park on the American Legion site. The petition is misleading: The plan has ALWAYS been to build a park on the American Legion site. Five members of Town Council announced plans to build a “world class park” on the site last week, in addition to some retail …
