We are super excited for the Uproar Festival of Public Art. 60 artists, 60 public and free art installations around Chapel Hill, Carrboro, and Hillsborough? What could be better? A way to get there via trolley, bike, and public transit. Behold, all 60 art installations. In the coming days, we plan to share detailed bike […]
Triangle Region
Posted inChapel Hill Town Council
Thanks Mayor Pam Hemminger for your letter to NCDOT!
Earlier this week we wrote about NCDOT’s surprise “Express Design” for US 15-501 around I-40. It really hit a nerve with a lot of people. A lot of you contacted the NCDOT directly and also wrote the Mayor and Council. Indyweek also did a Q&A with us about it. We’d like to report the Mayor […]
Posted inOrange County
The power and under-reported achievements of Justice United
More than 300 people attended the Orange County Justice United (JU) “Accountability Assembly” on Tuesday, May 16. To say that it was well attended is to understate the size and importance of the crowd. I helped put out the signs that identified the many organizations represented: there were Anglicans, Methodists, Episcopalians, AME, UCC, Baptists and […]
Posted inClimate
Great news! The Orange-Chatham chapter of the North Carolina Sierra Club looks likely to support the Bolin Creek Greenway and missing middle housing. Hooray!
This is great news, as it aligns with national guidance provided by the Sierra Club! The BlogBlog caught wind of a brouhaha at the latest meeting of the Orange-Chatham chapter of the North Carolina Sierra Club. We did some digging and were able to obtain leaked drafts of letters of support from the chapter’s executive […]
Posted inTransportation
CRX bus riders in Chapel Hill: Did you know GoTriangle plans to change the route? Probably not!
GoTriangle has proposed eliminating one and possibly both bus stops that are used by Chapel Hill riders of the CRX bus line. The CRX bus line is the express bus that connects Chapel Hill to Raleigh. Sadly, the CRX bus has not been running this winter due to staffing shortages at GoTriangle. When it is […]
Posted inHousing
We say yes to “doing all of the things” when it comes to housing
Opponents to housing in Chapel Hill often say that they’re not against more housing, they’re just against a particular development or type of housing because of its location and/or because it won’t solve our affordable housing crisis. (This has, in practice, meant that they’ve largely and vocally been against every opportunity to add new housing […]