There are thick plastic drapes that you have to push aside to enter the UNC Surplus Store, a squat building located at 846 Estes Drive Extension. But what magical things […]
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UNC’s e-bike program will launch on Earth Day (April 22)
We’ve learned that UNC’s new e-bikeshare program is set to launch on Earth Day (April 22). Called Tar Heel Bikes, the program will start with a fleet of 100 bicycles […]
Posted inBike and Walk
Year of the Trail: Hiking and Biking at Carolina North Forest
Carolina North Forest (Horace Williams Tract) is a 947 acre wooded expanse owned by the State of North Carolina and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. CNF is […]
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Everything awful said or implied about UNC students in the Town’s housing survey
One of the stranger things about Chapel Hill, a quintessential college town, is how many people here dislike college students. They dislike renters in general but have an extra level […]
Posted inHousing
Low income residents need more market-rate apartments
As a graduate student, my income is below Chapel Hill’s median. I pay almost half my income to my landlord. I expect to be priced out of any new apartments in Chapel Hill under consideration in the Blue Hill District. To help cost-burdened tenants like me, I hope the Town Council continues to allow the development of dense new market-rate apartments in this area as quickly as possible.
Posted inAffordable Housing
An undergrad’s perspective on student neighbors in Chapel Hill
NextDoorers, please stop trying to make rent too expensive before you at least get to know your student neighbors. Yes, unknown Nextdoor users, drunk 19-year-olds are obnoxious. However, Chapel Hill […]