This piece was originally published on WCHL’s Viewpoints. If you are interested in updates about community efforts to urge the town to build out Carrboro’s greenway network, sign up for the email updates over at the Carrboro Linear Parks Project. I live in one of the northern Carrboro neighborhoods, one of the suburban neighborhoods. The […]
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Booker Creek Part 2: When the Levee Breaks, Mama, You Got to Move
This piece was written by Martin Johnson and Stephen Whitlow. In a previous post, we discussed the Booker Creek Working Group, which the Town of Chapel Hill formed in response to neighbors’ opposition to stormwater management basins that would mitigate flooding in the Booker Creek watershed. Town Council rescinded its approval of the storage basins […]
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Make a new plan, Stan? And other takeaways from the 9/28 Chapel Hill Town Council meeting.
Last Wednesday’s Chapel Hill Town Council meeting featured a real humdinger of a presentation from Rod Stevens and Jen Keesmaat. First, some background: Stevens and Keesmaat are both planners; Stevens, of Bainbridge Island, Washington, wrote the 2021 Housing Report that said we need more housing, and Keesmaat, formerly Toronto’s chief planner, is currently leading our […]
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World Car Free Day: My experience in Chapel Hill, NC
Yesterday was World Car Free Day. Events observe this world wide. Many of us, myself included, pledge to live a car free life every day. It is NOT always easy. The built environment in Chapel Hill, and in most places around the world, are stacked against us bike or transit-riding devotees: the transit system is […]
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Chapel Hill Splash Pad Location Activation Tracker (SPLAT)
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.
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Parks in Chapel Hill: New map just dropped
Chapel Hill ranks ahead of Durham and Raleigh in the percentage of residents who live within a 10-minute walk of a park.