This week, Jennifer Keesmaat and her team come back to Chapel Hill for another discussion about complete communities. At the previous meeting in August, she discussed her solution to Chapel Hill’s problems—greenways!—and suggested that she was interested in crowdsourcing where Chapel Hill might expand its greenway network. Of course, this is Chapel Hill, which means […]
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It was a bit of a week at Triangle Blog Blog
It has BEEN A WEEK! With the winter holidays well in the rear view window, there’s a buzz of activity around local government, and we have been doing our best at the Blog Blog to try to keep up. We’ve published quite a few articles over the last week, and thought it would be helpful […]
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Interview: Chapel Hill Transit Director Brian Litchfield talks to us about the NSBRT
In March, President Biden recommended that the federal government provide $138.3 million to build the North-South Bus Rapid Transit route along Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard in Chapel Hill. This represents the single largest transit investment in Chapel Hill’s history, and will make our community—which already punches well above its weight in terms of transit […]
Posted inChapel Hill Town Council, Greenway, Housing, Parks and Rec
Results from the poll on when and how Chapel Hill should spend bond funds
A week ago, we asked readers how they would spend $50 million in bond fund across six categories. They responded with gusto – over 330 people filled out the survey. Some caveats This was obviously not a representative poll. We don’t know who responded, their demographic characteristics, nor even if they live in Chapel Hill. […]
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Tell Chapel Hill Town Council How to Spend $50 million
It’s not often that elected officials need help spending money, but Chapel Hill prides itself on being a little bit different. Not different enough to draw unwanted attention, or cause anyone to clutch their pearls, but different enough to make you occasionally and quietly wonder if there’s some merit to the growing interest in fascism. […]
Posted inChapel Hill, Greenway, Obituary, Parks and Rec
A bench to honor and remember Jim Huegerich
On Friday, April 5 at 1pm, a big crowd gathered at Umstead Park. We were there to celebrate Jim Huegerich’s life and to dedicate a bench in his honor. As an old-timer in Chapel Hill, I was thrilled to reconnect with folks who worked for the town years ago and who came to honor their […]