We are publishing statements made during the May 24, 2023 public hearing on the Town’s housing choices proposal. My name is Kathy Kaufman and I am representing the Orange-Chatham Group of the Sierra Club in place of our chair, Melissa McCullough, who is at the Green Tie Awards Dinner in Raleigh. I want to remind […]
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Why I support the housing choices proposal: Dan Levine
We are publishing statements made during the May 24, 2023 public hearing on the Town’s housing choices proposal. Good evening, I’m Dan Levine, a resident of Colony Woods. I love my neighborhood for the people, not because of the houses. In fact, it’s a textbook example of a sprawling single-family subdivision with homes set back […]
Liveblog: May 24 Chapel Hill Town Council meeting
Hoo boy. It’s going to be a long night and we’re going to be here for all. of. it. Hold onto your hats! It’s time for a Triangle Blog Blog Live Live Blog Blog. We’re rotating hosts but Mel is up first. It’s 6:38 and people are trickling in. Looks like it’s going to be […]
Chapel Hill’s historic district commission contemplates Chapel Hill’s future
The Chapel Hill Historic District Commission (HDC) focuses on the tiny details. If you’ve been to a meeting, you know that it’s an opportunity to spend an evening futzing over the minutiae of fence heights and lighting elements and window trim with people who have the authority to force you to spend tens of thousands […]
No, there are not 5000 units in the Chapel Hill housing pipeline
The phrase “5000 housing units in the pipeline” has been popping up in CHALT-related material recently. (CHALT stands for the Chapel Hill Alliance for a Livable Town. They’re an “anti-development community group” that has “opposed nearly every major development proposal” in Chapel Hill since its inception in 2014/2015. They formed a PAC in 2017. The […]
We’re launching a Chapel Hill for All – and yes, there are yard signs
Hi everyone, Today we’re proud to launch Chapel Hill For All. We envision a vibrant, affordable, sustainable, and inclusive Chapel Hill, where people at every stage of life and at all income levels can find a home. Chapel Hill for All is, like Triangle Blog Blog, part of Shameful Nuisance, our parent organization. Whereas Triangle […]