Last month, planner Jennifer Keesmaat presented the Chapel Hill Town Council with three “hard truths.” (To summarize, the truths were 1) Chapel Hill is exclusive; 2) Our planning processes are bad; 3) Our “urban form” is also bad.) Keesmaat promised that there are more hard truths to come out during the complete communities planning process, […]
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Posted inOrange County Board of County Commissioners
A look at the week ahead: June 20, 2022
The local governing bodies are winding down their work before the summer recess, but there are still a few key items taking place this week, June 20-24, 2022. Two annual budgets are on track to be approved, and the Chapel Hill Town Council is getting an update about one of its many ongoing planning projects. […]
Posted inLegislature, North Carolina
Sen. Graig Meyer talks to us about pot legalization and his recent viral video
Last week Sen. Graig Meyer (District 23) released a digital ad showing two people stopped by the police for using pot. The Black user is arrested and hauled off to jail; the white user is let go and heads to the golf course. Meyer is the lead sponsor of Senate Bill 346, which would legalize […]
Posted inBike and Walk, Bike Beat, Connectivity, DCHC MPO, NCDOT
NC Law restricts funding projects that benefit people walking and biking
If you walk, bike, or use transit to get around, chances are, you have experienced fear or a feeling of abandonment while waiting to cross a busy, high-speed road lacking a safe crossing, had to slog along a desire path next to traffic to reach a transit stop, or ride your bike next to trucks, […]
Posted inChapel Hill, Chapel Hill Transit, Connectivity, Transportation
BREAKING: Biden’s budget recommends $138.3 million in funding for NSBRT
This is the single largest transit investment in Chapel Hill’s history and it’s a really big deal.
Posted inChapel Hill, Chapel Hill Town Council, Downtown, Economic development, Small business
Chapel Hill recently awarded grants to help 3 businesses stay downtown
In January, the Town of Chapel Hill announced that it made grants to three business as part of its Downtown Small Business Relocation Grant Program. The grant program is targeted at for-profit and rent-paying downtown businesses facing imminent displacement due to redevelopment. The town, which was criticized by Adam Searing and others during the 2023 […]