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 […]

Posted inCarrboro, Chapel Hill, Economic development

11 things I learned about Chapel Hill and Carrboro from the State of the Community Report

Each year, the Chamber for a Greater Chapel Hill-Carrboro presents a State of the Community Report, an annual presentation to local leaders that shares the latest demographic, economic, educational and environmental data for Orange County and our municipalities. You can find the databooks for 2021, 2022, and 2023 on the Chamber website. They’re fascinating documents, […]

Posted inCarrboro Town Council, Chapel Hill Town Council, Election 2023

This Election Was a Referendum. And a Mandate.

On Tuesday, voters in Chapel Hill and Carrboro made a choice.  In each town, there were candidates offering distinct visions for the future of our communities.  One vision, whose adherents claimed was “new,” “modern,” or “unique,” was instead just a warmed-over version of the same rhetoric we’ve heard for generations: Let’s protect what we have […]