Ryan Byars sent the email below to Mayor Damon Seils and the Carrboro Town Council on Thursday, April 20. On April 19, the Chapel Hill Town Council approved a $500k ARPA allocation for town staff to design an extension of the existing Bolin Creek Greenway in Chapel Hill from Umstead Park to Estes Drive in […]
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Posted inHousing, Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill Town Council
SaveChapelHill.org Day One: Hysteria (and Tons of Misinformation)
A few days back we posted about some signs that popped up around town breathlessly directing the Town Council “No Rezoning!” and pleading to “Protect Our Neighborhoods” with a reference to the website SaveChapelHill.org. Well, that website went online yesterday — and it will likely be shared around many neighborhood listservs in the coming weeks. […]
Posted inClimate, Bike and Walk, Bike Beat, Chapel Hill, Greenway, Housing, Orange County, Triangle Region, Zoning
Great news! The Orange-Chatham chapter of the North Carolina Sierra Club looks likely to support the Bolin Creek Greenway and missing middle housing. Hooray!
This is great news, as it aligns with national guidance provided by the Sierra Club! The BlogBlog caught wind of a brouhaha at the latest meeting of the Orange-Chatham chapter of the North Carolina Sierra Club. We did some digging and were able to obtain leaked drafts of letters of support from the chapter’s executive […]
Posted inConnectivity, Bike and Walk, Transportation
Less time in cars equals safer roads for everyone
In my last post, I wrote about how connected roads make our communities safer. Connected roads also reduce the time we spend in cars, which provide large but overlooked traffic safety benefits. This may seem counterintuitive because much of traffic safety planning has, for decades, revolved around reducing risky behavior: teens get graduated licenses, we […]
Posted inCarrboro
76 reasons we’re excited about the Bolin Creek Greenway
We are parents, kids, UNC students, UNC faculty, UNC staff, Carrboro residents, Chapel Hill residents, and people who work in Carrboro and Chapel Hill, and we are PSYCHED for a Bolin Creek Greenway. The proposed greenway, which you can see below in YELLOW (in Carrboro) and ORANGE (in Chapel Hill), will help people from all […]
Posted inChapel Hill, Chapel Hill Town Council, Housing
A first? Hired lawyer writes to Chapel Hill Town Council based on a blog post we wrote
Yesterday, an email hit the Chapel Hill Town Council public email inbox that raised our eyebrows more than usual. It was from a local attorney, paid for by twelve Chapel Hill households, begging the town to cease and desist with its housing choices proposal, which would allow structures like duplexes and cottage courts to be […]