The freelance writer Margaret Kingsbury wrote an essay last year in which she talked about existing barriers to accessing greenways in her community. Those barriers — unpaved walkways, paths without wheelchair accessibility — make it difficult for people with disabilities to walk or roll along urban greenways. Currently, people who use wheelchairs and strollers and […]
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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 inCarrboro, Connectivity, Greenway
The Bolin Creek Greenway draft scope of work misses the mark: Here’s why
On February 14, 2023, the Carrboro Town Council met for a work session to discuss the long-awaited public engagement process for Phases 3 & 4 of the Bolin Creek Greenway. We liveblogged the work session (and wrote an analysis afterwards). The purpose of the work session, if you didn’t tune in, was for Carrboro council […]
Posted inCarrboro Town Council, Carrboro, Triangle Blog Blog
Donald Shoup’s Rosemary Street Parking Lab
The public parking lot at 604 W Rosemary Street literally sits on the border between the Town of Carrboro and the Town of Chapel Hill. In fact, the parking lot itself is jointly owned by both towns, with one side operated by the Town of Chapel Hill and the other side operated by the Town […]
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Posted inFrom the archives, Affordable Housing, Chapel Hill, Housing
Chapel Hill, 1968: The Death of Elliott Woods?
By the 1960s, Chapel Hill had a reputation as a place with progressive values, with legislation like its open housing act underscoring the town’s standing as a liberal beacon in the South. But Brooks argued that at best, Chapel Hill was just like many other places and, at worst, especially problematic because of the hypocrisy of many of the town’s residents.
Posted inHousing, Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill Town Council
Yet another creative letter from a lawyer against Chapel Hill’s housing proposal
It seems like just yesterday that an attorney wrote to Chapel Hill Town Council with some quite silly arguments against the Town’s housing choices proposal. Given that it said nothing that a licensed attorney needed to be paid to say, we thought that would be the end of it. We really did not expect anyone […]