I love living in Carrboro. It’s one of the most progressive communities in North Carolina, but small enough where you run into someone you know almost every time you leave your house. My friends and neighbors are creative, passionate, and truly caring people. I’m proud to live here. I am also keenly aware of how […]
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Chapel Hill Greenway Walk with Bill Webster
This weekend, NEXT hosted a walk along the Chapel Hill portion of the Bolin Creek Greenway near Umstead Park. Our guest for the walk was Bill Webster, who retired in 2020 after spending 39 years working as a parks and greenways planner for the Town of Chapel Hill. Bill was responsible for designing, construction, and […]
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Hooray! Carrboro’s launched the greenway engagement process!
Great news, friends! Carrboro has launched the public engagement campaign for the next phases of the Bolin Creek Greenway. (In other words, they want input on where stages 3 and 4 of the greenway will be built. You can see what’s been built already here.) This is so exciting! We are thrilled that they are […]
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How greenways can help combat the epidemic of loneliness
The Surgeon General of the United States, Dr. Vivek Murthy, recently addressed our nation’s loneliness and isolation crisis in a new advisory bulletin. The public statement calls attention to the urgent public health issue of loneliness that is affecting half of all Americans, with some of the highest rates among young adults. Dr. Murthy detailed […]
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No, the Bolin Creek Greenway will not cost as much as building the Big Dig in Boston
Fighting against the wrong information that’s being circulated around Chapel Hill and Carrboro is almost a full-time job. We have fact-checked many claims related to the Bolin Creek Greenway, and are appreciative of the Carrboro Linear Parks Project for creating a FAQ with primary source documents that detail exactly what’s happened so far. Today we’re […]
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Keep Bolin Wild is full of misinformation about the Bolin Creek Greenway
So much misinformation is circulating around the potential greenway expansion into Carrboro. Over the weekend, we saw misstatements about funding, parking, the surface of the greenway, runoff, alternative paths, and trees. The Carrboro Linear Parks Project FAQ is collecting primary source documents and artifacts related to the greenway, so that you can see what the […]