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The Old PTA Thrift Shop is No More
Our community has been fortunate to have had a marvelous thrift shop, the PTA Thrift Shop, whose profits once were dedicated to supporting students, teachers, and staff by helping fund the PTAs in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools (CHCCS) district. Thrift stores...
Bus Rapid Transit is Awarded Federal Funding: What’s Next?
Brian Litchfield, Director of Chapel Hill Transportation, made this important announcement on March 11th, 2024 "Good Afternoon – we are excited to share that Chapel Hill Transit recently met another critical milestone for the North-South Bus Rapid Transit (NSBRT)...
How AirBnB Created a Housing Crisis
A number of factors have caused our housing crisis. However, Airbnb is a big contributing factor. Watch the YouTube video story below about the role it has played in reducing the availability of affordable rental housing. Airbnb has affected the housing market in...
The Last Word: The Chapel Hill Leadership PAC Follows the Rules
By Thomas Henkel, Ph.D, CHL-PAC Treasurer The Chapel Hill Alliance for a Livable Town (CHALT) was organized in 2014 to advocate for good governance for the Town of Chapel Hill and to identify and support candidates for Mayor and the Town Council. Since these election...
Adam Searing Was Right About the Coal Ash
Adam Searing, Town Council member, has been the lone Council Member on the Chapel Hill Board to continue to call for a clean-up of the coal ash dump. The new EPA report about the toxicity of coal ash has caught the attention of the Chapel Hill Town Council, as well as...
Old Council goes out with a bang…
This old Chapel Hill Council is going out with a bang. On the agenda Wednesday November 15 is a resolution that would extend the town and urban services southward along 15-501. On the Monday night work session is a discussion on truncating advisory board...
Why Vote? What are the Choices?
Election Day is coming up all day Tuesday. If you have not voted yet find your voting place here and bring your ID. Click Here for your Voter Information and Location! Every vote counts! Our leadership recommends you vote for Adam Searing for Mayor and Council...
What’s Gone Wrong with Chapel Hill Development Decisions?
Here is what a new Council could do: Enforce our tree ordinance and apply existing buffer regulations. Reinstate single family zoning because it does not create affordable housing in a college town. Start listening to individuals, petitions from hundreds of...
Will “Complete Communities” be another Blue Hill?
The Chapel Hill town council majority has embarked on yet another framework for development, this time termed Complete Communities, a concept advanced by a Canadian consultant at a cost of over $470,000. At the same time, town staff have removed all but two advisory...
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