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Filing Date for County Commission Approaches
If you care about schools, social services, transit, 911 services, and the county jail, then you might want to get involved with the county commissioner race that’s coming up. Candidates file in December for a March 3rd election. Four of the seven seats on the board...
“How much money you have should not determine whether you sit in jail.”
What’s the problem? Every year hundreds of people end up spending time in jail for minor offences for which they have not even been charged because they can’t raise bail due to limited finances. Kimberly Brewer, Chair of Orange County Bail/Bond Justice, says “how...
Chapel Hill Election Results
The Orange County Board of Elections has announced Tai Huynh has a 23 vote lead over Council Member Nancy Oates which puts him in fourth place and the Board of Elections has certified the results. What happens next is that the Orange County Board of Elections will...
Will Building More Berkshires Bring Affordable Housing?
“Trickle-down” economics doesn’t work. Not for tax policy, as we learned during the Reagan administration, and not for housing affordability, as we are seeing in Chapel Hill. Yet some candidates for Town Council persist in claiming that building more luxury high-rise...
The Story of “Blue Hill”
How did Chapel Hill end up with all this new development along 15-501? Here is the story in the form of a timeline: May, 2014: Town Council decides to throw out Chapel Hill ordinances and replace with "fast track zoning" (Form-Based Code) for 200 acres in and...
New Construction at University Place Could Flood
At the Council meeting last week, the Town Council reviewed the concept plan proposed by RAM to redevelop Univesrity Place The News and Observer story about the proposal is here. Several CHALT supporters commented to the Council on the potential for flooding, as much...
Charting Our Future Land Use Plan Meetings
The Town is developing a land use map to guide development for future years. At the recent CHALT Candidates Forum, Mayor Pam Hemminger urged people to attend public input meetings and comment on the draft future land use maps. A formally adopted land use map will go a...
Forum for Chapel Hill Candidates
The CHALT Candidates Forum held on September 12 was well attended and lively. The event began with presentations by the two Chapel Hill mayoral candidates followed by a series of questions posed to the seven Town Council candidates. Aaron Keck, WCHL, moderated the...
CHALT Endorsements for Town Council
See Press Release below to see why we chose these outstanding Council candidates. Press Release CHALT Endorsements Chapel Hill September 25, 2019 Since 2015, the Chapel Hill Alliance for a Livable Town (CHALT) has endorsed candidates for Chapel Hill mayor and...
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