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Town Council Approves Short-term Plan for Coal Ash
On Wednesday, June 12th, the Chapel HillTown Council voted for a short-term plan that lays out next steps for the coal ash dump that resides underneath the Chapel Hill Police Department Headquarters on MLK Blvd, just above Bolin Creek. Friends of Bolin Creek, the...
It’s Budget Time: What’s More Important Than Funding our Schools?
What's more important than funding and maintaining our schools? Did you know that nearly half our Orange County budget goes to Orange Public Schools and Chapel Hill-Carrboro Public Schools? May and June are the months for the Orange County Commissioners to discuss...
County Government can Address Climate Change
Here are some affordable alternatives to approving a tax dedicated to address climate change. We commend and share the County Commissioners' interest in addressing the challenge of global warming. However, every tax increase makes Orange County a less affordable place...
Support A Diet for Buildings in Blue Hill
In spring of 2018, Council members Anderson, Gu and Schaevitz asked Town staff to suggest ways to improve the quality of redevelopment in the vicinity of Eastgate shopping center, an area called "Blue Hill". Specifically, they solicited suggestions for how to reduce...
Northside residents react to latest Amity Station plans
The Town of Chapel Hill hosted a community input session on May 30th to discuss the latest plans to develop the Breadmans site on Rosemary Street -- a proposal that has been under discussion since 2015. A few years ago, Roy Piscitello, owner of Breadman’s...
Land Use Planning Struggles On
Land Use affects climate change, stormwater, flooding, transportation. What the Town decides to put on the map is important to neighborhoods too. We are concerned there is limited opportunity for comment in the draft schedule. Here is the letter we wrote to Mayor and...
Does Chapel Hill Have a Traffic Problem?
Every other year, the Town of Chapel Hill conducts a survey about what people think of the quality of services the town delivers. In every survey conducted so far, traffic has emerged as the category with the largest amount of negative comment. Recently, town staff...
Council Discusses Land Use Plans
Draft land use map for South MLK Jr. Boulevard The Town Council is considering a series of new land use maps that was to have been discussed at the May 22nd council meeting. That date has changed. When the 2020 Comprehensive Vision Plan for Chapel Hill was developed,...
Town Council Considers Solar Resolution
The Town Council is considering a resolution put forward by the Environmental Stewardship Board’s resolution to extend the existing Council Energy Policy for rezonings to include the installation of rooftop solar energy systems. "The Environmental Stewardship...
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