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Eighteen Months of Estes Drive Construction: History, Future, Costs, and Benefits
Estes Drive is an important two lane cross connector. The portion of greatest interest and where the most congestion occurs is between MLK Jr. Blvd and where Caswell joins Estes at the stoplight. Estes Elementary, Phillips Junior High, Azalea Residences, and the...
The Housing We Need: What Chapel Hill Found Out from the UNC/CH Housing Report
In this 10-minute video, David Adams provides an excellent overview of the findings from the November 2021 Chapel Hill housing report. The report, authored by Rod Stevens, was jointly commissioned by the Town of Chapel Hill and the University of North Carolina at...
2022 Webinar Series on Affordable Housing
CHALT is excited to conclude our first Speaker Series event of 2022, a series of webinars exploring affordable housing! Each session features a panel of experts to present local and national perspectives on the crisis in affordable housing before opening for...
CHALT’s Take on 828 MLK Coal Ash Site
Until now, CHALT has not formally taken a position on the redevelopment of 828 MLK, a known coal ash dump site. Here's our take. We are concerned that this is an environmental justice issue in the making. Before the Town Council decided on March 23 to move forward...
Town Council Continues Plans to Develop Coal Ash Site in April 2022
Posted on April 27, 2022 by admin Source: Friends of Bolin Creek The Chapel Hill Town Council will review a concept plan for the redevelopment of 828 MLK, the present Police Department offices on April 27th. Given the public interest in this topic, we don’t know why...
Estes Neighbors’ Safety Proposals Adopted
Neighbors are encouraged by the constructive actions taken to date by Town and DOT officials to improve the safety of pedestrians on this busy...
Musical Chairs: The May 2022 Primaries
Key dates May 10, 2022 - Deadline to request an absentee ballot All residents of North Carolina are eligible for absentee voting. You can track your absentee ballot with BallotTrax. May 14, 2022 - In-person early voting ends at 3pm May 17, 2022 - Election Day and...
North-East Chapel Hill Neighbors Petition Town Council for Area Planning
C Click on the petition banner to sign this petition. North-East Chapel Hill Neighborhoods Call on Town Council to do Area Planning Petition Summary Four individual concept plans have been submitted for new developments along Old Chapel Hill Road in north-east Chapel...
Are we Building Communities, or Just Structures?
How did “Blue Hill” and the market-rate apartment frenzy begin? Speaking at a Chapel Hill Economic Development meeting sometime around 2012, Roger Perry, president of a prominent Chapel Hill development firm, expressed to Town officials that it was just too hard to...
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