by admin | Jun 14, 2019 | Town Planning
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...
by admin | Jun 4, 2019 | Town Planning
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...
by admin | Jun 2, 2019 | Town Planning
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...
by admin | May 2, 2019 | Town Planning
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,...
by admin | Apr 18, 2019 | Town Planning
On April 17, Town Council members agreed that the concept plan for 1000 MLK was the wrong project for the busy Estes/MLK intersection. The owner had proposed a concept plan with 269 rental dwelling units with minor amounts of retail and office, and two parking...
by admin | Dec 11, 2018 | Town Planning
Many of the unwelcome changes we are seeing in parts of Chapel Hill are because of zoning and development review changes made over the last decade. Some believed that simplifying or doing away with regulations would yield new investment and redevelopment that would...
