January 2012
Tavern Talks: We will be holding six meetings, one for each theme, which we have loosely renamed for these meetings. Two meetings will take place on the same evening, at the same time (all meetings will be held from 7 to 8:30 p.m.). The following is the schedule for the meetings, including the topics:
These would be informal meetings where people could come to give their input and talk about the topics, but also mingle with one another and learn more about the comprehensive plan.
Thursday, Feb. 2, Kildare's: Transportation: Getting from Point A to Point B Easily and Sustainably
Thursday, Feb. 2, West End Wine Bar: Show Me The Money: A prosperous and financially stable community that has a place for all
Date:
Thursday, February 2, 2012 - 7:00pm to 8:30pm
Location:
Kildares, and West End Wine Bar
Tavern Talks: We will be holding six meetings, one for each theme, which we have loosely renamed for these meetings. Two meetings will take place on the same evening, at the same time (all meetings will be held from 7 to 8:30 p.m.). The following is the schedule for the meetings, including the topics:
These would be informal meetings where people could come to give their input and talk about the topics, but also mingle with one another and learn more about the comprehensive plan.
Thursday, Feb. 16, Caribou Coffee: All 4 One, and One 4 All: Diversity, Safety, Cultural Vibrancy, and the Arts
Thursday, Feb. 16, The Crunkleton: A Balancing Act: Bringing together environmental protection and growth
Date:
Thursday, February 16, 2012 - 7:00pm to 8:30pm
Location:
Caribou Coffee and The Crunkleton, Franklin Street
Tavern Talks: We will be holding six meetings, one for each theme, which we have loosely renamed for these meetings. Two meetings will take place on the same evening, at the same time (all meetings will be held from 7 to 8:30 p.m.). The following is the schedule for the meetings, including the topics:
These would be informal meetings where people could come to give their input and talk about the topics, but also mingle with one another and learn more about the comprehensive plan.
Thursday, March 1, Jack Sprat: The Hot Spots: Developing new spaces and supporting existing places
Thursday, March 1, WXYZ Lounge: Coeds and Co-ops: Learning, Innovating, and Using the Intellectual/Social/Financial Capital of the Town and University
Date:
Thursday, March 1, 2012 - 7:00pm to 8:30pm
Location:
Jack Sprat and WXYZ Lounge
The Chapel Hill 2020 team invites the public to “Future Focus,” work
sessions scheduled Feb. 15-16 at the UNC-Chapel Hill Friday Center to
explore ideas about growth, change and visualizing our community in
2020.
The input and results of the work sessions will be incorporated
into the ongoing Chapel Hill 2020 planning process. Chapel Hill 2020 is
the community-wide effort to create a new comprehensive plan. The Chapel
Hill visioning process is open to all residents – and others who live,
work, play, study and invest in Chapel Hill.
The February special event will include facilitated roundtables focused on areas of potential growth.
Participants will look to the ongoing Chapel Hill 2020 conversations for ideas about potential types of change.
Participants will explore the fiscal trade-offs for the scenarios.
There will be opportunities for the community to comparee scenarios and
identify preferences.
The work sessions and analysis will be led by Seven Hills Town Planning Group Inc. and Urban Collage.
“Future Focus” community modeling and visualization sessions:
- Wednesday Session: The work session from 6
to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 15, will be held in Trillium A of the Friday
Center. The session will include an overview of current conditions in
the community, a discussion about growth areas and a focused exploration
of the future vision for downtown. Participants can expect to learn and
share their vision for where change could happen and what change might
look like in Chapel Hill.
- Thursday Sessions: Two identical work
sessions will be offered on Thursday, Feb. 16, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30
p.m. and again from 6 to 8 p.m., both in Trillium A of the Friday
Center. These sessions will be facilitated “roundtables” focused on
areas of potential growth. Participants will evaluate growth areas,
using several scenarios as a starting point, and propose their ideas
about potential types of change. The scenarios will include financial
information, current conditions and potential changes based on the
Chapel Hill 2020 process.
Participants’ input will be collected and analyzed after the work
session and the results will be shared at the Chapel Hill 2020 meeting
scheduled for 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 23, at Estes Hills
Elementary School.
The community will have an opportunity to consider the analysis
of the work session results, including fiscal trade-offs. They will
compare new scenarios, identify preferences and make recommendations to
the 2020 process. After the Feb. 23 meeting, information will continue
to be available for review and reaction to the work session materials.
For Chapel Hill 2020 meeting materials and news updates, visit the website at www.townofchapelhill.org/2020
To catch the latest comments and posts, visit the blog: www.2020buzz.org
Please help us involve more people who care about our community in planning its future. Contact compplan@townofchapelhill.org or 919-969-5068.
Date:
Wednesday, February 15, 2012 - 6:00pm to 8:00pm
Location:
Friday Center, Trillium A
On Chapelboro.com:
Posted: Saturday, 14 January 2012 11:05AM
Carolina North Meeting To Provide Development Updates Thursday
CHAPEL HILL - UNC is inviting members of the public to attend a meeting this week to learn about the latest updates on the development of Carolina North.
The event will include the discussion of topics of construction of the utilities duct bank, inclusion of a methane gas pipeline and the design of a greenway. The design of a research building, which will be the first to be built at the site, will also be a focus of the meeting.
UNC staff members will also discuss a proposed modification of conservation areas near the development area.
The meeting will be held on Thursday at 5:30 p.m. in the Magnolia Conference Room of the Giles F. Horney Building at 103 Airport Drive.
Free parking will be available outside the building and the Chapel Hill Transit NU route will provide transportation to and from the site.
Date:
Thursday, January 19, 2012 - 5:30pm
Location:
Giles F. Horney Building at 103 Airport Drive, Chapel Hill
In case anyone wants to see the anarchist point of view on the Yates building, their views apparently include killing police officers, "cops are bastards", and "pigs gonna pay". And since when is wearing masks in public something that is considered benign?
http://anarchistnews.org/node/17958
This Wednesday, the Chapel Hill Town Council will be
holding a public hearing on the proposed Shortbread development- a seven-story mixed-use building across from Breadman’s on Rosemary Street. The residential component of the building will be rental units that will cater to students- a much-needed addition to downtown that will help alleviate pressure on the adjacent Northside neighborhood.
The Conference on Race, Class, Gender, and Ethnicity would
like to announce its 16th Annual Conference, “Waking Up from the
American Dream: The Sober Reality of Class in America.” On Saturday, February
25th, 2012, academics, community activists, practitioners, and students will
come together at the UNC School of Law Rotunda to contribute to the
rejuvenation of a discussion of class and inequality. We hope to encourage a
heterodox approach grounded in the intersection of an honest exploration of
class and the realities of racial, feminist, ethnic, and queer identities and
the law. For more information and to register please visit our website, http://studentorgs.law.unc.edu/crcge/conferences/2012/default.aspx.
Date:
Saturday, February 25, 2012 - 9:00am to 5:00pm
Location:
UNC School of Law, Van Hecke-Wettach Hall, 160 Ridge Road, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3380
Well the Transit Tax for Orange may have some added poison. I say poison as for the Proponents of the Transit Tax for the Light Rail will not want an added sales tax Governor Bev Purdue has cast into the political winds this year. Outside the overwhelming distaste for more taxes by District Two, the poison for D1 is not notion of paying more tax for their costly train, it is the added threat to fuel to the fire in the pockets of D2 Citizens who have no use for a Choo Choo in a huge election year.
Agenda
I. Review of previous month’s content
II. Upcoming topics
III. Policy issues
IV. Technical issues
V. Upcoming events
Date:
Saturday, February 18, 2012 - 3:00pm to 4:00pm
Location:
The Station, 201-C E Main Street, Carrboro
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