Racial & Economic Justice
Chain Store Storms the Gateway to Carrboro
Blog entry Submitted by Catherine Adamson on Thu, 05/10/2012 - 5:54pm.The intersection of Alabama Avenue and Jones Ferry Road is the first impression of Carrboro for visitors entering town from Highway 54. It is important to the Central Business District and the Farmer's Market that this section of Jones Ferry Rd makes a good first impression. This is the Gateway to Carrboro.
Shocking stats on race and school suspensions in Orange County and especially Chapel Hill-Carrboro schools.
Blurt Submitted by Ruby Sinreich on Thu, 04/26/2012 - 1:42pm.Tax the 1% Protest
Event Submitted by Ruby Sinreich on Mon, 04/16/2012 - 12:24pm.MoveOn.org protest:
Countywide Justice United meeting
Event Submitted by admin on Thu, 03/22/2012 - 3:02pm.
Why Carrboro Commune is neither Carrboro nor Communal
Blog entry Submitted by Geoff Gilson on Sun, 03/18/2012 - 10:55am.The next few days will see the Carrboro, NC newspapers full of pictures of happy-clappy family folk merrily planting what appears to be a community garden, in peaceful protest of controlling corporatist America, and in the name of Carrboro Commune, whose stated ambition is ostensibly no more than to invite casual passers-by to partake of herbs and fragrance.
Chapel Hill/Carrboro CROP Hunger Walk - March 25
Event Submitted by rexmercer on Sat, 03/03/2012 - 6:08pm.
Walmart Submits Plan for Northeastern Chatham County
Blog entry Submitted by George C on Fri, 03/02/2012 - 2:50pm.Walmart Submits Plan for Northeastern Chatham County Location
Posted Date: 3/2/2012
Chatham County received a site plan today for a second Walmart location in Chatham County, a 148,400-square-foot, full-service store off of US 15/501 just south of the Orange County line. Walmart's official statement said that the store will be part of its Buildings Sustainable Value Network, with a focus on energy-efficient design and operations.
"Walmart's announcement of a second store in the county means approximately 300 new jobs and we need every one of them," said Commissioner Chairman Brian Bock. "Given how many of our residents must commute outside the county to work, often for long distances, this is very good news."
Missing the Point, Missing an Opportunity
Blog entry Submitted by Damon Seils on Wed, 02/22/2012 - 10:31pm.Last night, the Orange County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously to set June 30, 2013, as the closing date of the county’s municipal waste landfill, and to pursue a costly interlocal agreement to ship our trash to Durham’s waste transfer station.
Before we trash the rural buffer ...Letter from the Justice United Environmental Team
Blog entry Submitted by Molly De Marco on Mon, 02/13/2012 - 6:16pm.
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Event Submitted by Ruby Sinreich on Tue, 01/31/2012 - 5:10pm.Historic Thousands on Jones Street People's Assembly 6
14 Point People's Agenda for North Carolina
