March 2008
Having a "big picture" economic development strategy will help the Town
and other partners in economic and community development shape policy
and prioritize investments in a proactive manner. The strategy will
serve as a guide for understanding choices and making decisions.
The Council Committee on Economic Development, which includes Mayor pro
tem Jim Ward and Council members Mark Kleinschmidt, Bill Strom and Ed
Harrison, has drafted an economic development draft strategy with Town
Manager Roger L. Stancil and Dwight Bassett, economic development
officer. After community input this March, the draft plan will be
reviewed by the Town Council for consideration.
Discussions about developing an economic development strategy for the
town tie back to the Chapel Hill Comprehensive Plan, which was adopted
in 2000. The Council renewed its commitment to developing a strategy
when it created the position of economic development officer in June
2006. The position is expected to communicate Town policy and Council
expectations to businesses as it assists businesses with understanding
processes of Town government.
The draft of Chapel Hill's economic development strategy is available at
www.townofchapelhill.org/economic_development.
Its summary statement proposes: " The Town of Chapel Hill will work
innovatively and proactively to diversify local economic opportunities
by retaining and supporting existing jobs, and attracting new,
desirable jobs in locations convenient to transit and housing. Our goal
is to build a more sustainable economy for the 21st century by creating
a healthy balance among employment, housing and commercial development.
In all of our development efforts, the Town of Chapel Hill places
importance on the built & natural environment, community character,
transit orientation, social equity and quality of life for its
citizens."
Date:
Wednesday, March 5, 2008 - 5:00am
Location:
Franklin Hotel, 311 W. Franklin St.
Having a "big picture" economic development strategy will help the Town
and other partners in economic and community development shape policy
and prioritize investments in a proactive manner. The strategy will
serve as a guide for understanding choices and making decisions.
The Council Committee on Economic Development, which includes Mayor pro
tem Jim Ward and Council members Mark Kleinschmidt, Bill Strom and Ed
Harrison, has drafted an economic development draft strategy with Town
Manager Roger L. Stancil and Dwight Bassett, economic development
officer. After community input this March, the draft plan will be
reviewed by the Town Council for consideration.
Discussions about developing an economic development strategy for the
town tie back to the Chapel Hill Comprehensive Plan, which was adopted
in 2000. The Council renewed its commitment to developing a strategy
when it created the position of economic development officer in June
2006. The position is expected to communicate Town policy and Council
expectations to businesses as it assists businesses with understanding
processes of Town government.
The draft of Chapel Hill's economic development strategy is available at
www.townofchapelhill.org/economic_development.
Its summary statement proposes: " The Town of Chapel Hill will work
innovatively and proactively to diversify local economic opportunities
by retaining and supporting existing jobs, and attracting new,
desirable jobs in locations convenient to transit and housing. Our goal
is to build a more sustainable economy for the 21st century by creating
a healthy balance among employment, housing and commercial development.
In all of our development efforts, the Town of Chapel Hill places
importance on the built & natural environment, community character,
transit orientation, social equity and quality of life for its
citizens."
Date:
Thursday, March 6, 2008 - 10:00am
Location:
Chapel Hill-Carrboro Chamber of Commerce, 104 S. Estes Drive
Having a "big picture" economic development strategy will help the Town
and other partners in economic and community development shape policy
and prioritize investments in a proactive manner. The strategy will
serve as a guide for understanding choices and making decisions.
The Council Committee on Economic Development, which includes Mayor pro
tem Jim Ward and Council members Mark Kleinschmidt, Bill Strom and Ed
Harrison, has drafted an economic development draft strategy with Town
Manager Roger L. Stancil and Dwight Bassett, economic development
officer. After community input this March, the draft plan will be
reviewed by the Town Council for consideration.
Discussions about developing an economic development strategy for the
town tie back to the Chapel Hill Comprehensive Plan, which was adopted
in 2000. The Council renewed its commitment to developing a strategy
when it created the position of economic development officer in June
2006. The position is expected to communicate Town policy and Council
expectations to businesses as it assists businesses with understanding
processes of Town government.
The draft of Chapel Hill's economic development strategy is available at
www.townofchapelhill.org/economic_development.
Its summary statement proposes: " The Town of Chapel Hill will work
innovatively and proactively to diversify local economic opportunities
by retaining and supporting existing jobs, and attracting new,
desirable jobs in locations convenient to transit and housing. Our goal
is to build a more sustainable economy for the 21st century by creating
a healthy balance among employment, housing and commercial development.
In all of our development efforts, the Town of Chapel Hill places
importance on the built & natural environment, community character,
transit orientation, social equity and quality of life for its
citizens."
Date:
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 - 3:00pm
Location:
Christ United Methodist Church, 800 Market St., Southern Village
"Anybody
anywhere can make their own compost!" says Muriel Williman of the
Orange County Solid Waste Management Department. "Even apartment
dwellers with a couple of houseplants can make a windowsill garden
thrive by composting indoors with worms. A single person can reduce the
amount of waste produced by as much as 40%, simply by composting their
fruit and vegetable scraps."
Muriel will conduct a demonstration
on the lawn at Weaver Street Market in Carrboro on Saturday, March 22
from 11:00 am - 12:30 pm to teach the principles of indoor and outdoor
composting. She will show a variety of feedstocks that can be used to
create compost and will demonstrate how to build, maintain, and harvest
a worm bin. (No registration is required, but please be prompt.)
"Because
of drought conditions," Muriel explains, "compost is especially
critical for maintaining a garden this growing season. It holds
moisture and nutrients in the soil so plants can take them up through
their roots, as needed. You cannot have a serious discussion about
sustainability, or conserving water, or saving the earth without
talking about composting." Consider Composting!
Date:
Saturday, March 22, 2008 - 7:00am
Have y'all seen the web site that the County's consultant set up about the new site search process? At the Orange County Transfer Station Siting Website, visitors can find background, details on the siting criteria, and upcoming meetings.. This is a good start and represents an improvement on the amount of information previously available.
My wishes are that:
- They would provide a syndicated feed so that we can follow updates to the site without having to visit each page every day to see whether there's something new.
- The COUNTY ought to provide this kind of information on it's own website, since this is the people's information, and should do this for more projects. Of course, the Towns should do this as well.
As the weather warms but the drought persists, we're reading more and more concern about swimming pools. I've been trying to figure out whether a distinction between public and private residential pools exists or is under consideration. The media get quotes or sound bites from places like the Meadowmont Pool or the Y, expressing great concern about what will happen over the summer. Meanwhile, I'm only seeing generic comments about not filling or topping off residential pools -- to the effect that if you can't top off, the pool becomes unusable.
It's time for our quarterly gathering, folks! This one will focus on the upcoming primaries. (local, state, and national) It will also serve as the monthly BlogTogether meet-up, so this is a great chance to meet some local bloggers.
This will be our last Happy Hour before the May primary so let's see if we can get some candidates to join us. Any suggestions for location?
Date:
Wednesday, March 26, 2008 - 2:00pm to 4:00pm
Location:
Milltown, 307 E. Main St., Carrboro
The campaign of Jim Neal, Democratic and first openly gay
candidate for U.S. Senate, is holding a meet & greet on Tuesday, March 18th from 6-8pm. It's
going to be
an informational session with Jim. He's adamantly pro-choice and wants
to be on top of women's issues nationally and in North Carolina,
especially seeing how abysmal Elizabeth Dole's performance has been in
that arena. While his campaign staff has been breifing him on the issues, he really wants
to make a point of reaching out to the choice community here and
educating himself. This is not an endorsement event or a fundraiser, but an opportunity to meet the candidate and learn more about his positions on a range of women's issues.
For more information, contact Emily Batchelder at the Neal campaign, batcheldere@gmail.com.
The media is reporting that Eve Carson, the UNC Chapel Hill student body president, was identified Thursday as the woman who was fatally shot in a neighborhood near campus early Tuesday morning.
I wish there was more talk about the messed up fact that our town includes kids who think they have nothing to lose, so they may as well risk life in prison in exchange for... what? A car, a few bucks, gang membership??
I don't know much about sociology or the demographics of CH, but I'd love to hear from someone who does.
I do know that when I used to live in the Northside neighborhood, >50% of the people I saw walking down Broad St were visibly high/drunk. At a community watch meeting, the cop said that people would walk down our street to buy drugs in the park. Some people I know who lived by that park found syringes in their yard. The Carrboro cops do a great job in that neighborhood, yet it continues.
My inclination is to blame poverty. But these are people in the OC with OC schools! Maybe they didn't grow up here?
Could someone please tell me why these local kids don't get jobs and quit hanging out on Rosemary self-medicating and concocting brilliant plans involving hiding your hair while at the ATM??? Seriously. I'm not trying to be rude. I just want to know what the hell is going on.
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