June 2008

Project Homeless Connect

From the N & O:

Help sought for Project Homeless

CHAPEL HILL -- Volunteers and donors are needed for the second annual Project Homeless Connect to help people experiencing homelessness in Orange County.

Project Homeless Connect 2008 will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 25, at the Hargraves Community Center, 216 N. Roberson St. The event is a one-day, one-stop center to link people experiencing -- or at risk of experiencing -- homelessness with a broad range of services.

Guests are offered assistance with such things as housing, employment, health and dental care, foot care, mental health care, veterans' benefits, social service benefits and legal services. They also receive lunch and personal care gift bags, and are offered haircuts, showers, coats and other clothing.

At the first Project Homeless Connect event held last October, 133 guests were served, nearly 40 agencies provided services, more than 20 businesses donated goods and services, and more than 200 volunteers participated in a variety of ways including preparing and serving food, assembling personal care gift bags and escorting guests through the event.

Volunteers are needed to assemble personal care kits, prepare and serve food, cut hair, photograph the event, wash feet, escort guests and to help in many other ways. Monetary donations will be used to purchase personal care items, water bottles, tote bags and portfolios for the guests, and to pay for costs associated with services they receive at the event, such as thrift shop vouchers and the cost of obtaining an identification card. Donation needs include food, serving items, coats, underwear, socks, diapers, baby wipes, knapsacks and umbrellas.

To see a complete list of the volunteer positions and donation needs for Project Homeless Connect 2008, visit the Orange County Partnership to End Homelessness site at http://www.co.orange.nc.us/housing/endinghomelessness.asp.

For more information, contact Jamie Rohe at 969-5059 or jrohe@townofchapelhill.org.

Date: 

Thursday, September 25, 2008 - 6:00am to 1:00pm

Location: 

Hargraves Community Center, 216 N. Roberson St., Chapel Hill

Grading Policy in Our Schools: What's the Real Story?

Yesterday's Chapel Hill News was full of items complaining about a change in the grading policy that the Chapel Hill Carrboro City School District is contemplating. They led me to go find and read the proposed policy itself.

Among other things, the proposal would limit the bottom score for schoolwork (whether completed or not) at a 61.

I was really quite stunned by the pervasiveness of teacher discontent with the proposal -- and the fact that the district would consider proceeding with such a change in the face of such broad dissatisfaction. (Scroll about halfway through the pdf of the proposal to see the collected teacher comments from various schools in the district.)

Hillsborough Arts Council - Last Fridays

At every outdoor Last Fridays, the Hillsborough Arts Council sponsors the center-stage musical act and artist demonstrators at the courthouse square, and a film series at the Masonic Lodge. The Council also sponsors the Last Fridays Art Walk and manages the vendor booths. For information about and registration for the Handmade Parade workshops, stop by the HAC booth!

Date: 

Friday, June 27, 2008 - 2:00pm to 5:00pm

Location: 

Downtown Hillsborough

The 2ndFriday Artwalk

This popular once-a-month event draws residents and visitors from all over the Triangle who enjoy the opportunity to see a large variety of artwork during a single evening while socializing with their fellow art lovers.

Date: 

Friday, June 13, 2008 - 2:00pm to 5:00pm

Location: 

Carrboro and Chapel Hill

Second Fridays Artwalk

From the web:

2nd. Friday Art Walk in Chapel Hill & Carrboro

2nd. Friday Art Walk
The next 2ndFriday Artwalk will be taking place in Carrboro and Chapel Hill on Friday evening, June 13th, from 6:00 - 9:00 pm. Many of the galleries will have live music and other art related entertainment. Admission is free.

Nearly eighty 2ndFriday Artwalks have been held in the last six years with growing community involvement and national interest. This popular once-a-month event draws residents and visitors from all over the Triangle who enjoy the opportunity to see a large variety of artwork during a single evening while socializing with their fellow art lovers.

2ndFriday Artwalk brochures, maps and information are available at any participating art location.

 

Date: 

Friday, July 11, 2008 - 2:00pm to 5:00pm

Location: 

Carrboro and Chapel Hill

The Peoples Channel's Satisfaction Survey

Good evening OP folks,

 

I thought community members might find it interesting to see the results of our most recent satisfaction survey. I think it pretty accurately shows where the organization is: We’re doing a whole lot, with very little! You can view it at: www.thepeopleschannel.org/survey.htm

Liz Parham Resigns

The N&O is reporting that Liz Parham is resigning as executive director of the Chapel Hill Downtown Parntership and taking a job as director of the Office of Urban Development for the Division of Community Assistance at the state Department of Commerce .

The resignation is effective July 18.

Liz Parham, Exec. Dir. of CH Downtown Partnership resigns

The Chapel Hill Downtown Partnership Board of Directors announced today that Liz Parham, executive director of the Chapel Hill Downtown Partnership, has resigned from her position effective July 18, 2008. Ms. Parham will assume the role of director of the Office of Urban Development for the Division of Community Assistance in the North Carolina Department of Commerce on July 21st.

Commissioners and Planning Board discuss draft Comprehensive Plan

This Tuesday, June 10, the County Commissioners will hold a work session with the planning board to discuss the proposed comprehensive plan update. Although the plan has been under development since October 2006, the work session will be the first public meeting at which the commissioners will scrutinize the plan. The work session begins at 7:30pm and will be held at the Link Government Services Center, 200 S. Cameron St., Hillsborough.

County Commissioner's Comp Plan Work Session

This Tuesday, June 10, the County Commissioners will hold a work session with the planning board to discuss the proposed comphrehensive plan update. The meeting begins at 7:30pm and will be held at the Link Government Services Center, 200 S. Cameron St., Hillsborough. The work session will be the first public meeting at which the commissioners will scrutinize the plan, which has been under development since October 2006 and runs nearly 300 pages. The commissioners decided to schedule the work session because they recognized the need to closely examine the proposal before they referred it to the county planning board for their recommendation. For more information see the county's comp plan website and the website of the Orange County Comprehensive Plan Coalition.

Date: 

Tuesday, June 10, 2008 - 3:30pm

Location: 

Link Government Services Center, 200 S. Cameron St., Hillsborough

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