February 2009
The Board meets on the third Wednesday of each month in the Community Realty building on the northwest corner of Weaver and Greensboro Streets in Carrboro. Meetings run from 6:30-9:30pm and all owners of the Co-op are welcome to attend as observers. To confirm an upcoming meeting, please contact the board
here.
Date:
Wednesday, February 18, 2009 - 1:30pm to 4:30pm
A Public Input/Information Session on Carolina North will be held at 7
p.m. Thursday, Feb. 19, in the Chapel Hill Town Council Chambers of
Town Hall, 405 Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.
Carolina North is a proposed satellite campus of UNC-Chapel Hill. It is
expected to be contained within about 250 acres of the Horace Williams
Tract's 1,000 acres and be built in phases over the next 50 years, as
proposed. The property lies just to the north of Estes Drive adjacent
to Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.
The Thursday session will provide an update on the status of UNC-Chapel
Hill's Carolina North plans and a description of issues being addressed
by policy-makers and Town/University staffs. These issues include the
following: design standards and public art; police/fire/EMS facilities
and services; school site; recreation facilities; greenways,
connections; historic, cultural features; stormwater management on
site; water use and reclamation; energy conservation, carbon credits;
Solid waste management; remediation of landfill; stream buffers; trees,
landscaping; sedimentation; neighboring lands, compatibility, buffers;
noise, lighting. A public comment period is scheduled. See the meeting
agenda:
http://townhall.townofchapelhill.org/agendas/2009/02/19/
This meeting will be aired live on Chapel Hill Government TV 18.
Additional informational sessions on Carolina North have been scheduled
for 1 to 5 p.m. March 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. April 1.
For more information, contact the Town of Chapel Hill Planning Department at (919) 968-2728 or
carolinanorth@townofchapelhill.org. Additional material is posted online at
www.townofchapelhill.org/carolinanorth.
Date:
Thursday, February 19, 2009 - 2:00pm to 4:00pm
Chapel Hill's Second Annual Earth Action Day Celebration, presented on location at UNC's Morehead Planetarium and Science Center.A free event for the whole family, Earth Action Day will provide a fun-filled afternoon of
learning more about our planet and the human relationship with the environment through demonstrations,
performances, and activities by and for all ages.
For more information see our Earth Action Day pages.
Date:
Saturday, April 18, 2009 - 8:00am to 1:00pm
Location:
UNC's Morehead Planetarium and Science Center
The Town of Chapel Hill Parks & Recreation Department is proud to sponsor our Annual Festifall Arts
and Crafts Street Fair in downtown Chapel Hill, Sunday, October 4, 2009 from 1:00 to 6:00 p.m. Quality
arts and crafts by some of the most talented artists in NC will be shown at this event. Bring your holiday
shopping list and some home décor ideas for purchasing original art. Everything from live music and original
arts and crafts to the ultimate Kids Zone will be displayed at this premier fall spectacular.
The sights, sounds and brisk fall air will be accented by thousands of fair goers. The Annual Festifall
Street Fair is a beautiful fall event with a home-town, community touch, designed with family, friends and newcomers in mind.
We invite arts & craft exhibitors and entertainers to apply by the July 17, 2009 deadline. Limited space is available.
For more information see www.townofchapelhill.org/festifall for detailed fair info and to
download an application.
Date:
Sunday, October 4, 2009 - 9:00am to 2:00pm
Location:
West Franklin Street, Chapel Hill
The 2009 Orange County
Democratic Party County Convention will be at Mt Zion AME Church
Fellowship Hall, located at 5124 NC Highway 86 North of Hillsborough.
New OCDP officers will be elected, and resolutions from precinct
meetings will be debated and voted on for referral to District and
State Conventions.
Date:
Saturday, April 18, 2009 - 7:00am to 12:00pm
2009 municipal and Chapel Hill/Carrboro School Board election filing will begin on Monday, July 6th at 8:00am and conclude on Friday, July 17th at noon.
Date:
Monday, July 6, 2009 - 4:00am
2009 municipal and Chapel Hill/Carrboro School Board election filing
will begin on Monday, July 6th at 8:00am and conclude on Friday, July
17th at noon.
Date:
Friday, July 17, 2009 - 8:00am
What: Public Hearing, Chapel Hill Town Council
When: Monday, February 23, 7:00 p.m.
Why: Come support Voter Owned Elections Monday, February 23
Background:
On July 16, 2007, the Town of Chapel Hill received authorization from the North Carolina General Assembly to establish a Voter Owned Elections (public financing) program for local municipal election campaigns. The Town is the first local government in North Carolina to have received this legislative authority. The State Board of Elections required some improvements to the town's proposed program, so Chapel Hill is having a second public hearing on Monday night. Town Council members invite public input and supporters of Voter Owned Elections should attend the public hearing.
For more information or to RSVP, please email jennfrye@democracy-nc.org.
Date:
Monday, February 23, 2009 - 2:00pm
President Obama believes that we, as Americans,
have a responsibility to help our communities and fellow citizens
PLEASE JOIN
the Orange County Campaign for Change
in supporting the
YES WE CANS FOOD DRIVE
to benefit the
Interfaith Council (IFC)
&
Orange Congregations in Mission (OCIM)
Help collect food in your neighborhood, at your work place, among friends
BRING ALL DONATIONS TO EITHER LOCATION (non perishable items only):
The Carrboro Farmers Market
(in the Free Speech Zone)
Cup-A-Joe 120 W. King St.
Hillsborough
Both from 9:00 AM-12:00 PM, on February 28th
(see www.mybarackobama.com for details)
Date:
Saturday, February 28, 2009 - 4:00am to 7:00am
There is another Carolina North Public Input/Information Session tonight, February 19, 2009, at 7PM in the Town Council chamber. There is already a draft of new language for the Land Use Management Ordinance (LUMO) to cover development on the Carolina North property as well as a draft of a development agreement which would be the basis for the Town of Chapel Hill's oversight of this massive project. Both of these drafts as well as a great deal of other information can be obtained at http://www.townofchapelhill.org/index.asp?NID=1821
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