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Carrboro Alderman Bethany Chaney has announced she will not seek reelection in November 2019. Elected first in a 2014 special election and again in 2015, at the end of her term Chaney will have served five and a half years as Alderman and three as a member of the Carrboro Planning Board, including nearly two as chair.
OrangePolitics Emeritus Editor and Carrboro Mayor Pro Tem Damon Seils wrote the following thread on Twitter on January 13, 2019. We have curated the thread below, which calls attention to what we must do in our communities to combat climate change. It's an important read.
The following overview was written by Jennifer Player, new Director of Habitat for Humanity of Orange County to share key features of this exciting new project proposed for Chapel Hill to provides essential permanent affordble housing and more senior housing.
More than a year ago, two local nonprofits with a combined 70 years of service to Chapel Hill, began discussing a potential development partnership. As a result of those conversations, Carol Woods and Habitat for Humanity of Orange County developed a shared vision to create a vibrant, mixed income, intergenerational community off of Sunrise Road in Chapel Hill.
Since Orange County passed our transit plan in 2013, Chapel Hill Transit has been able to add more service and significantly address the need to replace existing buses. GoTriangle and Orange Public Transportation have also been able to add service and vehicles, but we are focusing on CHT here.
To highlight the new service we just got this past August 2018:
- CW Route extension of it's peak evening service
- D Route extension of it's peak evening service
- All routes with existing Saturday service had that service extended from 8:00 am to 7:00 pm
Service
The table below summarizes the increased service since 2013. This represents around 10,585 new annual hours of service.*
We've compiled issues of interest coming before or at play in each of our municipalities and the county this Fall, which we’ll be following. Here goes:
Carrboro
The Carrboro Board of Alderpersons gets back to regular work with a meeting on September 4, 2018. Here’s a snapshot of what’s on their horizon:
- Public hearing on Weaver Street Market renovations
- Report on NC 54 West Corridor Study
- Update on the 203 South Greensboro project (Southern Branch Library)
- Public hearing on Lloyd Property conditional rezoning (it’s back!)
- Update on the Old 86 commercial development concept
Chapel Hill
The Chapel Hill Town Council re-convenes on September 5, 2018. Here’s what we and they have to look forward to this fall:
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