Economy & Downtown
Chapel Hill's downtown has long benefited from its proximity to a captive audience of University students without cars. While downtowns around the country have been failing, ours has survived fairly well. However, we have seen an increase in the number of chain stores locating downtown, and instability in the Downtown Economic Development Corporation. In the near future, we will see new Town-directed development on two major parking lots have a big impact.
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Carrboro's downtown has also done better than many towns of comparable size, thanks largely to the presence of Weaver Street Market and progressive shoppers from the rest of the county. The Board of Aldermen has been addressing the evolution of the downtown, and have established a number of community resources in the downtown area including free wireless Internet access, and a low-power radio station.
I love how these things are always in the middle of the day! As long as they're convenient for Pat Evans, I guess they're considered open to the public. Anyway, I do hope to go after work (but will have babe in tow, so no promises).
WHERE: The Design Charette for the Downtown Development Framework and Action Plan will be held in the Great Room at Top of the Hill Restaurant, 100 E. Franklin St. (Enter from Franklin Street next to Walgreen's).
WHEN: There will be four discussion areas from 2 to 7 p.m. focusing on Urban Design, Infrastructure, Markets/Economic Development, and Catch All. There will also be presentations at 3:30 and 5:30 p.m. for those wanting to hear the concepts in whole.
WHO CAN GO: You. The charette, or community planning discussion, is open to property owners, business owners, residents and everyone interested in downtown's future.
- http://www.chapelhillnews.com/2010/06/09/57545/help-guide-downtowns-future.html
See also: http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs049/1101424482142/archive/1103449685494.html Date:
Thursday, June 10, 2010 - 10:00am to 3:00pm
Location:
Great Room at Top of the Hill Restaurant, 100 E. Franklin St., Chapel Hill
Guest post by Barbara Janeway on the results of the Transition Carrboro Chapel Hill brainstorming May 15 at Century Center:
Want our community to be safe and resilient through the coming effects of
unstable economy, climate change, and the end of cheap oil? A great start
was made on this issue at The Great Unleashing, held May 15 at Carrboro's
Century Center, sponsored by Transition Carrboro Chapel Hill.
Over 150 people attended and created the agenda for the day themselves,
identifying issues to work with. From these, 28 discussion groups met
throughout the day, and brainstormed! By day's end, a powerful
'unleashing' of ideas had occurred, and 21 Action Groups were formed.
Many positive visions of our future were communicated!
These Action Groups have begun to meet regularly. And those who join
will begin the work of transition in our region, to a more stable local
economy with more vibrant local resources. Anyone is welcome to join an
action group. The groups will do work on issues such as: more
affordable housing, communal gardening, energy independence, children's
sustainable education, skill-sharing, health, and many more.
Date:
Thursday, August 26, 2010 - 3:00pm
Location:
Wallace Plaza, downtown Chapel Hill
Date:
Thursday, August 19, 2010 - 4:00pm
Location:
Wallace Plaza, downtown Chapel Hill
Date:
Thursday, August 12, 2010 - 4:00pm
Location:
Wallace Plaza, downtown Chapel Hill
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