Environment

Chapel Hill Greenways

After decades it is now posible to bike almost entirely off road From Kings Mill Neighborhood (Glennwood Elementary) to the Rainbow Soccer Fields to the Community Center to Umstead Park to Northside Elementary and then to downtown. Enjoy the spring.

Keeping Bolin Woods asphalt-free

If you enjoy Carrboro's asphalt-free Bolin Woods as-is, please try to see Charlie Morris's new documentary "Bolin Creek Unpaved" at the Oasis on Friday or at the Station on Monday (put on by Townsend-Bertram) .. it was a real eye-opener for me!  The first showing on a Sunday afternoon at the ArtsCenter on January 15 nearly sold out their theatre .. 350 people paid $11.50 each and gave it well-earned sustained applause.  There was an article on the film in the Daily Tarheel on January 23, and the DTH ran my letter on January 27:

https://www.facebook.com/BolinCreekUnpaved/

https://www.facebook.com/events/1621927101449887/

http://www.dailytarheel.com/article/2017/01/local-film-sheds-light-on-bo...

http://www.dailytarheel.com/article/2017/01/letter-protect-the-bolin-cre...

Bolin Creek Unpaved Documentary Monday at The Station

Put on by Townsend-Bertram, at 6:30 on February 6.
 

Date: 

Monday, February 6, 2017 - 6:30pm to 8:30pm

Location: 

The Station (next to Carr Mill Mall)

Mountains to Sea Trail on OWASA Property

I am copying here my letter to the OWASA Board of Directors regarding the proposal that they host the Mountains to Sea Trail (MST) on OWASA property along the West side of the Cane Creek Reservoir. The short answer is that I think they should agree to host it and I expect them to arrive at this same conclusion. The real debate will revolve around what conditions they include with their agreement.

Note that OWASA's approval of hosting MST would not be an endorsement of any proposed trail route. Their agreeing to host the trail does not guarantee that a route along the Cane Creek Reservoir can be worked out. It simply would be an acceptance of the idea of the MST in general, and help set guidelines that other landowners nearby can follow if they would also like to host the trail (full disclosure - I have offered to host nearly a mile of MST on property in the area. While I am a proponent of the trail, I am also a proponent of folks being good neighbors and will not support any trail route that negatively impacts folks living nearby).

Sierra Club Endorses in Chapel Hill Town Council Race

The North Carolina chapter of the Sierra Club issued its endorsements this morning in the Chapel Hill Town Council election.

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