Events

Tomorrow September 22, 2007, around 10:10 A.M., Amtrak's Train number 80, the Carolinian, will run through Hillsborough. The train won't stop, but Orange County residents will be there encouraging local and state governments to add an Amtrak stop in Hillsborough in celebration of international Car Free Day.

Members of The Village Project and the Walkable Hillsborough Coalition will hold an event beginning around 9:50 A.M. on Saturday the 22nd to highlight the need for Amtrak service for Hillsborough and Orange County. The event will be held at the corner of Eno and South Nash Streets in Hillsborough, in view of the railroad tracks (opposite the former Flynt Mill). A rail stop in Hillsborough would help reduce traffic, global warming, and air pollution as well as provide County residents with more mobility options for work-related and recreational travel.

So far I have the following items on the fall calendar. What other essential campaign events are coming up?

• Mon 9/17, 7 pm: Sierra Club Forum - Carrboro Candidates, Carrboro Town Hall and cable TV access
• Tues 9/18, 7 pm: Sierra Club Forum - Hillsborough Candidates, Gordon Battle Courtroom and cable TV access
• Tues 9/25, 7 pm: Sierra Club Forum - Chapel Hill Candidates, Chapel Hill Town Hall and cable TV access
• Wed 9/26 7 pm: League of Women Voters Forum - Carrboro candidates, Carrboro Town Hall (TV?)
• Wed 10/1 7 pm: League of Women Voters Forum - Chapel Hill candidates, Chapel Hill Town Hall (TV?)
• Tues 10/9, 7 pm: Chamber of Commerce, EmPOWERment, WCHL and Community Action Network Forum - Chapel Hill candidates, Hargraves Community Center
• Wed 10/10, 7 pm: Chamber of Commerce, EmPOWERment, WCHL and Community Action Network Forum - Carrboro candidates, Carrboro Town Hall

Congrats to the Really Really Free Market for receiving sponsorship from SURGE, which will provide insurance coverage to allow the Marketeers to continue to distribute food along with other items shared for free (really) at the Carrboro Town Commons on the first Saturday of each month.

Last year, the RRFM refused to pay Carrboro's normal fee for reserving the space (until receiving support from an anonymous donor), and then recently refused to stop serving food although doing so presented a potential liability issue for the Town.