UNC
Please Join Us for a Community Workshop to share ideas for a bike/walk way between Carolina North and Main Campus
When: December 1, 5:30-7:30 PM
Where: Suite 133G University Square
This workshop will be an opportunity to share ideas, suggestions and information to explore the location for a greenway and bike path connection between the Carolina North campus and the Main UNC Campus.
We are seeking a pathway that is not located within the Martin Luther
King Jr. Blvd. roadway and that avoids steep grades where feasible. It
may include existing or planned greenways for a portion of the route.
There will be a brief introduction by Town and University staff about
existing conditions between the two campuses. Staff will also share
some examples of the kind of opportunities we’re seeking for new routes
through the neighborhoods or using portions of the existing and planned
greenway system.
The majority of the workshop will be spent in an open session, focused
on gathering input from the participants, including students,
residents, technical experts, advisory boards and community groups
about approaches to connectivity.
We’re looking for your ideas, suggestions, opinions and information, so please come prepared to tell us what you think!
If you have a question for the Town, call The Town of Chapel Hill Planning Department at:
(919) 968-2728. If you have a question for the University, contact Jill Coleman at Nancy.Coleman@facilities.unc.edu
You may also send comments to Carolinanorth@townofchapelhill.org or check the website for more information: http://www.townofchapelhill.org/index.aspx?page=900
Date:
Tuesday, December 1, 2009 - 12:30pm
Location:
Suite 133G, University Square
From Linda Convissor:
Saturday marks the end of the home
football season with Carolina kicking-off against the University of Miami
Hurricanes at 3:30 p.m.
Just prior to kickoff, four Marine
F/A-18 Hornet jets will fly over Kenan Stadium. The F/A-18s are
part of the VMFA-122 squadron known as
the 'Werewolves', and are based out of the Marine
Corps Air Station in Beaufort, South Carolina. One of the pilots
is UNC alumnus Captain Benjamin Apple, class of 2003.
Practice runs will be made on
Friday between 2:00 and 3:00 p.m. Of course, bad weather or aircraft
schedule changes could affect the flight plans for Friday and
Saturday.
The jets will be flying low and be
quite loud, so we wanted to give you advance warning.
Date:
Friday, November 13, 2009 - 9:00am to 10:00am
Location:
Kenan Stadium and surrounding area
I am a graduate student in the UNC Planning Department (and the School of Law). My Site Planning class tonight had guest lecturer Bruce Ballentine to talk about Glen Lennox. About an hour into the lecture, a classmate of mine asked if Glen Lennox is an issue in the current municipal election. In the discourse about his take on the municipal election that followed, Mr. Ballentine called several of the candidates "anti-growth, anti-business, anti-University, and anti-downtown." He spared "three of the mayoral candidates" and DeHart, Pease, and Pohlman by name. He portrayed the muncipal elections in a biased manner, one that I felt was purposefully misleading. Regardless, it was an inapprorpriate forum for his stump speech.
In July, the University’s Chapel Hill Foundation
Real Estate Holdings Inc. purchased the 12-acre University Square and Granville
Tower property in downtown Chapel Hill. Cousins Properties Incorporated, a developer that
specializes in mixed use projects, is partnering with the Foundation to
redevelop the property. On Thursday, October 15, the University
and Cousins Properties will host two public meetings to discuss the
redevelopment.
The meetings will be
at 3:30 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. in Suite 133-G of University Square, next to Ken’s
Quickie Mart. Although the first meeting is primarily for
tenants of University Square, you are invited to attend either
meeting. The same material will be
presented at both.
Parking is available on site. Chapel
Hill Transit service is available via most routes.
Cousins Properties recently
selected Elkus Manfredi Architects of Boston to help plan and design the
project. At the meeting, the development teams from Cousins and
Elkus Manfredi will share their process and initial analysis of the property and
ask for your input on the redevelopment. Public input will guide the architects
as they develop a concept plan to be submitted to the Town next spring.
Date:
Thursday, October 15, 2009 - 11:30am to 1:00pm
Location:
133-G University Square (next to Ken's Quickie Mart)
Gene Nichol moderates this social justice
focused candidate forum on Wednesday, Oct 21 from 7-9 p.m. Hear
candidate ideas and positions on issues like affordable housing,
democracy reform and civil rights, welcoming Chapel Hill's immigrant
and refugee communities, and environmental justice.
Candidate
forum sponsors include: NC Common Cause, Democracy North Carolina,
League of Women Voters, NAACP (UNC Chapter), Justice and Peace
Commission of The Church of Reconciliation. Individual sponsors
include: Rev. Stephen Elkins-Williams (Chapel of the Cross), Rev. Bob
Dunham (University Presbyterian Church), Richard andJill Edens (United
Church of Chapel Hill), and Rev. Peter JB Carman (Binkley Baptist
Church).
Due to other church business that evening, THERE IS NO PARKING AT UUMC. Please plan to use street or other available parking.
Contact Josh Glasser, JGlasser@CommonCause.org or 919-260-1364 for more information
Date:
Wednesday, October 21, 2009 - 3:00pm to 5:00pm
Location:
University United Methodist Church, 150 E Franklin St.
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