UNC
A
workshop on the current
US financial crisis/crisis in democratic
governance, with the noted economist Robert G. Williams, John K.
Voehringer Jr. Professor of Economics, and Chair, Department of
Economics, Guilford College, and author of the Money Changers: A Guided
Tour through Global Currency Markets (Zed Books, 2006).
Sponsored by: Department of Anthropology, UNC Chapel Hill
Date:
Monday, September 29, 2008 - 11:30am to 1:00pm
Location:
Gardner 105, UNC Chapel Hill
This is interesting. I may have missed the announcement of this high-level negotiating process between UNC Trustees and the Chapel Hill Town Council. It's not clear to me whether it's open to the public, or if we just get to watch the highlights later.
Report from Joint Policy Meeting Regarding Carolina North: An update was given on the process to plan a future joint meeting of the Town Council and University Trustees to develop a process for considering Carolina North. A special meeting of the Council will take place at 7 p.m. Sept. 25 at the UNC-Chapel Hill Friday Center. The meeting will include Roger Perry, chair of the University Board of Trustees; Bob Winston, chair of the University's Buildings and Properties Committee; and Chancellor Holden Thorp. Information will be posted on the Town website for the public. The meeting will be videotaped to be played later on Chapel Hill Government TV 18 and by streaming video on the Town website at www.townofchapelhill.org.
- Chapel Hill eNews
I wonder if they will take the bus there, in honor of TryTransit week.
Date:
Thursday, September 25, 2008 - 3:00pm
Location:
Friday Center, Chapel Hill
[Long-time lurker, first time poster]
Two paths diverged in the woods and I took the third.
It occurrs to me that there might be another way to meet (or even exceed) AHEC's needs while also preserving land and avoiding a protracted debate and a souring of town-gown relations.
So far the paths being argued are: 1) Build a new airport in the county or 2) Base all operations from RDU. I believe there is a third path that hasn't been considered.
In short, build a heliport. Let that sink in for a minute and then read on for more...
We all know helicopters don't need much space to operate, so this is an easy one. In fact, it could even be sited on the existing Horace Williams airport while still allowing for plenty of space for the new campus.
Drastic reduction in trip time for AHEC physicians. Not only could AHEC potentially keep helicopter or tilt-rotor aircraft at UNC Hospitals, but it could deliver passengers directly to many of the hospitals they service throughout North Carolina instead of landing at their regional or local airports and then driving to their ultimate destination.
I took some photos today but they are truly horrible. Wlil post later. Some of my biggest impressions so far:
- The
empty Pfizer campus, and the Chamber director talking about nearby
businesses that are about to go under from losing the business from
2,000 employees & 1,000 contractors that used to work there. Are
you listening Carolina North folks?
- There
are lots of tall buildings (5 - 10 - 15
feet stories) and most of them look
really nice and seem to work well. Some of them don't though. I
talked with some folks tonight about how Chapel Hill lacks the
regulatory tools to analyze tall buildings. How do we know how tall is
"too tall", what are factors that make it work or make it fail? One
local suggested that I meet a woman from their downtown commission, but
I'm really more interested in the perspective of a City Council or
Planning Board type.
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