Carolina North Public Information Session

It seems that hardly a week goes by without another Carolina North meeting, and yet I am increasingly confused about what is going on. I guess I need to actually GO to one of these meetings, especially given the front-loaded nature of the latest arrangement between the Town and the University.

Via e-mail from the Town of Chapel Hill...

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CAROLINA NORTH

Public Information Session January 29
Chapel Hill Development Proposal

7 p.m. Thursday, January 29 * Chapel Hill Town Hall * 405 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.


A Public Input/Information Session on Carolina North will be held in the Chapel Hill Town Council Chambers at 405 Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.  At the session, a Town representative will explain the review process for the University proposal to develop an academic, mixed-use campus.  Upon request, with 2 days notice, the Communications and Public Affairs Department (968-2743) will provide an interpreter for the hearing impaired or any other needed type of auxiliary aid.

Carolina North is expected to be contained within about 250 acres of the Horace Williams Tract’s 1,000 acres and be built in phases over the next 50 years, as proposed. The property lies just to the north of Estes Drive adjacent to Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.

The January 29 session will focus on providing information and soliciting comment about the regulatory tool that has been endorsed by the Town Council and University representatives as the preferred tool for guiding development at Carolina North: establishment of a Development Agreement with a base zoning district. The session is intended to provide information about issues being addressed by policy-makers and by Town/University staffs.

For more information, contact the Town of Chapel Hill Planning Department at (919) 968-2728 or

carolinanorth@townofchapelhill.org.  Additional material is posted online at www.townofchapelhill.org/carolinanorth.

 

Date: 

Thursday, January 29, 2009 - 2:00pm

Location: 

Chapel Hill Town Hall

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