A lot happened in local politics in Orange County in 2013 and Orange Politics covered much of it (as noted in a previous post). There's bound to be quite a bit of action in 2014 as well. Kirk Ross had some ideas over in the Chapel Hill News about issues to watch for. What do you think will be the big stories? What should we all be paying attention to?
We thought it might be interesting to go back and see what we were talking about over the past year. Below is a smattering of the biggest topics from each month:
For this first of three year-end/year-beginning posts, we are stealing an idea from long-time OP poster Mark Marcoplos.
Over on Facebook, Mark started a thread on who would be Orange County Person of the Year if we were to have such a thing and so, we thought we'd bring that question over here and see what others had to say (thanks for the idea Mark!).
The Chapel Hill Carrboro Chamber of Commerce awarded Chapel Hill Downtown Partnership Executive Director Meg McGurk Person of the Year for our two towns (a wonderful choice).
So, who would you want to see as Orange County Person of the Year and why?
[Look for our posts asking for your '2013 Stories of the Year' and 'What to Watch for in 2014' later this week and next.]
The Obey Creek Compass Committee, a 17-member committee formed by the Chapel Hill Town Council to assist in identifying key issues to be considered in the development of a concept plan for the Obey Creek property, unanimously approved its final report to the Chapel Hill Town Council at its last meeting on Monday.
The report is now available online here (PDF). You can review all of the materials from the committee, as well as videos of all committee meetings, on the town website here.
The report will be received by the Town Council at their January 13th meeting, where the Council will then consider next steps for the development agreement process.
(Full disclosure: I was a member of the Obey Creek Compass Committee.)
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