Town Council approved CH2020 last night during Part 1 of its two-episode season finale. The vote came after nearly three hours of public comment and council discussion. As with any good drama, there was a plot twist – the Planning Board came up with a list of last-minute changes. And there was a very interesting […]
All posts for the month June, 2012
Learn from Lemony on CH2020
Terri Buckner writes: Tonight the council will decide whether to adopt the Chapel Hill 2020 plan or send it back for additional detail/revisions. The plan combines strategic elements with the beginnings of land use guidance along with an implementation plan for addressing priorities and schedules. The plan has been strongly criticized by some for lacking […]
Posted by Nancy Oates on June 25, 2012
http://chapelhillwatch.com/2012/06/25/learn-from-lemony-on-ch2020/
Room for all
I looked at the agenda for tonight’s Town Council meeting and got that same sort of funny feeling in my heart I got when I saw my first gray hair or when I realized my child had grown too big for me to pick up and carry. Time was moving on, and life would never […]
Posted by Nancy Oates on June 18, 2012
http://chapelhillwatch.com/2012/06/18/room-for-all/
Good neighbor in good faith
The IFC has a Good Neighbor Plan and a lease for its Homestead Road facility. And Lee Storrow came into his own at last night’s Town Council meeting, standing up tentatively but tenaciously for certain safeguards to be added into each document. Homestead Road neighbors have held IFC’s toes to the fire throughout the process […]
Posted by NancyDon on June 12, 2012
http://chapelhillwatch.com/2012/06/12/good-neighbor-in-good-faith/
Respect for good neighbors
The bulk of tonight’s Town Council meeting will consist of discussion about the Good Neighbor Plan in connection with the IFC’s transitional housing facility and emergency shelter that will open next year on Homestead Road. The negotiations have been excruciating for both sides, and passions continue to run hot. Expect many people to speak out […]
Posted by Nancy Oates on June 11, 2012
http://chapelhillwatch.com/2012/06/11/respect-for-good-neighbors/
Torches waiting to be lit
Lauren Easthom isn’t the only one who has to gaze upon dead trees under Duke Energy power lines. Every time I walk along Piney Mountain Road, I stroll by a copse of trees that Duke has topped, treated and left to die, all in the name of “managing non-compatible vegetation.” (The photos at right are […]
Posted by Nancy Oates on June 6, 2012
http://chapelhillwatch.com/2012/06/06/torches-waiting-to-be-lit/