You don’t have to make money to run a business – just ask AIG and some of the banks and investment houses that our tax dollars have bailed out in the past couple of years. One local business I don’t begrudge supporting with my tax dollars is the town’s recycling center on Eubanks Road across […]
All posts for the month September, 2010
Toy Story 4?
Posted by Nancy Oates on September 13, 2010
https://chapelhillwatch.com/2010/09/13/toy-story-4/
A world on Franklin Street
Poor, beleaguered Franklin Street. First, people complain that it has too many empty storefronts. And then once the spaces begin to fill up, the whinging starts that the businesses aren’t the right kind. Too many restaurants, bars and Carolina souvenir shops, they say. Some long for an independent bookstore; Chancellor Thorp yearns for a Barnes […]
Posted by Nancy Oates on September 9, 2010
https://chapelhillwatch.com/2010/09/09/a-world-on-franklin-street/
Courting Costco
Goodness knows I’ve devoted enough of my life to grocery stores to weigh in on the Costco debate. State Sen. Ellie Kinnaird is leaning hard on town leaders in Chapel Hill and Carrboro to reach out to the members-only warehouse store that sells groceries and pretty much everything else you’d need for daily living. Durham […]
Posted by Nancy Oates on September 7, 2010
https://chapelhillwatch.com/2010/09/07/courting-costco/