For 15 years, UNC has lobbied to close Horace Williams Airport, but the tiny landing strip at the corner of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Estes Drive Extension has amazing staying power. Now, with the help of a petulant board of governors, UNC may get its wish. Built in 1928 in what was then […]
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Opportunity cloaked in petulance
Posted by Nancy Oates on September 25, 2017
https://chapelhillwatch.com/2017/09/25/opportunity-cloaked-in-petulance/
Timing
Gene Pease put it in a nutshell last night. In response to the concept plan review for Carolina Flats presented by Florida developer Russ Greer of Progressive Capital Group, Pease said, “Your timing is lousy.” After Greer and Scott Radway presented the “back of the envelope” plan, as Mayor Mark Kleinschmidt called it, and a […]
Posted by Nancy Oates on April 24, 2012
https://chapelhillwatch.com/2012/04/24/timing/
Sharp eye on Flats
I support smart growth in appropriate venues, a minority position among many of my peers. I’d like to be able to lobby for high-density projects, but when a developer seems to portray a project as something it isn’t and smacks down moderately priced housing for a half-mile stretch, that makes the task all the harder. […]
Posted by Nancy Oates on April 23, 2012
https://chapelhillwatch.com/2012/04/23/sharp-eye-on-flats/
A deal’s a deal
Last week’s council meeting set a record for speed, and last night’s meeting, with its short, noncontroversial agenda, had the makings of a two-peat. Then right before the Carolina North update, it was as if council members checked their tweets as one and learned that Game 6 of the World Series had been postponed a […]
Posted by Nancy Oates on October 27, 2011
https://chapelhillwatch.com/2011/10/27/a-deals-a-deal/