Chapel Hill prepares for school with Family Fun Day, book bag giveaway
Chapel Hill Parks and Recreation hosted Family Fun Day and a back-to-school book bag giveaway at the Hargraves Community Center on Aug. 19.
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Chapel Hill Parks and Recreation hosted Family Fun Day and a back-to-school book bag giveaway at the Hargraves Community Center on Aug. 19.
This month, Town staff and community members are starting work on the West Chapel Hill Cemetery Project — which aims to "connect community members with the history of the cemetery and with the history of community members buried at the site," per a Town of Chapel Hill press release.
The Hargraves Community Center hosted its third annual Chapel Hill-Carrboro Juneteenth celebration on June 17 with speakers, music and a range of activities open to community members.
Many organizations and identity-based centers in Chapel Hill and Carrboro support and advocate for residents in the area.
Northside Elementary School Counselor Chantel Click helps to bring the importance of mental health and social skills to elementary-aged children.
After seeing a lack of community connectivity and knowledge of Chapel Hill’s civil rights history, Mae McLendon said she finds hope in the Marian Cheek Jackson Center.
Loy Long Jr. has been living in his current home in the Northside neighborhood in Chapel Hill for about a year, but his roots in the neighborhood run deep.
Facilities in the Hargraves Community Center will be renamed in honor of two influential members of the Black community in Chapel Hill.
The Town of Chapel Hill announced on Aug. 18 that it will be releasing up to $7.8 million to help fund affordable housing projects in the area.
The Northside community, along with the Tin Top, Pine Knolls and rural northern Orange County neighborhoods have seen an increase in their property valuations, raising concerns among community members about gentrification.
Kathy Atwater is a Chapel Hill native. Born and raised in the Northside Community, she grew up with her neighbors and has witnessed the changes her community has faced over the years.
A year-and-a-half after the Town of Chapel Hill designated public housing community Trinity Court for redevelopment, the apartments still sit vacant.
In the weeks following UNC’s decision to send students home in early August, Chapel Hill resident Janie Alston got some new neighbors.
Surrounding the edges of downtown Chapel Hill from the north and west, respectively, Northside and Pine Knolls communities have housed a large portion of Chapel Hill’s Black population since the areas were formed as labor enclaves during the Jim Crow era.
Correction: The university's $3 million loan was to Self-Help Credit Union, the center did not receive any loan from UNC but is an active part in the utilization of that money to purchase community properties and facilitate a community Compass Group that makes decisions about what the center collectively does with those properties, including a range of affordable housing options with partners.
A UNC class is partnering with The Marian Cheek Jackson Center through APPLES Service-Learning to focus on social change and globalization.
David Mason Jr. recalls walking every morning in the muddy, unpaved streets of the Northside neighborhood to attend class at Orange County Training School.
As college students sign leases for off-campus houses for the next school year, long-time neighborhood residents prepare for another year of increasing rent and additional college students.
The Good Neighbor Initiative hosted its annual Neighborhood Night Out and Block Party on Thursday to bring students and local residents together living in Chapel Hill neighborhoods.
From gospel choirs to old-fashioned field games and free food, the Northside Festival will have something for everyone.