Franklin Street, Chapel Hill businesses continue to survive, rely on community
Local businesses in Chapel Hill have been working to build and maintain strong community support and provide for community needs in a rapidly developing area.
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Local businesses in Chapel Hill have been working to build and maintain strong community support and provide for community needs in a rapidly developing area.
The North Carolina Department of Transportation is undertaking a street resurfacing and redesigning project in downtown Chapel Hill and Carrboro.
Chapel Hill is home to many unique boutiques. For current and incoming UNC students looking for new clothes to wear to class this fall, look no further than Franklin Street.
For new students navigating the food scene near UNC's campus, here is a guide to some of the popular restaurants around Franklin Street.
For disabled veteran Darice Johnson, finding parking in downtown Chapel Hill can often be a challenge due to congestion on the small streets.
In celebration of the North Carolina men’s basketball team’s monumental NCAA Tournament run, fans flocked to Franklin Street to buy UNC gear to remember the March Madness victories.
Immediately following the North Carolina men's basketball team's triumph over Duke in the Final Four, fans flooded Franklin Street — chanting, jumping over fires and climbing light poles.
In preparation for Saturday's Final Four game between UNC and Duke University, several bars, restaurants and UNC spaces are providing spaces to host fans who cannot attend the game in person, at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Anthony Knotts, who owns the newly-opened Seafood Destiny restaurant on Franklin Street, is being charged for allegedly writing and distributing false checks, in addition to charges related to an estimated $101,000 in debt.
Vicki Ryder, nearly 80 years old, stood on the street curb at the Peace and Justice Plaza on Franklin Street Sunday, waving a sign calling for peace in Ukraine.
Le Macaron, one of the newest businesses on Franklin Street, is an authentic French bakery that sits at the former site of Summit Coffee.
Students weren't expecting the North Carolina men’s basketball team to win Saturday night, let alone that they would rush Franklin Street afterward. But, as UNC's lead grew late in the game, people started leaving their TVs and lacing their shoes in anticipation of the tradition.
Last December, the Shrunken Head Boutique’s store manager and granddaughter of the shop founders, Melissa Pate, received a phone call from Chapel Hill Police. They said the store flooded.
1922 by Carolina Coffee Shop, a new grab-and-go style café located beside the original restaurant, had a soft opening to the public on Feb. 5 with condensed hours. The café will operate on its full schedule starting Monday.
As 2021 came to an end, five restaurants, several operated by business owners of color, opened their doors in downtown Chapel Hill — and there are more to come.
After staffing and supply chain issues that persisted once the pandemic began in spring 2020, businesses in downtown Chapel Hill are bouncing back.
As a part of UNC Facilities Services' Campus Master Plan, the University designed a proposed renovation for Franklin Street's Porthole Alley with Philadelphia architecture firm KieranTimberlake.
The Town of Chapel Hill will not preemptively close any roads for Halloween this year and has advised against attending the famous annual celebration on Franklin Street, according to a press release.
Social media influencer Joshua Schaffer has recently been spotted around Chapel Hill — and he's hard to miss.
When I envision UNC, I think of a few trademark places that are undeniably Carolina.