May is National Bike Month and Chapel Hill and Carrboro are celebrating through activities like the Bike & Roll to School Day, the Chapel Hill Bike On Bus Workshop and the Carrboro Bike Breakfast and Ride into Pride. Both towns are both recognized as silver-level Bicycle Friendly Communities by the League of American Bicyclists for their bikeable infrastructure.
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On April 14, Kimberly Jones became the 2023 Burroughs Wellcome Fund North Carolina Teacher of the Year. She will spend the next year traveling around the state to serve as a teacher ambassador.
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To combat Chapel Hill’s unstable housing climate, the Chapel Hill planning department and Town Council are considering a LUMO amendment that would allow duplexes alongside single-family homes. Some community members have pushed back in the name of historical preservation.
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Two local affordable housing nonprofits, EMPOWERment, Inc. and CASA, are embarking on their first solarization projects with the help of SolarEquity, a nonprofit organization and club at UNC that works to install solar panels on affordable housing developments.
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To celebrate Women’s History Month, Chapel Hill Community Arts & Culture selected Janvika Shah to create a piece of art for a bus shelter on South Road on UNC’s campus. With her illustration, which depicts a variety of women, Shah hoped to uplift marginalized identities.
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Cases of syphilis, a sexually transmitted infection caused by bacteria, are rising in North Carolina. The state saw an overall 23 percent increase in cases from 2021 to 2022, with cases in women rising 133 percent from 2019 to 2022.
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Earth Day is annually a big day of celebration in the Chapel Hill and Carrboro area. This year is no different. All around Chapel Hill and Carrboro on Saturday and Sunday, organizations hosted and are hosting events that combine outdoor learning with fun.
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The Chapel Hill Town Council discussed topics including the use of American Rescue Plan Act funds and two conditional zoning applications for developments that would offer affordable housing units at a meeting on Wednesday.
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The Orange County Board of County Commissioners met on Tuesday to discuss property tax appeal bias, funding for the Chapel Hill Public Library and updates to opioid concerns.
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According to the United States Department of Agriculture, areas with large numbers of "households with low incomes, inadequate access to transportation and a limited number of food retailers providing fresh produce and healthy groceries for affordable prices" are commonly referred to as food deserts. Although Chapel Hill is wealthy relative to North Carolina and the country, communities in some parts of the Town don't have access to affordable and healthy groceries.
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"Chapel Hill needs more housing. To build more housing, we need to open up the zoning codes and allow for more density. The Town Council should pass its original proposal. It's not a solution to all of the housing issues in Chapel Hill, but it is a start."
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The median rent in Chapel Hill increased by 2.9 percent during the month of March, according to a recent report from the online rental marketplace Apartment List. Previously, the rent for a one-bedroom, multifamily home has increased by 24 percent since June 2021, according to The Chamber for a Greater Chapel Hill-Carrboro.
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This Saturday, the Caffeine Crawl is coming to Chapel Hill, Carrboro and Durham. The event features several area coffee and tea businesses, and participants can choose from four different routes.
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Starting on May 11, the Chapel Hill Police Department will host its weekly GEMS program for young women in the community. In the program, which the department has not held since 2019, the participants explore community-oriented careers, including those in police departments.
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Dozens of musicians have and will continue to perform at locations along Franklin Street as part of Downtown Live, a free outdoor concert series hosted by the Chapel Hill Downtown Partnership. The annual series began on March 25 and events will take place every Saturday and on the second Friday of each month throughout the spring.
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