Chapel Hill residents adjust as students move off campus
As students move off campus, some long-term residents are worried about the potential risk for increased exposure to COVID-19.
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Numbers show over-policing in historically Black areas, and history tells more
Historically Black neighborhoods in Chapel Hill have experienced disproportionate policing, but the numbers only tell part of the story. Gentrification over the past decade has changed the demographics of neighborhoods and therefore who commits crimes. Longtime residents say they've seen a double standard in how the law is enforced, but Chapel Hill Police Chief Chris Blue said the police department works hard to avoid that. “I’ve seen the positive side of the police department and the negative side of the police department,” Northside resident Delores Bailey said.
The Jackson Center has built community for years in Northside and Pine Knolls neighborhoods
The Marian Cheek Jackson Center is a non-profit dedicated to building community in Chapel Hill's Northside and Pine Knolls neighborhoods. The organization has worked alongside UNC students since its beginning and UNC recently gave the organization a $3 million loan to continue its work in the community. “I remember growing up with neighbors that knew each other, sharing joys and sorrows, knowing who lived around you, which brought safety because you knew who your neighbors were,” said Kathy Atwater, the center’s community advocacy specialist. “The Jackson Center has become a part of the community, not just someone outside looking in."
UNC class studies social change through service with The Marian Cheek Jackson Center
A UNC class is partnering with The Marian Cheek Jackson Center through APPLES Service-Learning to focus on social change and globalization.
What it was like to be a Black student in Chapel Hill 60 years ago
David Mason Jr. recalls walking every morning in the muddy, unpaved streets of the Northside neighborhood to attend class at Orange County Training School.
Northside Neighborhood Initiative works on affordable housing
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.
Good Neighbor Initiative aims to bring community together
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.
Northside Festival will celebrate community this Saturday
From gospel choirs to old-fashioned field games and free food, the Northside Festival will have something for everyone.
Student renters and long-term residents in Northside are adjusting
The Northside neighborhood in Chapel Hill is an unusual blend of long-time residents and student renters cycling in and out with the school year.
Competition for housing helps drive Chapel Hill rent up to highest in state
Chapel Hill rent prices are rising — in February, the town saw a 6 percent jump in rent, according to a recent report on rental markets around the country.
Longtime Northside resident Marian Cheek Jackson remembered for a life of friendship
Marian Cheek Jackson never met a stranger. The lifelong Chapel Hill resident, 92, who died on March 4, was known to call the community center named after her in Northside to make sure someone was checking up on her neighbors.
Northside expected to receive affordable housing as part of Habitat for Humanity partnership
The Chapel Hill Downtown Partnership and Habitat for Humanity of Orange County are working together in the coming months to construct affordable housing in the Northside neighborhood.
Meeting held between town of Chapel Hill residents to discuss West Rosemary development
Construction may seem to be coming to a close on Rosemary Street, but a whole lot more is just beginning.
Northside Neighborhood Initiative celebrates success of its first year
Since its launch in March 2015, the Northside Neighborhood Initiative has worked to improve affordable housing options in the neighborhood, among other objectives.
Habitat luncheon kicks off new project in historic Northside neighborhood
Habitat for Humanity of Orange County hosted the Henry Clark Society Luncheon Friday at the Carolina Inn to recognize donors and to celebrate the kick-off of Habitat’s work in the Northside neighborhood in Chapel Hill.
A year out, Northside Neighborhood Initiative is making strides
Northside has seen its share of gentrification in the past 30 years.
New Senate bill requires changes to Northside district
A bill passed through the North Carolina General Assembly in June will require Chapel Hill to make changes to the Northside conservation district.
Northside open house brings up new proposed regulation
James Pendergraft and his family have lived in the historic Chapel Hill Northside neighborhood his entire life. He claims he is descended from a slave of Joseph Caldwell, the first president of UNC.
Fix-A-Home transforms Northside home
More than 20 people stood in the house of Jewel Francis, Northside resident, waiting for her to arrive on Friday
Habitat for Humanity brushes four families with kindness in Northside
“If I can do my duties as a good man ought, if I can bring back beauty to a world up wrought, if I can spread love’s message that the master taught, then my living shall not be in vain,” sang Prince Taylor, owner of a freshly painted house.
