The project was developed by the Marian Cheek Jackson Center for Saving and Making History and aims to uplift voices, past and present, of Black Chapel Hill and Carrboro residents.
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David Mason Jr. recalls walking every morning in the muddy, unpaved streets of the Northside neighborhood to attend class at Orange County Training School.
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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.
Read More »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.
Read More »From gospel choirs to old-fashioned field games and free food, the Northside Festival will have something for everyone.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Construction may seem to be coming to a close on Rosemary Street, but a whole lot more is just beginning.
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Since its launch in March 2015, the Northside Neighborhood Initiative has worked to improve affordable housing options in the neighborhood, among other objectives.
Read More »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.
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Northside has seen its share of gentrification in the past 30 years.
Read More »A bill passed through the North Carolina General Assembly in June will require Chapel Hill to make changes to the Northside conservation district.
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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.
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