The Orange County Board of County Commissioners and the Chapel Hill Town Council both passed a resolution last week that will permit the development of a 167-acre plot of land in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro area, providing room for affordable and mixed-income housing as well as a future school and outdoor recreational site.
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“We didn’t have any power, so we had to put people in office that thought like us, and that’s what we started doing,” Caldwell said. “And we have to make sure that we keep those (people) in there.”
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OWASA's main system improvement for the upcoming year is a new water main assessment and prioritization model.
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A zoning project for the Rogers Road neighborhood, created together with members of the community, aims to protect existing residents while paving the way for new businesses and housing developments.
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This past September, the UNC Board of Governors voted to ban litigation work done by the UNC School of Law’s Center for Civil Rights — which provided pro bono work to low-income communities — on the belief that this should not be the center’s focus.
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Chapel Hill's municipal solid waste continues to find itself in the backyard of low-income communities, despite the town's best efforts to keep landfills out of these areas.
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