Jordan Barish

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Amelie (left) and Lex Coelho started an online forum for Chapel Hill-Carrboro residents to ask for and receive help during the coronavirus epidemic. Photo courtesy of Lex Coelho.

Here's how a UNC alum and CHCCS student addressed coronavirus needs in their community

UNC alum Lex Coelho and her sister Amelie created Chapel Hill Community Post last week to serve as a forum for both needs and offers that community members have as a result of COVID-19.

A pair of construction workers work on an ongoing project on East Rosemary Street on March 4, 2020. The project includes a sky bridge that will stretch across East Rosemary Street.

Here's what you missed at Wednesday's Chapel Hill Town Council meeting

By Meredith Radford and Jordan Barish

The Town Council unanimously passed the motion authorizing a memorandum of understanding with Grubb Properties for the East Rosemary Downtown Redevelopment Project. Additionally, the Council also passed a motion to move forward in an incentive agreement with Well Dot, Inc. (Well).

A car drives by the parking lot on 300 E. Main St. on Oct. 7, 2019. Carrboro is hiring a consultant to review its options regarding parking. Some of the options are paid parking, more enforcement and a parking deck.

An updated study in Carrboro aims to determine how parking is used downtown

By Jordan Barish

This study could provide insight on how many people park downtown and where they park so that Carrboro can plan for an adequate parking program.

Food Council members and elected officials learn about the importance of school gardens at a school garden tour at Estes Hill Elementary led by the CHCCS Sustainability Director Dan Schnitzer. Photo courtesy of Ashley Heger.

To combat food insecurity, Orange County's food council aims to change policy

By Jordan Barish

The 15-member council has seats for each elected body, including representatives from the Orange County Board of County Commissioners, Hillsborough Board of Commissioners, Carrboro Town Council and Chapel Hill Town Council. A fifth designated seat goes to a representative from the Orange County Agricultural Preservation Board, whose role is to represent agriculture and farming.

Dancers at the Near & Far Festival, which is scheduled for April 19th this year. Photo courtesy of Near & Far Festival | Chapel Hill Community Arts & Culture.

Chapel Hill arts and culture division wants to focus on sustainability in the future

By Jordan Barish

In a recent town meeting, Chapel Hill Community Arts and Culture details how they plan to lead by example, and plan events that are not only more sustainable, but inclusive as well.

The Sonja Haynes Stone Center pictured on UNC's campus on Sunday, Feb. 9, 2020. The Stone Center will serve as a voting location for the Democratic primary on Tuesday, March 3, 2020.

North Carolina residents will vote in March this year and here's why it matters:

By Jordan Barish

North Carolina began discussing the possibility of moving up the election date in 2016. During the 2017-2018 session, the General Assembly passed a bill mandating that primary elections will be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in March for all even-numbered election years, starting in 2019.