“When I understood the power of EmPOWERment — which was created by two students from UNC — and the the community, when I understand what the community was trying to do through EmPOWERment, it made me sign up," Delores Bailey, the executive director of EmPOWERment, said. "And I was hooked from that point on."
Amy Eckberg, Orange County sustainability programs manager, introduced the County’s 2023 Draft Climate Action Plan and updated Greenhouse Gas Inventory Report, which was expanded upon by project manager and Blue Strike Environmental CEO Kristin Cushman.
The Town of Carrboro will honor its first Black family, the Strayhorns, with a truth plaque on Sept. 1. Built in 1879 by Toney and Nellie Strayhorn, the structure has now been home to six generations of their descendants.
The Carrboro Farmers' Market celebrated National Farmers Market Week earlier this month. Local musicians performed, and a Carrboro radio station broadcasted the event live.
Rebecca Mormino will be the new executive director of the Chapel Hill Downtown Partnership, effective Aug. 14. Mormino has served as the assistant director of external affairs at UNC’s Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise and worked with local arts organizations, like Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, Hopscotch Music Festival and Merge Records.
The Uproar Festival of Public Art began on July 14 and ends on Aug. 12. The festival allows community members to vote on works by 60 artists from four states, in locations across Chapel Hill, Carrboro and Hillsborough.
Chapel Hill Transit has been awarded a $2.16 million grant by the Federal Transit Administration to improve bus stops and advance its Bus Stop Improvement Plan.
“Pride is also a protest of the hate, the discrimination, the marginalization that we continue to face,” Chapel Hill Mayor Pro Tempore Karen Stegman said. “Especially our trans community, most especially people of color and youth. We must stand together and be more visible than ever.”
Chapel Hill and Carrboro offer a variety of arts and culture organizations — concert venues, arts galleries, records stores and more. Schoolkids Records, Local 506, Peel and Cat's Cradle all provide unique services to the Chapel Hill-Carrboro community.
