Diane Fountain is seeing her plans to open the Ramshead Rathskeller delayed once again. Fountain hoped to open in 2010, then in August 2011 and then in early 2012 — but each time, she said, she hit roadblocks.
Bill Christian has spent almost five years waiting to build Charterwood, his mixed-use development. But, like many developers, he has had to combat a daunting town-approval process.
Ben and Jerry’s will reopen the doors of its Chapel Hill scoop shop — its first in North Carolina — Jan. 11, adding a new look and Auntie Anne’s Pretzels.
Alex Joustra says he has been looking for love in all the wrong places — but he lives in the right town to change that.
University Square on Franklin Street could be replaced with a development that would include apartments, an underground parking garage and extra office space. Developers for the project, called 123 West Franklin, shared plans for the first phase of development and received feedback at a public information meeting Thursday, a required step in the town’s application process.
Franklin Street’s high foot traffic has not been enough to attract enough customers to save some businesses.
Civil rights activists who dedicated their lives to promoting individual freedom in Chapel Hill were remembered and honored Sunday. The town added the names of Yonni Chapman, Rebecca Clark, Rev. Charles Jones and Dan Pollitt, to a granite plate in front of the post office at the Peace and Justice Plaza.
Students and Chapel Hill residents could see more food trucks in the near future if both Town Council members and owners of food trucks can agree on regulations.
Developers hope to address the growing demand for affordable housing with a new mixed-use complex in Carrboro.
Developers are looking into building a new CVS in Carrboro — a proposal that is in its earliest stages but has already met resistance from within the community.
