Town Perspectives Archives - NEXT

PRESS RELEASE – NEXT Recommends Removing NCDOT Design From SPOT

NEXT — Tue, 06 Jun 2023 19:41:31 +0000

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NEXT Chapel Hill – Carrboro Calls on DCHCMPO to Remove NCDOT’s Exit 270 Interchange Re-Design from the State Prioritization Of Transportation (SPOT) Process Until NCDOT Coordinates with Local Government and Transit Agencies to Include Appropriate Transit Facilities in the Design June 5th, 2023 NCDOT has released a Read more…

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Wants and Needs on Legion Road

Simon Palmore — Tue, 13 Dec 2022 18:28:32 +0000

By Simon Palmore (@simon_palmore) On December 7, 2022, I joined with community members of all stripes at a meeting of the Chapel Hill Town Council to advocate for the use of the town-owned property on Legion Road for both affordable housing and parkspace. I was inspired by the vulnerability, tenacity, Read more…

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Everybody pees…

Molly De Marco — Mon, 15 Aug 2022 20:09:39 +0000

By Molly De Marco (@mollsdemarco) and Allison De Marco (@allisoncdemarco) Who doesn’t need a public restroom from time to time? Ever been waiting for the bus? Taking a walk? Attending a rally in Peace and Justice Plaza? This is an issue of human dignity. We need more public restrooms: places Read more…

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What Is a NIMBY?

NEXT — Sat, 13 Aug 2022 21:02:51 +0000

By Melissa McCullough (@MelissaMcCull20) How do you spot the wily NIMBY (Not In My BackYard person), camouflaged as they try to be amongst true environmentalists and neighborhood protectors? How do you identify them when they leave their habitats of leafy single-family neighborhoods and emerge to emit their calls in the Read more…

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