Local activists Neighborhoods for Responsible Growth are holding a forum this evening to discuss their and other local folks views of UNC’s Carolina North project:
In cooperation with a series of sponsors and collaborators, NRG will host a community forum on Carolina North, the proposed UNC research campus planned for the Horace Williams tract in Chapel Hill and Carrboro. The forum will take place the evening of June 4, 2007, at the Chapel Hill Town Council Chambers at 7:00 p.m. Forum topics will include a review of the most recent discussions and developments, and what these might mean for our community. Our panel will consist of community leaders who have been involved in the Leadership Advisory Committee discussions and other activities concerning this issue. The forum will include presentations from the panel and a question and answer session for citizens.
Click here for forum details.
Groups sponsoring tonight’s forum include:
- Neighborhoods for Responsible Growth (NRG)
- Orange-Chatham Sierra Club [most forum speakers belong]
- The Village Project
- Citizens United for Responsive Building (CURB) [Del Snow’s new group]
- Students United for a Responsible Global Environment (SURGE)
- Citizen Action for Responsible Roads (CARR)
- Friends of Bolin Creek
What? No Chamber of Commerce sustainability folks?
Mike Collins, the NRG’s “go to guy” wrote a column on tonight’s event for the Chapel Hill News
Imagine…
Imagine a thriving research community in the heart of Chapel Hill — a home for innovative technologies and business opportunities, a model of sustainability, self-sufficient, self-powered, a place of the future on a footprint small enough to preserve the surrounding 700 acres of woodlands and streams. One that merges seamlessly into the surrounding community, accessible by a number of transit modes, and with green spaces and amenities that draw citizens from everywhere.
Or…imagine a development the size of five Southpoint shopping malls, traditional buildings with massive parking lots, gridlock as people fill the roads on their way home to northern Orange, Alamance, and Chatham counties. Imagine more and more days with air pollution advisories. Imagine water shortages and increased taxes brought on by poor planning and lack of foresight.
There’s a fairly developed thread discussing the forum, its participants and other ephemera over here on OrangePolitics.
This will be a great opportunity to hear different perspectives on Carolina North.
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