Citizen Will

Tag: UNC

  • Airport Conundrum: Southwest Orange County Community Wonders Why

    Sponsored by southwest Orange County residents Tony Blake, Walt Lobotsky, Clifford Leath, Deonna Angelillo, and Susan Lombardo, tonight’s community meeting (WEBSITE) discussing the siting of a new UNC airport, was packed. Roughly 270 folks, from all around the county, attended the meeting to find out the latest on UNC’s (and now, as reported, Orange County’s […]

  • Joining the Air Force – Authority

    As noted by Chapel Hill News Editor Mark Schultz here [OrangeChat] and here [N&O], I’ve asked the Orange County Board of Commissioners to consider appointing me to the new UNC Airport Authority (more on that here [UNC News] and here [N&O]). Dear Commissioners, I’m asking for an appointment to UNC’s new Airport Authority. As a […]

  • Murder does not come often to Chapel Hill?

    “Murder does not come often to Chapel Hill” sums up what I’ve heard frequently today in the wake of Eve Carson’s tragic death. The Mayor said it. WCHL’s Ron Stutts and Natasha Vukelic repeated the sentiment on my drive home. Chief Curran, at the 5:30 CHPD, said it was one reason Eve Carson remained unidentified […]

  • Eve Carson, An Unfortunate Loss

    [UPDATE 5:31pm] Over at the impromptu memorial behind the “Y”, WTVD 11 is reporting that the SUV has been found and is currently being processed by the CHPD crime unit. [UPDATE 5:50] Further coverage from 1360 WCHL. [UPDATE: 6:16PM] The Chancellor’s remarks via 1360WCHL.com here [MP3]. ORIGINAL POST The young woman found fatally shot on […]

  • Election 2007: Chapel Hill Sierra Club Forum

    Here’s the Chapel Hill Sierra Club forum. I’ll be adding some commentary about clear contrasts in environmental policy between the incumbents and the non-incumbents, how we should “walk the talk” on environmental protections – making both large and incremental improvements in our Town’s commitment, and how current policy sets goals the Council never plans to […]

  • Election 2007: On Environment, Early to the Carolina North Party

    I’m a longtime watchdog of the UNC development process. UNC, with Carolina North, started off as they had with many of their main campus projects – discounting our community’s concerns and dispensing with residents input. I knew there had to be a better way to work towards a satisfactory conclusion for both our University and […]

  • Free Prostate Exams Thursday Sept. 20th

    [UPDATE] Thanks Fred, that was PROSTATE not PROSTRATE (that’s what I get with 3 hours of sleep). From today’s Daily Tar Heel Prostate cancer will kill 27,000 men in the U.S. this year who might have survived with early treatment. So UNC urologists will be giving free prostate screenings today as part of Prostate Cancer […]

  • Rogers Road Community: A Unified Front

    Rev. Campbell David Richter Tracy Coleman Jeff Kingman Jeanne Stroud Nancy Ignia Sharon Cook The Rogers-Eubanks Coalition to End Environmental Racism, a coalition of the Chapel Hill -Carrboro Branch of the NAACP Environmental Justice Network West End Revitalization Association Women’s International League of Peace and Freedom Orange County Progressive Democrats and members of UNC-CH Faculty, […]

  • Carolina North: The Next Neighborhood For Responsible Growth Forum

    The NRG is sponsoring a follow up forum on Carolina North August 29th, 7-8:30pm at the Chapel Hill Library. The CHPL meeting space is quite a bit tighter so get there early. Direct link to June NRG forum. Dear Fellow Citizens: Please join us for a public meeting on Carolina North Wednesday night, August 29, […]

  • Shearon-Harris: Fire in the Whole

    It appears that Progress Energy has prevailed against local concerns the fire safety and overall security of their Shearon-Harris facility is less than adequate: Progress Energy has cleared a hurdle in its bid to extend the operating license of the Shearon Harris nuclear plant by 20 years. The Raleigh utility persuaded administrative law judges to […]

  • Carolina North: What The Board Heard

    The July 31st Carolina North community outreach meeting was supposed to cover the same ground as last week’s presentation to UNC’s Board of Trustees. While Jack Evans might have presented the same material, my guess is the community’s reception was somewhat less excepting than the BOTs. The 4pm session ran to 5:30 and was well […]

  • Carolina Innovation Center: Alexandria Equities, the Citizens Partner?

    At yesterday’s UNC Board of Trustees meeting, the Carolina Innovation Center took center stage when Carolina North’s quarterback Jack Evans confirmed it as the first step in Carolina North’s development. The center will be sited upon the recently vacated Chapel Hill municipal facility. Jack has written a Sunday column for the Chapel Hill News, a […]

  • Carolina North Forum: Another Perspective…The Video

    June 4th, 2007, several local grassroot organizations sponsored a forum on Carolina North (Carolina North Forum: Another Perspective”). It was an opportunity for folks within our community to ask questions and contribute suggestions on how best to address the challenges and potential rewards of UNC’s overflow campus. Direct link to movie. Mike Collins (pictured above […]

  • UNC BOT Chairman Perry: Carolina North “…before it’s too late”

    They say history has a way of repeating itself. The trustees, led by new chairman and Chapel Hill developer Roger Perry, are full steam ahead on the project. Final trustee approval is expected in September, with a plan to be submitted to the town by the end of October. “The time of talking about Carolina […]

  • Carolina North: Not So Innovative Location for the Innovation Center?

    As I predicted (“Carolina North: What’s Next?”) last week, the Carrboro Citizen is reporting that UNC is prepared to move the Carolina North Innovation Center north of Estes to sit roughly on the Town’s former municipal services site. Not a hard guess given UNC’s Jack Evans recent comments. …one indication that the university is intent […]