by admin | May 4, 2025 | Uncategorized
In its new 2025-26 budget proposal, the Town of Carrboro proposes to allocate $1.4 million in taxpayer funds for the design of a controversial greenway through Bolin Creek’s fragile riparian area. The council is expected to approve the final budget on June 3rd. It’s...
by admin | May 2, 2025 | Uncategorized
The Friends of Bolin Creek opposes using the town of Carrboro’s limited budget to design the greenway for several reasons, which are detailed here. 1. It’s poor timing in 2025 for Orange County towns to take on additional expenses when the County is resetting property...
by admin | Apr 25, 2025 | Coal Ash Dump and Bolin Creek
The Chapel Hill Town Council voted to approve the Brownfields Plan, allowing government buildings and a parking garage on top of the coal ash pile. The coal ash was landfilled decades before the former Police Department headquarters at 828 Martin Luther King, Jr....
by admin | Feb 16, 2025 | Uncategorized
On Saturday, February 1, 2025, a group of over 35 volunteers turned out for the “Live Stake Workshop.” Some wore waiders to stand in the creek while installing live stakes into the creek bank. If the planting is successful, each stake grows into a small...
by admin | Feb 10, 2025 | Birding, Bolin Creek, Bolin Creek Watershed, Bolin Creek Wildlife, Chapel Hill Stormwater Management Program Master Plan, Friends of Bolin Creek, Greenways see damage from floods, New greenway routes, Pavement next to creeks, Stream Buffers Chapel Hill
Bolin Creek Bikeway Extension. We want to improve biking connections, but not in riparian areas along stressed streams. The Town of Chapel Hill is asking for input on the proposed “Bolin Creek Greenway Extension” route. The existing Bolin Creek Greenway runs from...
