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Dave Cook, Naturalist, Walk in Bolin Forest
Join Us on Bolin Creek and in the Woods next Saturday morning With Dave Cook, author of the New Piedmont Almanac Saturday, Nov 9 at 10 am in Wilson Park Parking lot. Fall Naturalist Walk: Birds, Flowers, Nuts, Fruits, Mushrooms, Moss and Daytime Owlsand...
Learn about Chapel Hill and Carrboro candidates for Nov 5 election
Here is a complete recording of the October 2 Chapel Hill Town Council Candidate Forum sponsored by Friends of Bolin Creek and Neighbors for Responsible Growth View here: http://youtu.be/P-MMsFpUkF8...
Community Forum for Chapel Hill Council Candidates
“The Future of Chapel Hill and You” A Community Forum for Candidates for the Chapel Hill Town Council presented by Friends of Bolin Creek and Neighbors for Responsible Growth, and supported by many neighborhood and community groups. Wednesday, October 2, 7:00 - 9...
Gasoline in Booker Creek
On Thursday afternoon August 1st, the Contractor at the Family Fare BP station on MLK near Taylor Street dug a hole for a footing for a new canopy, part of a renovation project to spruce up the gas station in order to give patrons more room and protection to the...
Rain, floods, and greenways
Carrboro has begun to implement a Greenways Plan. To understand what the term "Greenway" means read more here. The first section to be paved is only months old. It begins opposite Estes Apartments on Estes Drive Extension. See #1 on this Map to orient you to the...
When it Rains it Pours: the Story of a Rain Garden that Failed
Chapel Hill experienced a “high intensity rainfall” on June 30th. While it’s no surprise when a series of storms cause gushing rain water to leap out of culverts and normal channels, the flash flood that followed was the surprise. It arose and disappeared quickly but...