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Chantal Hits Chapel Hill and Carrboro Hard
The remnants of Chantal, a tropical storm, caused some of the worst flooding within memory for Chapel Hill and Carrboro businesses and residents. Eastgate Crossing flooded during Hurricane Florence in 2024, causing severe damage to the stores there, as well as...
Carrboro Council Budget Vote
Carrboro 25-26 Budget Results affecting Bolin Creek. The Town of Carrboro Town Council approved the 2025-26 budget proposal in June without using $1.4 million in taxpayer funds to design the controversial greenway through Bolin Creek’s fragile riparian area. Town...
Speak out for Bolin Creek before June 3rd Council meeting
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...
Speak Out to Protect the Creek
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...
Why Friends of Bolin Creek opposes the $1.4 million design plan for the Bolin Creek Greenway in Carrboro
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...
Coal Ash Found to be Even More Toxic, but the Council Approves the Brownfields Agreement Anyway
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....