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Improve Biking Connections, While We Protect our Streams
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...
It’s Time to Plant Natives Along Bolin Creek
Help Us Take a Positive Step Toward a Healthy Bolin Creek, Saturday, November 16, 2024 10:00 pm - 1:00 pm, Amber Court, Carrboro ABOUT THE PROJECT: We are calling one and all to help plant hundreds of native trees and plants in a Bolin Creek stream buffer located in...
Chapel Hill Proposes Coal Ash Development
Friends of Bolin Creek September 18, 2024 Good Evening, I am Julie McClintock, Co-President of Friends of Bolin Creek. This agreement is unacceptable because it does not suIiciently protect public health from onsite pollution. The fundamental problem is that the draft...
Friends of Bolin Creek Picnic
Friends of Bolin Creek supporters will celebrate Bolin Creek next Sunday afternoon, the 27th, from 4 to 6 PM at Jean Earnhardt‘s beautiful farm near Mapleview Farms downstream from the Creek Headwaters. There are a few places left before we reach 50 attendees....
Urgent: September 18th Public Hearing–Chapel Hill’s Brownfields Plan to Build on Coal Ash Dump
We won the battle against housing on the coal ash dump. But in the current plan, the Town is asking permission to leave all the coal ash dump perched just above the public greenway with minimal protective measures while constructing an office building and...
Comment period on coal ash development plan ends Tuesday, July 30th
Chapel Hill proposes building a government services complex on the coal ash pile at 828 MLK Jr. Blvd. with minimal protective measures. We find the present agreement does not protect public health and the environment for the following reasons. The NC Dept of the...