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How Are We Connected?
Greenways are great in the right places, but not in the riparian zone. This map shows existing and planned bike connections. Read about the three alternatives to the proposed N-S paved bikeway along the creek that will not harm waterways and the sensitive riparian...
Friends of Bolin Creek Kick Off New 2022-23 Board & Committees with Monarch Butterfly Release
Friends of Bolin Creek elected our new Board of Directors and Conservation Committee members and celebrated with a release of Monarch butterflies on Friday, September 9th at Umstead Park along Bolin Creek. Xilong Zhao gave each of us a newly hatched butterfly to...
“The Scientists Speak”
At What Cost? A Community Information Session on Chapel Hill’s Coal Ash
"At What Cost? A Community Information Session on the Hazards of Chapel Hill's Coal Ash" View the June 22nd Webinar The Chapel Hill Town Council has decided to move ahead with a plan to put offices and housing on top of a coal ash landfill located underneath the...
Town Council Continues Plans to Develop on Coal Ash Site
April 26 The Chapel Hill Town Council will review a concept plan for the redevelopment of 828 MLK, the present Police Department offices on April 27th. Given the public interest in this topic, we don't know why the Council has placed the consideration of the concept...
Letter to Chapel Hill Town Council
January 31, 2021 Dear Mayor Hemminger and Members of the Town Council, The Southern Environmental Law Center and Friends of Bolin Creek are concerned that the town is proceeding with a plan to build housing on top of the coal ash site at the Police Station property...