The town’s future hinges on whether it can build the retail, office and residential space that companies and their employees want, Chapel Hill’s economic development director said.
Published: May. 18, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
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Chapel Hill economic development Director Dwight Bassett said there are specific areas where the town has potential to grow over the next 10 years.
Published: May. 18, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
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The Chapel Hill Town Council’s recent decision to charge drivers using town-owned park-and-ride lots has the Carrboro Board of Aldermen debating parking fees in its downtown.
Published: May. 15, 2013 11:30 AM | Full story
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Chapel Hill town officials hope a budding partnership will improve communication, increase compliance with regulations and give tenants a tool to find quality housing.
Published: May. 14, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
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Ancient followers of the philosopher Aristotle would take walks together and debate questions of science and ethics. They called themselves the peripatetic school, referring to the Greek word for walking.
Published: May. 14, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
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The U.S. Postal Service will stay at the Timberlyne Shopping Center, a postal official said Friday.
Published: May. 7, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
Sharon Collins was talking with a customer about a graduation party when she heard Kool and the Gang outside her Carrboro business’s front door.
Published: May. 7, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
The Launch business incubator is one piece of an economic plan, but it shows what the town, county and university can do together, officials said at an open house Wednesday.
Published: May. 4, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
Thirty people showed up for a Town Council meeting Monday to seek a bigger role in deciding the future of the proposed Obey Creek development on U.S. 15-501.
Published: May. 3, 2013 10:33 AM | Full story
Workers lined up to sign a Carolina blue beam before hoisting it into place Thursday atop the new UNC hospital south of Hillsborough.
Published: May. 2, 2013 7:06 PM | Full story
The public is invited to tour Launch Chapel Hill, downtown Chapel Hill’s first startup accelerator from 3 to 6 p.m. Wednesday.
Published: Apr. 30, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
Maple View Farm is voluntarily recalling pint containers of Cookies & Cream, Carolina Crunch and Cookie Dough ice cream because the products contain allergens that were not declared on package labels.
Published: Apr. 26, 2013 5:52 PM | Full story
Northside neighbors and community leaders have a draft housing action report in hand nine months after sitting down together.
Published: Apr. 24, 2013 11:38 AM | Full story
The city of Durham is taking steps to provide water and sewer service to a planned economic development district next to the city limits in Orange County. Under city policy, an actual utility extension would mean annexation across the county line.
Published: Apr. 20, 2013 3:45 PM | Full story
The Town Council asked for more information but leaned toward cutting a local food truck fee Wednesday to attract vendors.
Published: Apr. 12, 2013 12:00 AM | Full story
140 West’s modern brick and glass construction replaces a longtime parking lot with a mix of condominiums and ground floor retail and restaurants. It will open with an official public celebration April 26.
Published: Apr. 10, 2013 5:48 PM | Full story
Today, after an uneasy timeline that wound its way through neighborhood conflicts, a national financial crisis, anarchist bomb threats, cost overruns, foreclosure and sale, Greenbridge is still on its way to fulfilling all the promises that were sold with it.
Published: Apr. 9, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
The Town Council will consider tonight whether to cut the cost and increase the locations for food truck vendors to do business.
Published: Apr. 8, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
Business owner says small private haulers could be at risk if the county franchises curbside trash and recycling.
Published: Apr. 7, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
Orange County residents will spend an extra 50 cents for every $100 purchase when the sales tax rate rises Monday to pay for transit improvements.
Published: Mar. 31, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
A developer wants to transform the old Triem-Electric Inc. property at 501 S. Greensboro St. into a retail spot connecting southern Carrboro to downtown.
Published: Mar. 29, 2013 1:15 PM | Full story
The owner of Franklin Street’s Lantern restaurant plans to replace a well-known mural that was on the side of her building with outdoor gardens and vine-covered walls.
Published: Mar. 26, 2013 12:00 AM | Full story
The Town of Carrboro has bought the former Andrew-Riggsbee Hardware Store property at 203 S. Greensboro St. for $600,000, town leaders said Monday.
Published: Mar. 19, 2013 6:17 PM | Full story
After three months of construction, the staircases in every building at Collins Crossing are safe by town standards.
Published: Mar. 9, 2013 12:00 AM | Full story
Northside residents can get in on the ground floor next week of a West Rosemary Street residential and retail construction project.
Published: Mar. 9, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
The new Chatham County Walmart has opened an employment center at the Bold Building, 50101 Governors Drive.
Published: Mar. 8, 2013 11:47 AM | Full story
Downtown Chapel Hill lost a Franklin Street institution Monday night when Pepper’s Pizza, once known as the punk rock pizza place, served its last slice.
Published: Mar. 5, 2013 5:19 PM | Full story
Racquetball players and former board members, asked the Chapel Hill-Carrboro YMCA Board of Directors last week to reconsider the future of the facility’s racquetball courts openly. Board members thanked those who spoke, then shut the doors on them.
Published: Mar. 2, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
A crowd of more than 100 people who came to the Board of Aldermen meeting Tuesday night to speak against a proposed new CVS in downtown Carrboro never got the chance.
Published: Mar. 1, 2013 12:36 PM | Full story
The Town Council approved tripling the number of students at a residential project within walking distance of downtown Wednesday despite some reservations.
Published: Feb. 28, 2013 7:57 AM | Full story
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