Monday, October 27, 2014
Saturday, October 25, 2014
Thursday, October 23, 2014
Friends of Downtown Chapel Hill
Another of those Trojan Horse groups. Who, exactly, are these people? Who is paying the bill?
Tuesday, October 21, 2014
The Daily Tar Heel :: Cheaper housing needed, Chapel Hill Town Council says
It really is amateur heaven.
Monday, October 20, 2014
Where Young College Graduates Are Choosing to Live - NYTimes.com
Are we paying enough attention to this?
Historic Loss May Follow Rise of Rents in Barcelona - NYTimes.com
Why can't we muster the creativity and resolve to avoid this in Chapelboroham?
Sunday, October 19, 2014
Friday, October 17, 2014
Pedestrian Lane Sought for Verrazano-Narrows Bridge - NYTimes.com
Almost as dangerous as walking on South Columbia St as it begins over 54 south of Chapel Hill - or maybe that is still 15-501 til the other side?
Wednesday, October 15, 2014
Marketplace Tech for Wednesday, October 15, 2014 | Marketplace.org
The Responsive City book may be useful.
Tuesday, October 14, 2014
The Daily Tar Heel :: Chapel Hill works on cyclist street safety
A basic question of priorities. Why does a gate come down when railroads pass and none when a pedestrian does?
Sunday, October 12, 2014
Local shopping
By definition, whenever we look to buy something that we can retrieve in a short walk or drive, we are shopping locally. Does that idea of local bring anything with it. I am not at all sure we are focusing enough on the process of how we do this.
Consider my wanting to buy a heating pad or wrap that I could reheat in the microwave. I had one that I am pretty sure I bought at CVS, but when I went to the store, no sign of it. I asked a manager there and it did not ring a bell with her. So looked on the CVS site when I got home and no luck there either. A number of Google searches did not reveal the exact item that I wanted but gave me some leads both to shop locally and online.
There is something missing in that process - knowledgeable human intervention. We become far too reliant on Aunt Google to answer every query when a knowledgeable pharmacy store person ought to be able to send me precisely in the right direction - perhaps not to replace the one that I have, but maybe that human advisor could recommend a better option. The CVS manager was not in a position to do this, it seemed.
We have lost so much in the local shopping experience. I had hoped that the new name of CVS - CVSHealth - might yield more than marquee changes, but so far, none.
Consider my wanting to buy a heating pad or wrap that I could reheat in the microwave. I had one that I am pretty sure I bought at CVS, but when I went to the store, no sign of it. I asked a manager there and it did not ring a bell with her. So looked on the CVS site when I got home and no luck there either. A number of Google searches did not reveal the exact item that I wanted but gave me some leads both to shop locally and online.
There is something missing in that process - knowledgeable human intervention. We become far too reliant on Aunt Google to answer every query when a knowledgeable pharmacy store person ought to be able to send me precisely in the right direction - perhaps not to replace the one that I have, but maybe that human advisor could recommend a better option. The CVS manager was not in a position to do this, it seemed.
We have lost so much in the local shopping experience. I had hoped that the new name of CVS - CVSHealth - might yield more than marquee changes, but so far, none.
Roger Waldon: Here come self-driving cars | Guest Columns | ChapelHillNews.com
I wonder which clients are served by this?
Saturday, October 11, 2014
Friday, October 10, 2014
The Daily Tar Heel :: Chapel Hill's fraud cases increase exponentially
This needs to be addressed across the whole of Chapeboroham.
Thursday, October 9, 2014
Roger PERRY
It seems to me we should be looking hard at the economic and, especially, the development power being exercised by just one person/firm in Chapelboroham, and more specifically, in Chapel Hill. How much power does he/it have, how it is being used, how might it be used - all with what effect on the rest of us and those who have some sort of business relationship with him or his firm?
Wednesday, October 8, 2014
Tuesday, October 7, 2014
The Daily Tar Heel :: Office space leaves room for growth in Chapel Hill
How to put this in better context?
The Daily Tar Heel :: UNC School of Law still needs space
So much for a "grand" plan. Impact on UNC? Students? Chapel Hill?
Sunday, October 5, 2014
The Daily Tar Heel :: Opinion: Chapel Hill isn’t walkable until sidewalks are safer
It requires a lot more than safety as important as that fundamental is.
Former history department chair Lloyd Kramer takes on a new task | The Herald-Sun
They have a lot of great lecture topics.
Connection fee?
How about a pedestrian connection fee for every new project? In addition to carefully planning pedestrian movement in and around new construction, why not add a proportionate fee to help fund more of the pedestrian network elsewhere in the Town?
Saturday, October 4, 2014
Your letters, Oct. 1: Butch Kisiah, Eric Hyman, Carol Hubbell Boggs, Shari Elliott | Letters | ChapelHillNews.com
Note first two letters on STANCIL.
HILLSBOROUGH: Hillsborough to open completed Riverwalk on Oct. 11 | Hillsborough | ChapelHillNews.com
Seems like a real plus, but not clear how one would use it yet.
The Walking Classroom Combines Education with Activity
We should have walking businesses and neighborhoods, too!
As Housing Costs Soar, San Francisco Seeks Ballot Solution - NYTimes.com
How to track alongside Chapelboroham?
Where "affordable housing" is a $269,000 townhome | Citizen | Indy Week
We need to lay out the whole picture for Chapelboroham.
Friday, October 3, 2014
Thursday, October 2, 2014
Domain Name Registration | Domain Name Search | NetworkSolutions.com
You have to ask how Chapelboroham could win the domain war?
Wednesday, October 1, 2014
In a Long Island Hamlet, a Downtown Is Being Built From Scratch - NYTimes.com
What could we learn for Chapelboroham?
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