Saturday, March 29, 2014

Friday, March 28, 2014

The Story of Cities: Global and Local Perspectives on the Quest for Thriving and Sustainable Communities

Another event in Chapel Hill Central that I cannot attend because there is no bus running here to Southern Village after the event.

Weaver Street Market - Joe Van Gogh, Orange County, NC

And this will be another.

Weaver Street Market - Counter Culture Coffee, Durham, NC

This will be one of my options.

Weaver Street Market - Coffee Bar

I intend to make this my first stop.

NSC Study

Eating, drinking, shopping, servicing, seeing are all inside the horribly-named North-South Corridor. First, let's pick another name: how about the Central Chapel Hill?
If I can squeeze out the time, I hope to write occasionally about this area and note places that our Chapel Hill Transit can take us to get more out of this part of town. (And let me note right up front, I have no relationship - financial or otherwise - with Chapel Hill Transit or any business interest in the area other than my home in Southern Village and my wife's interest in Ipas, the Southern Village-based international women's health organization that she leads.)
I hope to start off with a kind of wakeup tour of the area, by bus. My focus will be coffee. Stay tuned.....

Town of Carrboro: New, Improved Web Site Coming This Summer - Chapelboro.com

Looking forward to see what they do!

Free Bus Rides May Soon Be History in Chapel Hill-Carrboro - Chapelboro.com

It seems to me that we should simultaneously increase the cost of parking everywhere served by buses.

Town Council Seeks County Buy-In For Ephesus-Fordham Plan - Chapelboro.com

I fear that neither body knows what it is doing.

Thursday, March 27, 2014

North South Study

Note that Obey Creek presented here as a fait accompli.

Durham / Chapel Hill – Source Magazine - Restaurants, Shopping, Services and Local Events 2014

This seems to be done extremely well. I hope they succeed!

Wednesday, March 26, 2014

OC Raccoon Rabies Cases Could Be On The Rise In 2014 - Chapelboro.com

Where is the map of where each raccoon was found or where an incident occurred?

NextBus Map

Why do they insist on a Java-based service here? Are there not alternatives?

Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Chapel Hill Emergency Drivers Want You to 'See the Light' - Chapelboro.com

We should see a lot more of this.

Smoking Proves Hard to Shake Among the Poor - NYTimes.com

Great chart here. It shows, among other things that we have dropped from 21 to 15% (1996 To 2012) in overall percentage of adults who smoke in Orange County. Durham went from 23 to 17%, Chatham 23 to 18%. We can still do so much better!

Monday, March 24, 2014

Commuters Ditch Cars For Public Transit In Record Numbers : NPR

What are the numbers for Chapelboroham?

About | The ArtsCenter

Why do they no longer list their Board of Directors?

All Economics Is Local - NYTimes.com

What would the impact be on Chapelboroham?

Sunday, March 23, 2014

Thursday, March 20, 2014

RALEIGH: DENR cites Duke Energy for illegal Cape Fear coal ash pumping | State Politics | NewsObserver.com

Let's hope that this pushes us back to being the environmentally-protective state that I recall NC being when we moved here 15 years ago!

Wednesday, March 19, 2014

Monday, March 17, 2014

Monday, March 10, 2014

Paper, Plastic Or Neither | TIME.com

So much more complicated than it might otherwise seem.

Saturday, March 8, 2014

AARP

Super service!

AARP

Why are we not hearing more about this from local leaders?

Consumer fraud

This ought to get more attention!

Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Sunday, March 2, 2014

A Community Center for All Income Levels - NYTimes.com

Why can't we all get together in Chapelboroham and make this happen here?

Saturday, March 1, 2014

Fathers’ Sons and Brothers’ Keepers - NYTimes.com

What are the stats for Chapelboroham? How many opportunities are there for surrogates to help fill some of the void simply by caring about kids?