Via e-mail:
Neighbors for Responsible Growth (NRG) will hold a candidate forum for the
eight Council candidates on Wednesday, September 23 at Town Hall from 7 - 9
pm. The event will be televised on the local channel and moderated by
former Mayor Jonathan Howes. All are invited.
Date:
Wednesday, September 23, 2009 - 3:00pm
Location:
Chapel Hill Town Hall, 405 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd
Found on Sierra Club website, but not a Sierra Club event.
Orange County Environmental Summit
Saturday, September 12, 10 a.m-12 p.m.
North Carolina Botanical Garden's Education Center, Chapel Hill
(Old Mason Farm Rd.)
This event is not sponsored by the Sierra Club. The following
paragraph was adapted from a portion of a press
release by the Orange County Environment and
Resource Conservation Department.
Keynote
speaker Dr. Larry Band will discuss storm water sustainability in
Orange County watersheds. Dr. Band is the Director of the UNC Institute
for the Environment and a Voit Gilmore Distinguished Professor in the
Geography Department. There will also be a panel of experts who will
discuss issues pertaining to the quality and quantity of water
resources in the county followed by questions from the audience.
Following the summit there will be an optional tour of the Botanical
Garden’s brand new Education Center. This will be the first public
event held at the Center, which was built using a variety of “green
building” technologies intended to achieve LEED-Platinum certification.
Date:
Saturday, September 12, 2009 - 6:00am
Location:
North Carolina Botanical Garden's Education Center, Chapel Hill
Date:
Wednesday, September 16, 2009 - 3:00pm
Location:
Old Courthouse, 100 E. King St., Hillsborough
Date:
Wednesday, October 7, 2009 - 2:30pm
Location:
Hargraves Center, Robeson Street, Chapel Hill
Date:
Monday, October 5, 2009 - 3:00pm
Location:
Town Hall, 405 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd., Chapel Hill
Date:
Saturday, September 26, 2009 - 9:00am
Location:
Umstead Park, Umstead Drive, Chapel Hill
Via e-mail from James Carnahan:
Chapel Hill Candidates Forum: Wed, Sept 9, 7-9pm:
Chapel Hill candidates for Mayor & Town Council
will answer questions prepared by the Orange-Chatham
Group of Sierra Club. Questions also can be submitted
from the audience. The event will be carried live on local
cable channel 18. Town Hall, 405 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd.
Chapel Hill. For more info: 942-6114
Date:
Wednesday, September 9, 2009 - 3:00pm
Location:
Town Hall, 405 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd. Chapel Hill
Via e-mail:
Chapel Hill Downtown Partnership Meet & Greet! Spanky's Restaurant
Thursday June, 4
4:00 pm to 6:00 pm Join the Chapel Hill Downtown Partnership in
welcoming our new Executive Director, Jim Norton to Downtown Chapel
Hill! There will be a brief introduction followed by a time to meet Jim
and mingle with other members of the community. There will be light
hors d'oeuvres and refreshments along with a cash bar. Spanky's is
located at 101 East Franklin Street. For more information please
contact the Chapel Hill Downtown Partnership at 967-9440 or
partnership@downtownchapelhill.com.
Date:
Thursday, June 4, 2009 - 12:00pm
Location:
Spanky's, 101 East Franklin Street
Via UNC News Service:
For 37 years, the Rogers Road community in Chapel Hill has been at the center of a public debate about the impact of the Orange County Landfill, which borders the neighborhood.
An
exhibit opening June 12 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill will tell a deeper story, uncovering more than two centuries of
the community’s history.
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| | Irving and Frances Nunn with their children in 1927Photo credit: North Carolina Collection,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
The
exhibit, “We’re all Family Here: Preserving Community Heritage in the
Rogers Road Neighborhood of Chapel Hill,” will be open until Aug. 31 in
the North Carolina Collection Gallery of Wilson Library.
In a
free public program at 5:45 p.m. June 25 in the library, residents will
discuss their history. Panelists for the program, “Documenting
Neighborhood History in the Rogers Road Community of Chapel Hill,” will
include the Rev. Robert Campbell, other members of the community and
researcher Emily Eidenier. The program will follow a reception and
exhibit viewing at 5 p.m.
Date:
Thursday, June 25, 2009 - 1:00pm
Location:
NC Collection, Wilson LIbrary, UNC Campus
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