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Let me see if I've got this straight: Real estate developers want more say over real estate development?
The council is planning a 12-member committee with two Planning Board
members, one Transportation Board member, one Sustainability Committee
member, one Justice-in-Action Committee member, one business community
representative and five citizens at-large. The petitioners, many of
whom work in real-estate related fields, want to add six more members
to represent: small businesses, downtown businesses, development
professionals, large businesses, UNC-Chapel Hill and UNC Healthcare.
- OrangeChat: Business people want more representation on development task force, 5/4/09
I see.
I know that this is a "political" board but it seems like we have a lot of very "tech-savvy" people that post here. Is anyone else concerned that a contractor's mistake today, resulting in a cut in a fiber-optics network in Chapel Hill, resulted in a loss of communication amongst courthouses and county offices in all 100 NC counties?
Cut fiber line knocks out state courts' communications
http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/4949649/
I find this kind of disconcerting myself. It seems like the design of these systems has made us far, far too vulnerable. I think this is a political issue because it raises concerns for public health and welfare , at least IMHO.
Cool, but couldn't this have been hosted by a locally-owned business?
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Monday, April 13, 2009
Contact:
Carlo Robustelli : Mayoral Aide
Mayors Office : Town of Chapel Hill
405 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd
Chapel Hill, NC 27514-5705
Phone: (919) 968-2714
Fax: (919) 969-2063
Mayor Kevin Foy will participate in the first "Coffee with the Mayor," a special outreach initiative to residents at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, April 15, hosted by Starbucks in downtown Chapel Hill. Residents who are interested in discussing alternative transportation in Chapel Hill and the Triangle region are encouraged to attend.
Mayor Foy will share his perspective and hear citizen input on alternative transportation and how it fits in with a vision for the future of Chapel Hill and the region. The Mayor encourages everyone to join him in using alternative transportation on April 15as a great way to kick off the regional Smart Commute Challenge occurring April 15to May 30. Mayor Foy is scheduled to arrive on Franklin Street riding Chapel Hill Transit's G Bus at 9:20 a.m.
Starting at 10:30 a.m., residents are invited to join the Mayor for an informal "Walk and Talk" tour down Franklin Street in downtown Chapel Hill. The Mayor will discuss future areas of interest, new economic developments, historical areas of interest, and his vision for downtown. Residents will have an opportunity to ask the mayor questions in an informal setting while sharing their perspectives of downtown and the larger community.
"Coffee with the Mayor" will begin at 9:30 a.m. at Starbucks, 103 E. Franklin St. The Franklin Street "Walk and Talk" tour begins at 10:30 a.m. in front of Starbucks, 103 E. Franklin St.
All residents are invited to participate!
For more information about the Smart Commute Challenge please go to: http://www.smartcommutechallenge.org/.
Date:
Wednesday, April 15, 2009 - 5:30am
Location:
Starbucks, 103 E. Franklin St., Chapel Hill
How 'bout those Heels! They brought home the national championship and there seems to be a lot of pride all over in their success. We should be fired up over their success, as there aren't a lot of things making people happy these days.
We should also congratulate our town leaders and employees for all of their planning and hard work to ensure that there was a safe environment for all of the celebrations, and all of their hard work to quickly clean up the town. From news reports, there were only a couple of arrests and a few injuries (can someone explain the "thrill" of jumping over a fire?). Sounds to me that a good plan was well executed and a lot of restraint was exercised by our local sworn officers and those who came to support them.
It is nice to be in a town that has a mayor who is willing to speak to the
zeitgeist. Feeling it also, a couple of months ago I created these
designs ...
The
last one has been printed on t-shirts if anyone is interested in
partaking in some t-shirt activism ... now to show your support for our mayor's courage.
Changing our town's name by October 24
could turn an April Fools joke into a symbolic gesture to be heard
throughout the world in a time when action on climate change is dangerously
overdue. Can the joke go to symbol and then to action?
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