25 February 2009
"Retired faculty offer to teach for free next year" - Daily Tar Heel
Are there other versions of this covering people willing to contribute in specific areas? I think there is an Orange County program and there is the new site of the Triangle Community Foundation, but I don't see any requests coming from the Town of Chapel Hill, for example, for volunteers to contribute time based on their professional capabilities.
24 February 2009
Pedestrian injuries
We should have a Chapelboroham map like this one, constantly updated and available for all of us to see online. Why don't we have it?
18 February 2009
"Project gives Town Council pause" - chapelhillnews.com
What concerns me most about this project is the realization of how noisy the traffic is on 54. If one stands on any of the sidewalks, or in the parking lot at Glen Lennox, for example, it is a near constant roar.
Meadowmont is set back far enough to keep this to a minimum, but from a sheer livability standpoint, this is like living next to an Interstate highway unless one wants to live in a sound-insulated cubicle in one of those large buildings.
Surely, a smart designer could have made much better use of the land, but it probably would not have generated the return that this project may return, if ultimately successful.
They claim more than 50% of their units have been sold? I find it curious that they have run full page ads, as I recall, promoting their "success" and yet this number is not included in the story.
Meadowmont is set back far enough to keep this to a minimum, but from a sheer livability standpoint, this is like living next to an Interstate highway unless one wants to live in a sound-insulated cubicle in one of those large buildings.
Surely, a smart designer could have made much better use of the land, but it probably would not have generated the return that this project may return, if ultimately successful.
They claim more than 50% of their units have been sold? I find it curious that they have run full page ads, as I recall, promoting their "success" and yet this number is not included in the story.
16 February 2009
"Listening to History" - WUNC
More of what could be in a writing program in Chapelboroham.....along the lines of the one done back in the 30s.
15 February 2009
"Writers' Project Searched For American Stories" - NPR
Why don't we launch something like this in Chapelboroham with local funds?
Imagine all of the fascinating stories we could collect and share, offering anyone who chooses to accept payment, say, $50/contribution?
All fed into a giant wiki for Chapelboroham.....
Imagine all of the fascinating stories we could collect and share, offering anyone who chooses to accept payment, say, $50/contribution?
All fed into a giant wiki for Chapelboroham.....
14 February 2009
13 February 2009
"Valentine's Cupcakes From Nigella Lawson" - NPR
We certainly seem to be in serious cup cake expansion here in Chapelboroham!
How networked are we?
At a time when networks of people we know or to whom we can reach become more and more important, here's a simple question.....how well networked are we in Chapelboroham? Sure, we can reach the people we know or use Facebook et al to reach somewhat beyond that. But suppose you just want to reach out to someone you see in a shop, or even down the street, or in the news. How easy is it to find and attempt to connect with that person? Pretty hard, from my experience.
What if we created a directory of masked (to avoid spam) e-mail addresses for the whole area so anyone could send a note to anyone else? Real names but no e-mail addresses visible - it really works!
What if we created a directory of masked (to avoid spam) e-mail addresses for the whole area so anyone could send a note to anyone else? Real names but no e-mail addresses visible - it really works!
12 February 2009
28 January 2009
23 January 2009
"Economy slows Franklin building" - Daily Tar Heel
I think this demands an emergency community (in the internet and on-the-street sense of that word) response.
22 December 2008
15 December 2008
13 December 2008
10 December 2008
"Shopping District Tries Soft Selling for Holidays" - NYTimes.com
How about our downtown areas in Chapelboroham doing more of this?
09 December 2008
"Dillard's Investors Press Further on Records" - WSJ.com
This of clear importance to us in Chapelboroham.
08 December 2008
07 December 2008
"Back at Junk Value, Recyclables Are Piling Up" - NYTimes.com
And here in Chapelboroham, what's the story?
06 December 2008
Where do the leaves go?
How does Chapel Hill dispose of the leaves that it collects from gutters, as it is doing in Chapel Hill this morning? Are they composted? Reused how?
05 December 2008
03 December 2008
Sidewalks
I was in Cary this week and was struck by the seemless web of sidewalks. Perhaps it is just so much easier to build them in new communities, as with here in Southern Village. It's just a shame that we cannot seem to do the same throughout our community.
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