31 July 2007

Best wiki use in CHCHCP?

What's the best use of Wiki technology that produces real value for the people of this area?

Finding shops and services

There are many online options open to us when trying to find a shop, a restaurant, another business or service in CHCHP. What are some of the best? This one from the Chapel Hill Downtown Partnership is particularly good. What are the best for the rest of the area? How well do they work? Is this the best one for Hillsborough?

Connecting CHCHP......

How good a job are we doing in Chapel Hill, Carrboro, Hillsborough and Pittsboro (CHCHP) at connecting ourselves to all that the web and e-mai can do? How good a job are we doing of connecting ourselves to one another, especially our friends and neighbors, our governments, our schools, and our businesses and services? We will try to report periodically on how this seems to be changing......

The area's best websites?

Who has done somethng really special - specifically - with their website that should put it among the area's very best?

The best online maps of CHCHP?

Who has used some combination of technology and design to come up with the best and most valuale online maps relating to CHCHP?

Best blogs of Chapel Hill?

What are the best blogs that relate in some way to Chapel Hill - other than those simply done by people who live here (we can list them separately!)? Who is putting the blog technology to use to help CHCHP (Chapel Hill, Carrboro, Hillsborough and Pittsboro) be a better place to live?

Whole Foods selling local food

Whole Foods has a sign out front saying that they are selling many food items that they buy locally. Wouldn't it be nice to see on a map what and where these are?

Age pays!

For those moving beyond the 50 mark, there are a number of ways in which local merchants are rewarding all those years. Kohl's offers a 15% discount, at least from time to time, to those 62 or over. The Lumina theater in Southern Village offers a lower ticket price for those 60 or over. The first day of every month is Senior Day at Belk but I think this applies only to the 65 or over crowd. I'll try to add more in this post and some links for details.

Trader Joe's

Lots of activity at the old Southern Season/new Trader Joe's site. Surely, we can find some details of what they are doing, what they are planning, and how the timetable is evolving. I think the expected opening is to be before Christmas? So far, there is nothing on the Trader Joe's site about "coming soon" to Chapel Hill.