Carrboro: Pride And Parking
Mayor Lydia Lavelle discusses Pride Month events in Carrboro – and an ongoing conversation about downtown parking. (Will the town start charging?)
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Chapel Hill: New Town Buildings…And Coal Ash
Posted by Aaron Keck | Jun 13, 2019 | Conversations with the Mayors Podcast
Mayor Pam Hemminger discusses this week’s Town Council meeting, which featured a new budget, a conversation about coal ash, and an update on a new municipal services building – now planned for University Place?
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Read MoreOrange County: Budgeting For Climate Change
Posted by Aaron Keck | Jun 12, 2019 | Conversations with the Mayors Podcast
Commissioner Mark Marcoplos discusses the county’s nearly-final budget – which includes a quarter-cent property tax hike to fund the local fight against climate change.
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Read MoreHemminger: Green And Greene
Posted by Aaron Keck | Jun 6, 2019 | Conversations with the Mayors Podcast
Chapel Hill Mayor Hemminger discusses budgeting, sewer lines, recognizing local heroes, Greene Tract development, and why the environment is now the town’s top priority.
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Read MoreRich: Budgets, Health Plans, Sewers, And Tracts
Posted by Aaron Keck | Jun 5, 2019 | Conversations with the Mayors Podcast
County commissioners endorse Medicare For All and get close to approving a budget; Rogers Road finally gets sewer lines; and progress continues on developing the Greene Tract.
Read MoreStevens: New Business, Old Safety Tips
Posted by Aaron Keck | Jun 3, 2019 | Conversations with the Mayors Podcast
Hillsborough Mayor Stevens on new restaurants and nightlife, an event to mark the 75th anniversary of D-Day, an upcoming budget vote, and a reminder from police: lock your car doors!
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Read MoreHemminger: Food For The Summer, Rogers Road
Posted by Aaron Keck | May 31, 2019 | Conversations with the Mayors Podcast
Chapel Hill Mayor Hemminger discusses this year’s Food For The Summer program, as well as the extension of sewer lines to the Rogers Road community.
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Read MoreLavelle: Pride Month In Carrboro
Posted by Aaron Keck | May 31, 2019 | Conversations with the Mayors Podcast
June is Pride Month, recognizing the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots. Mayor Lydia Lavelle discusses Pride Month events in Carrboro.
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Read MoreRich: Transit, Budget…And Sewers
Posted by Aaron Keck | May 29, 2019 | Conversations with the Mayors Podcast
County Commissioner Penny Rich discusses budgeting, public transit, and a big development: the extension of sewer lines (finally!) to the Rogers Road community.
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Read MoreBassett: Chapel Hill Economic Development
Posted by Aaron Keck | May 23, 2019 | Conversations with the Mayors Podcast
Filling in for Mayor Hemminger, Chapel Hill Economic Development Director Dwight Bassett discusses downtown plans, “opportunity zones,” Blue Hill changes, office space, and more.
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