Pam Hemminger

Chapel Hill passes a new ordinance easing restrictions on sidewalk dining; downtown businesses struggle with panhandling on Franklin Street.

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Mayor Hemminger discusses development in Eastowne, water protection at Jordan Lake, and the town’s annual Food For The Summer program – as well as Chapel Hill’s many ‘buffers’ and ‘zones.’

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The Durham-Orange light rail project is dead: what does that mean for transit and development in Chapel Hill? Mayor Hemminger weighs in.

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The Chapel Hill Town Council considers an incentives package to encourage office-space development in Glen Lennox; town planners seek to make it easier for restaurants to offer sidewalk dining.

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It’s budget season for Chapel Hill town government, and employee costs are the biggest expense. Also, Hemminger discusses how the town is working to make downtown a more beautiful experience.

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Hemminger reacts to Duke University’s decision not to sign a cooperative agreement with Go Triangle on light rail – a move that might kill the whole project.

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Chapel Hill celebrates after a big Carolina win over top-ranked Duke. Also: budget season begins, the Greene Tract is back on the agenda, and we discuss a much-discussed plot of land whose ownership is still unknown.

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Chapel Hill’s mayor signs onto a letter denouncing recent ICE raids. Also, UNC continues its (slow) advance toward clean energy, and Chapel Hill discusses a lack of sufficient downtown parking.

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