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Aaron chats with Chapel Hill’s Rebecca Buzzard and UNC’s Aaron Bachenheimer and Molis Mout about the Good Neighbor Initiative, an annual effort to welcome students living off-campus back to Chapel Hill for the fall semester. Volunteers go door-to-door to welcome students, keep them informed about neighborhood rules, and connect them with the greater community.

Click here for more information on the Good Neighbor Initiative.

The door-to-door effort has been going on each year for the last 20 years, and that’s only part of the effort: the town is also hosting a community cookout Thursday, September 26, from 5:30-8:00 p.m. at the Hargraves Community Center. It’s free and everyone’s invited.

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