NRG Weighs in on Chapel Hill and Orange County Growth Issues

A host of growth issues are generating a wide range of community action, including a call for a development moratorium on NC 54 east of Chapel Hill. Citizens are concerned about how the proposed changes will affect the way Chapel Hill looks, and what impact additional traffic will have.

NRG has taken positions in support of citizens on a number of these issues and is currently considering others.

Buckhorn Village

NRG expressed concerns about the Buckhorn Village proposal in a statement presented to the Orange County Board of County Commissioners. Click here for the full text.

Read NRG member David Zavaleta's Op-Ed piece on Buckhorn Village in the Chapel Hill News.

Orange County Transfer Station

NRG supports the Rogers-Eubanks Coalition to End Environmental Racism in its efforts to site the Orange County waste transfer station at a location other than the current Eubanks Road landfill site. NRG co-chair Fred Stang presented a statement to the Orange County Board of Commissioners at their April 15, 2008, meeting. Click here for the full text of the statement.

Glen Lennox redevelopment proposal

The recent proposal by Grubb Properties to remove the existing Glen Lennox apartments and replace it with a mixed-use development has generated enormous concern among citizens who wish to preserve this historic neighborhood. Residents have organized and filed with the town for Neighborhood Conservation District status. NRG supports these efforts to preserve one of the few truly affordable housing options left in Chapel Hill.

The Save Glen Lennox web site can be found at www.saveglenlennox.com. Click on Neighborhoods in the News at rioght for more news links.

Carolina North

UNC will go before the Chapel Hill Planning Board with its plans for the Innovation Center on June 17. This building is the first proposed for the UNC expansion campus proposed for the Horace Williams tract. 

Development moratorium on NC 54 entryway

Chapel Hill citizen Henry Lister petitioned the Town Council for a development moratorium on NC 54 on May 19, 2008, and the town Planning board supported the call in a recommendation to the Town Council. For more, see this story in the Chapel Hill News.