Friends of Bolin Creek
Julie McClintock's two organizations are holding this forum:
"The Future of Chapel Hill and You"
A Community Forum for Candidates for the Chapel Hill Town Council presented by Friends of Bolin Creek and Neighbors for Responsible Growth, and supported by many neighborhood and community groups.
Town Council Candidates on the Line
You and invited experts will pose questions to the Mayor and Candidates for Chapel Hill Town Council.
As density is added Downtown and in the six focus areas, how do we ensure the vitality of neighborhoods?
How do we protect our famous green environment as we grow?
What is fiscally sound development?
How do we increase affordable rental and workforce housing?
Can we grow our bus system and pay for it?
Join us for an enjoyable and interesting evening.
Wednesday, October 2
7:00 - 9 pm
Join us at 7 pm for refreshments and informal conversation with the candidates;
Program starts at 7:20 pm
Located at Extraordinary Ventures, 200 S. Elliott Rd
Across from Whole Foods
All community and neighborhood organizations are invited.
Date:
Wednesday, October 2, 2013 - 7:00pm to 9:00pm
Location:
Extraordinary Ventures, 200 S. Elliott Rd
Presentation offered by Friends of Bolin Creek with the UNC Institute for the Environment.
Date:
Saturday, February 11, 2012 - 9:00am to 1:30pm
Location:
NC Botanical Garden, 100 Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill
Friends of Bolin Creek announces a Muddy Water Watch Workshop with Haw River Assembly held on Monday, May 23rd from 7 - 9 pm. The workshop is free but there are limited spaces. Please register at this link. http://bolincreek.org/blog/
With the OWASA earth moving activities happening now right along Bolin Creek, you can help us monitor impacts on our creek from the number one pollutant of NC waters – sediment!
Date:
Monday, May 23, 2011 - 7:00pm
Location:
Main Street, Town of Carrboro, NC
Why stop a consultant’s recommendation to spend $3 million of taxpayers’ funds to put cement next to Bolin Creek?
This portion of Bolin Creek between Estes and Homestead is unique because it encompasses 400+ acres of assets that include a natural creek, wildflowers such as the coneflower, and wildlife such as coyotes, salamanders, heron and woodpeckers. The Adams Tract was acquired by Carrboro and the County for preservation four years ago. Next to this gorgeous forest sits the P.H. Craig tract, as yet unprotected, and finally the 300 acres of UNC property that will be protected by contract under the recently signed Development Agreement.
All together these intact woods are of immense beauty and significance, as noted by the Inventory of Significant Natural Areas of Orange County. A scientific baseline, moreover, was established by the Eco System Enhancement Program Local Watershed Plan for Little Creek (which includes Bolin Creek).
It's been interesting to see the increasing heat in the debate about the proposed Carrboro section of the Bolin Creek Greenway. It seems to have created a public rift in the group Friends of Bolin Creek, leading to the apparent self-demotion of one of it's co-chairs. Dave Otto was still a co-chair when he wrote "A case for a concrete greenway" in the Chapel Hill News on January 10th, but Julie McClintock was the sole leader by the time her response "The case for keeping Bolin Creek natural" was published on January 17th.
"I do not think it is in the best interest of the Friends of Bolin
Creek for the leadership to be split in this way," Otto said in his
announcement. "I am therefore stepping back to permit the group to
speak with a more unified voice." He will serve instead as vice-chair.
- Chapel Hill News: To pave or not to pave?, 1/24/09
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