Public participation needed at Comprehensive Plan session

voice your opinion at an important public input session that will be held in Chapel Hill at the Southern Human Services Building on Monday, January 28 at 7:00 p.m. The input session will begin with a formal time for citizens to speak at a podium about what they would like to see in the plan

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Recycling Service- Batteries, Bulbs, Phones, Packaging, Etc

Gift Wrap & Recycle Drop Shop
405 West Rosemary Street

Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27516
(next to the Skylight Exchange and Fuse nightclub)
Bring hard to recycle items such as batteries, fluorescent bulbs, old cell phones, and styrofoam packaging waste.

HOURS
Wed . Dec. 5 & 12 - 3-7pm
Thur. Dec. 6 & 13 - 3-7pm
Fri. Dec. 7 & 14 - 3-7pm
Sat. Dec. 8 & 15 - 2-6pm

Free Service - Repurposed Architectural Drafts as Wrapping Paper

Free gift wrapping using old posters and architectural drafts at the Gift Wrap and Recycle Drop Shop. See above post for details.

Build Your Own Rain Barrel for $30

Build Your Own Rain Barrel Workshop - WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2007, 2:00-3:30 pm - OWASA Community Room, 400 Jones Ferry Road, Carrboro

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Chapel Hill Transit (Buses) Forum

The annual Chapel Hill Transit Public Forum will be held in two sessions from 5 to 6 p.m. and from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 29, at Chapel Hill Town Hall, 405 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.

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Less Asphalt=More Walkable

Carrboro Transportation Advisory Board member Tom High argues for fewer lanes on Smith Level Road to increase pedestrian safety.

Read his article.

Sign his petition.

Step It Up

An event hosted by the Carrboro Greenspace (in exile). Starting at 2 p.m. at the Carrboro Town Commons during the Really Really Free Market everyone including candidates for office are invited to share with one another what we are already doing and what we plan on doing to reduce Greenhouse gas emmissions to levels that are sustainable for all inhabitants of our planet. Having this event during a Really Really Free Market serves to highlight one of the many grassroots people-driven projects that Carrboro has that are contributing to the reduction of CO2 emmisions. The Really Really Free market is a living example for how to reduce the excesses of consumerism while at the same time creating a space for community. Carrboro has a few grassroots people-driven projects such as the Really Really free market, The Carrboro Greenspace, The Recyclery and the CCGC community garden that demonstrate the power that people can have independent of initiatives normally expected from official leaders. In Carrboro we are fortunate to have elected leaders that can recognize the value of these projects and support them in whichever way they can. carrborogreenspace.org

http://events.stepitup2007.org