The Town is advancing recommendations from the 2020 Charting our Future initiative. Charting our Future included a Future Land Use Map (FLUM) update, including Focus Areas that outlined growth along the Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd corridor to the north, Downtown, south to Southern Village, the 15-501 area to the northeast, and the NC-54 corridor to the southeast.
Several Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) station areas on M.L.K. Jr Blvd. overlap with the MLK North and South and Downtown Focus Areas.
Together, these locations will play a substantial role in Chapel Hill’s future growth. They can also show how community values around equity, inclusion, resilience, sustainability, and environmental stewardship can be implemented in practical ways.
Our next step is to take a deeper look at Station Areas and Focus Areas, with a finer level of detail and sensitivity to local conditions and market dynamics. Future housing, economic development, development types and quality, public spaces, and bike and pedestrian connections will be addressed holistically. Implementation recommendations will include affordable and missing middle housing goals. Design concepts will show what realizing objectives will look like.
See below for a detailed list of opportunities for your participation.
- Thursday September 15, 2022
- Location: Sheraton Chapel Hill (One Europa Dr. Chapel Hill, NC 27517)
- Complete Community Strategy 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM Drop-In Event and 5:00 PM – 5:30 PM Presentation
- Transit Oriented Development 5:30 PM – 8:00 PM Drop-In Event (Food Provided)
- Friday September 16, 2022 Open House
- 9:30 AM – 11:30 AM (Food Provided)
- Location: Hargraves Community Center (216 N Roberson St., Chapel Hill, NC 27516)
- Friday September 16, 2022 Drop-In Event
- 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM (Free Coffee)
- Location: Epilogue Books (109 E Franklin St. Ste 100 Chapel Hill, NC 27514)
- Saturday September 17, 2022 Farmers’ Market Pop-Up
- 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM
- Location: Chapel Hill Farmers’ Market- University Place (201 S Estes Dr., Chapel Hill, NC 27514)
- Saturday September 17, 2022 Open House
- 10:30 AM – 1:30 PM (Food Provided)
- Location: Hargraves Community Center (216 N Roberson St., Chapel Hill, NC 27516)