Patricia McGuire, planning director for the town, gave a presentation on tiny homes — structures that are 500 square feet or smaller. She said the houses have lower costs, greater mobility and links to diversity and affordability policies.
“I would love, you know, if at some point a tiny home can be erected in the Town Commons,” Carrboro Board of Aldermen member Randee Haven-O’Donnell said. “This so excites me.”
The board supported the idea of tiny homes, including the relative affordability and the prospect of collaboration with communities like the elderly and disabled.
Julie Eckenrode, assistant to the town manager, gave the presentation on the town’s communications.
The communications draft addressed gaps in the current program and came up with five objectives that Eckenrode said should relate to all the town’s goals.
The board suggested ways that the town can create more documents in Spanish, as well as being clearer in communication methods like mail and agenda sheets.
“There’s a difference between communicating well and communicating often,” Town Clerk Catherine Dorando said.
In addition to hearing the two presentations, the board voted on two resolutions to oppose bills in the N.C. General Assembly.