“Carrboro Day is a celebration of our town and the people in it but certainly it is another opportunity for some of our departments and Town staff to engage with our community because sometimes it is hard to come to the town hall during regular working hours,” Mayor Barbara Foushee said.
During its Tuesday night work session, the Carrboro Town Council heard from the Town's finance director Bret Greene about the state of the 2024-25 fiscal year budget.
The restaurant previously operated out of a food truck that traveled throughout the Chapel Hill-Carrboro area serving its European-inspired cuisine.
The board chose the amount for the bond based on the results of the Woolpert School Facility Study, which assessed the needs of every school in the County.
FIRST — which stands for For Inspiration and Recognition in Science and Technology — is a global nonprofit organization that aims to help young people discover and explore their passion for STEM.
Staff writer Grace Whittemore reached out to Carrboro Town Council members to ask about their music tastes and the impact of the music scene on Carrboro as a community.
The dropout rate for the 2022-23 academic year in North Carolina was 1.95 dropouts per 100 high school students, down from 2.25 dropouts per 100 students in 2021-22. Dropout rates were also lower in the 2022-23 year than in the six school years before the pandemic.
To strengthen the direct care workforce, the council suggested refining the definition of direct care workers, advancing the data landscape for the workforce, expanding apprenticeship programs and creating a living wage for direct care workers.
Following the town council's 5-3 vote in June to amend the Town's land use management ordinance, no applications have been received for the newly allowed types of housing.
The council voted unanimously to have Town staff bring back a resolution on Feb. 6 with more information on the water and sewer boundary extension.
