Rather than taking business away from each other, new area outlets complemented the malls to serve an increased number of shoppers this year on Black Friday. Tanger Outlets, which launched in Mebane Nov. 5, gave shoppers another choice on Black Friday, opening on midnight after Thanksgiving.
Students and town officials gathered Friday to plant a tree and celebrate Chapel Hill’s award-winning management of its canopies. Second-grade students joined Mayor Mark Kleinschmidt and others to plant a Bald Cypress tree at Homestead Aquatic Center to celebrate both Arbor Day and Chapel Hill’s receiving the “Tree City USA” award for the 11th year in a row.
Chapel Hill officials are working to outline the coming fiscal year’s top priorities before the next budget session. Each town board and commission, including economic growth, public arts and transit, will submit goals to the mayor’s office in order to help the Chapel Hill Town Council form guidelines to keep in mind as they help lay out the budget
The opening of the Tanger Outlets created a traffic jam this weekend. Parking stretched past the lot onto the hills. Shoppers could still smell the fresh paint on the walls. The store provides another large retail option for UNC students, competing with Durham’s The Streets at Southpoint for their business while offering outlet prices.
With the formation of a downtown development plan drawing to a close, town officials will meet Wednesday to review public comment and adjust it accordingly before the project’s next draft is released. After creating a Downtown Small Area Plan in 2000, the Chapel Hill Town Council decided to make a new Downtown Master Plan last year and hired KlingStubbins, a design firm with offices in Raleigh, to outline the plan’s framework.
Amid sounds of Latin music, more than 300 hundred people enjoyed wine and sunshine Saturday at the seventh annual Weaver Street Market wine sale.
Sarah Whang, chairwoman of the Asian American Parent Advisory Council, said parental and other societal pressures are major causes of depression among Asian-American teenagers.
With just five percent of downtown business buildings unoccupied, town officials are saying Franklin Street is on the rise.
A poor economy, lack of infrastructure and fierce competition turned what was supposed to be a 128-acre shopping center into a dead development. Plans for the Buckhorn Village project, located near the southeast corner of Interstate 40 and Buckhorn Road in Orange County, have been abandoned, said Roger Perry, president of East West Partners and one of the project’s former developers.
The UNC Board of Trustees spent this week’s meeting focusing on the details of the tuition increase and how to move UNC forward despite the economic downturn. The meeting, held on today and Wednesday, concentrated on tuition but still reviewed construction plans and other purchases.
