Chapel Hill’s Eugenia Floyd Named North Carolina Teacher of the Year - Chapelboro.com

Chapel Hill’s Eugenia Floyd Named North Carolina Teacher of the Year - Chapelboro.com

A feather in Southern Village's cap, too!!! Lucky us!

Chapel Hill council approves Columbia Annex condo project | Durham Herald Sun

Chapel Hill council approves Columbia Annex condo project | Durham Herald Sun

To be watched...

Carrboro retail, office, storage plan for Smith Level Road | Durham Herald Sun

Not sure if any SV impact.

France Says Au Revoir to the Cafe - WSJ

We should all focus more on making the cafe in SV - Dolce Vita or whatever they call it - a bigger success. In any case, a more permanent success. If I recall the old Pazzo! is owned by the same people?

Pazzo Pizzeria Closes in Southern Village, Under New Ownership - Chapelboro.com

Change.

Lumina Theater closing Southern Village space in Chapel Hill | Raleigh News & Observer

Sorry to see it go. I suspect a lot of life will go out of the SV tires as a result.

I Went in Search of Abandoned African-American Cemeteries — ProPublica

What is the story of ours?

Wires

What are all the wires that run along 15-501 in front of Southern Village? How many of them supply electricity, telephone, etc to Southern Village as opposed to something further up or down the line? What would happen if an accident or a storm severed most of them? How would that affect us?

Southern Community Park | Town of Chapel Hill, NC

Nothing here explaining the fitness course or the reason so many trees and shrubs were cut by the soccer fields?

Chapel Hill project raises questions about putting more traffic on Columbia Street south of UNC | The Herald Sun

Traffic circle!

Chapel Hill council could take a look at contentious preschool plan | The Herald Sun

Had not been following this.

Chapel Hill Transit to Make August Service Adjustments | Service Updates/News Releases | Town of Chapel Hill, NC

Wonderful news!

Al's Burger Shack opening second Chapel Hill location :: Out and About at WRAL.com

Would not have been my first choice.

Welcome to Southern Village - YouTube

Neat!

Chapel Hill off to slow start on Connectivity and Mobility Project – Joan Guillkey | News & Observer

Worth noting.

​A view from the streets of New York City (all of them) - CBS News

Exactly what I want to do in Nice!

Carrboro High School Students Get A "Sense Of Place" - Chapelboro.com

Check it out.

Town Council approves traffic calming measure, discusses budget :: The Daily Tar Heel

I hope this works!

Repairs on trail, in park?

The paved trail next to Scroggs is surely to wash out one day. What is the Chapel Hill parks and recreation department doing about this? Bill WEBSTER? And why are there repeated large tire tracks on the sides of the concrete sidewalk closer to the parking lot? Can't they use smaller vehicles for whatever they do there?

The Daily Tar Heel :: Rights-of-way narrowed, Weaver Dairy Road projects heard at meeting

Still not sure what this will mean. Surer than ever that dumping the Mayor was the right thing for us voters to do!

Why Chapel Hill has new leadership | News & Observer

I sent the author this note:

"I read your piece in the N&O today about the Chapel Hill
election. Thank you for doing this as it sets forth a clear description of what
happened Tuesday. If I were the Mayor-elect and the new Council members, I
would frame it for their walls so as to be reminded frequently starting in
December of why they are in office, and what we expect of them.

 What you wrote was refreshing and encouraging and I just
wanted to tell you so directly! (We live in Southern Village, fyi – a
tragically good example of the segregated part of heaven that is Chapel Hill
today.)"

This may be good.

Drones?

Soon?

The Daily Tar Heel :: Construction on Smith Level Road now slated to end in January

Not sure.

Economic Benefit of Increasing Neighborhood Walkability: Is it a Myth? | Planetizen: The Urban Planning, Design, and Development Network

Interesting.

Crews Respond to Fire in Southern Village - Chapelboro.com

Scary but safe.

Animal Services: Be on lookout, ready to haze our coyote neighbors | News & Observer

We should have a clear protocol of what to do in Southern Village in the event of a coyote sighting. Why is there no map here?

Events - North Carolina Symphony

This was a great concert. Wonderufl....except. Why are there no African-Americans in the orchestra and painfully few in the audience. There is something very wrong with the picture.

Officials Break Ground on New Southern Village Hotel - Chapelboro.com

Hmmn. We'll see....

Le spécialiste de l'outillage et de l'accessoire pour bricoler et jardiner - Provence Outillage - Provence Outillage

Why don't we have stores that do this in NC? Come to SV? "Rendez-vous au camion-magasin de Provence Outillage pour bien vous équiper
Chaque camion-magasin de Provence Outillage sillonne une région de France et fait plusieurs escales mensuelles dans les villes et les villages. Consultez notre catalogue et sélectionnez les produits qui vous intéressent. Vous pouvez commander en ligne en toute sécurité et recevoir à votre domicile vos colis sous 7 jours. Si vous préférez faire vos achats directement au camion-magasin, vous aurez accès à 1 000 références qui couvrent tout le catalogue de Provence Outillage. Certains clients préfèrent commander en ligne et venir retirer leurs achats lors de notre passage près de chez eux. Visitez notre site pour obtenir toutes les informations sur les tournées prévues dans votre région."

(8) Friends of Southern Chapel Hill and Southern Orange County

Not sure I had ever seen this.

Carrboro Residents Request Conditions for Development Permit - Chapelboro.com

Easy walking distance from Southern Village.

Grass

What's with the grass on the soccer fields in Southern Community Park? Will it come back or does the Town have to pay for reseeding and how will that affect use this year?

Sheri Castle - Food Writer, Cooking Teacher, Recipe Tester and Developer

Doesn't she live in Southern Village?

Websites, blogs, Facebook pages, tweeters - from Southern Village

Wouldn't it be good to collect all of these so we can all relate to neighbors better, and in some cases, even give them some business?

Weekend/evening bus service

Why can't we get weekend and evening bus service, very limited schedule, to Southern Village? I am one resident who would use it. Is there anyone else? Yesterday, for example - I walked to UNC for an event there and walked back. In bad weather, I would not have had the bus alternative.

Saturday bus service

There is something very wrong with this picture

Park and Ride scenarios as they call them

Hmm.

Time Warner Cable upgrades Internet speeds in response to fiber services :: The Skinny at WRAL TechWire

I hope we will see this as predicted in SV.

Nextdoor Social Network Digs Deep Into Neighborhoods - NYTimes.com

How to make the most of this?

Taco food truck to open restaurant in Chapel Hill - Triangle Business Journal

I hope this proves to be a good place.

The New York Times vending machine?

We used to have a vending machine in the parking lot for The New York Times. What happened to it when the others moved to the alley next to Weaver Street Market?

Research shows easy-to-walk communities can blunt cognitive decline | The University of Kansas

How do we make SV and surrounding areas even more walkable to more places and activities? For example, how to blaze a path to the NC Botanical Gardens? Where are the problems in a walk to downtown Chapel Hill?

Vehicles

I wonder if any of the studies done of traffic on 15-501 can tell us how many vehicles enter and leave Southern Village each day, including the exit onto Culbreth Road, broken down by time of day, etc.

Town many develop Southern Village park-and-ride | Chapel Hill | ChapelHillNews.com

And the need for this, again, is what?

Good luck

Possible changes in the Park and Ride lot.

Chapel Hill Shooter Pleads Guilty To Wife's Murder - Chapelboro.com

Such an awful stain on Southern Village.

The Daily Tar Heel :: Construction delays in store for new hotel at Southern Village

I'd send the story back to rewrite.

Cherfaoui Pleads Guilty To Killing Wife - Chapelboro.com

Sad, but over.

Welcome to Bank of North Carolina

I guess this is our new bank.

Park and ride lot - possible redevelopment

This may come as a surprise to some, and is well worth reviewing before the meeting. See Attachment 3. 

Nearby crime

****Break in to locked residence reported 09/20/14, 8:12 pm, 102 Zapata Ln

I responded to the above location in reference to an alarm. upon arrival i was met by the neighbor at the top of the driveway. he advised he heard the alarm sound. upon checking the residence the front door was found forced open. we cleared the residence. while clearing the residence nothing appeared to be out of place or missing. carrboro responded and ran a k-9 track which led from the front door to the roadway on zapata. it appeared a vehicle was parked at the roadway. the alarm did its job

****Break in to locked residence reported 09/20/14, 8:26 pm, 935 Crestwood Ln

Entry to the residence was made by the front door being kicked in by the suspects. The bedrooms in the residence had been gone through with the complainant’s clothes taken out of the dressers. The complainant could only find her deceased husbands wallet missing. 

HILLSBOROUGH: Chapel Hill man pleads in shooting of wife outside school | Orange County | ChapelHillNews.com

A sad piece of Southern Village history.

N2 Publishing buys space for new headquarters | WilmingtonBiz

I have never seen one of their publications. The description of the company scares me a little with the religious focus. In any case, it's a bit of Huckleberry Finn thinking to get everyone painting their fence for free. This seems to be the woman who is inviting residents to the Town Hall Grill on the 30th.

Alert Carolina: Strong Arm Robbery On Campus - Chapelboro.com

Why aren't we alerted as well?

Southern Community Park

It was really nice to see so many kids out on the soccer fields this afternoon. I wonder how many afternoons each week that happens? Usually when I walk by, there is no one there.

The Daily Tar Heel :: Adrenaline-pumping films come to town

Anyone paying attention in SV?

The Daily Tar Heel :: Study looks at downtown Chapel Hill walkability

How can a study that relies on volunteers be meaningful?

The Daily Tar Heel :: Students mourn Fred Clark, longtime advocate for affordability

We need to find ways to interact with people like him, before they die.

Welcome to Organic Transit!

Who will be the first in Southern Village?

Inline hockey rink

I asked about how much use the inline hockey rink (at Southern Community Park) gets:
"The hockey rink is use on a regular bases.  Tuesday, and Thursday evenings and Saturday mornings there is hockey play.  Box lacrosse is played there also.  This lacrosse will be played on nights opposite the hockey play.  Most use is evenings and Saturday mornings.  There are occasional rentals for birthday skate parties etc..."
From:

Bernard Leach
Athletic Supervisor
Athletics
Parks and Recreation
Town of Chapel Hill
200 Plant Road
Chapel Hill, NC 27514

Phone: (919) 968-2734
Fax: (919) 932-2923 

The Daily Tar Heel :: Faith Hedgepeth autopsy: UNC junior beaten to death

This ought to be as important to Southern Village as it is to UNC.

Fearrington Blog | Fearrington Village

Why don't we have something this good?

Trail walkers/runners

Today, I walked from Graylyn to Culbreth on the trail. To my pleasant surprise, at about 9:30 AM, I found maybe twice the number of people out walking and running than I have ever seen on an hour's walk. I hope it is a huge and permanent trend!

Petition | Bring back real PA at Culbreth | Change.org

So, I give up - what's PA?

The Daily Tar Heel :: Professor Liu's autopsy was released

This remains an awful story.

Bus trips with neighbors?

How about organizing some Chapel Hill Transit bus trips to other places in Chapel Hill for breakfast, coffee, lunch? To the Ackland? To Meadowmont? To UNC?

Scroggs Elementary School - Homepage

Note new principal.

Sewer smell

Why is there a persistent sewer smell walking on the trail under 15-501 toward Merritt Pasture?

Slave cemetery

What is the status of this cemetery?

The Root Cellar Cafe & Catering | Formerly Foster's Market

Easy bus trip from Southern Village!

Why not organize our own shopping service?

Suppose someone were to offer to pass by the closest stores around Southern Village and pick up/do shopping for people in Southern Village and then deliver the items to homes? Imagine the driving that this was save for many. The real question is how much it would cost and how much of a discouragement that might be. Online ordering? It could be a whole locally-focused service. For me, I'd love to see this offered by a local newspaper but I think that is too much to hope.

Local Producers - Relay Foods

We now have the Farmers' Market, such as it is, Weaver Street Market and this new arrival. What's sustainable?
This one easily wins the who's most expensive contest.

Community gardens?

Why not use some of the OWASA-cleared land for community gardens?

(5) Market Street at Southern Village

See my post about the Wells Fargo ATM placement.
--
And the rest of the story...

My reply:

Thanks, but whoever made the decision made a bad one, creating an unnecessary and quite ugly pedestrian obstacle. I hope the first person to turn her/his ankle trying to slink around the ATM sues and gets a lot of money. What a dumb choice of location. I will simply assume that no one in the community was asked about location.

From: dixonbpitt@gmail.com [mailto:dixonbpitt@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Dixon Pitt
Sent: Friday, August 15, 2014 12:06 PM
To: Terry MAGUIRE
Subject: Re: Market Street at Southern Village commented on your post.

Terry,

SV Center, LLC is responsible for locating the ATM and there will not be a new sidewalk created to enter/exit the parking lot.  The ATM was initially proposed by Wells to be placed on the North side of the parking lot.   SV Center, who owns the parking lot, felt this location was too exposed.  Thus, the current location was agreed upon.  We apologize if you feel this is in the pedestrian walkway.

Thank you for your inquiry,

Dixon

Pazzo!

Nice to see them doing well!
"Pazzo is in the process of redecorating! You will see refreshed tabletops, new chairs, new light fixtures, new drapes and a new paint color. I am certain the changes will enhance your dining experience. The changes will happen gradually over August and September and we hope to not have to close to the public during this time.

Next week from August 11th to the 15th some of our light fixtures will be removed while we paint and the interior might look a little unfinished.

The week of August 11 also happens to be our 12 year anniversary of business! To say thank you to all our loyal customers and for your patience and understanding while we update, I will extend our Monday night special of half price bottles of wine from Monday August 11th through Thursday August 15th.

Hope to see you next week!!

Cheers
Seth

Southern Village  •  700 Market Street  •  Chapel Hill, NC 27516  •  919-929-9984
 www.pazzo-restaurant.com"

New York City Trying to Help Households Turn Waste Into Compost - NYTimes.com

In Southern Village?

Hotels Embrace the Campus Nearby - NYTimes.com

Will this be the case with our new hotel?

The Toxic Brew in Our Yards - NYTimes.com

How many people use this stuff in Southern Village?

CHCCS: Culbreth MS Student Behind Bomb Threat Hoax - Chapelboro.com

Awful.

Farmers' Market

I went up to the market today and found about 4 vendors selling only a few items. We really ought to spend some time trying to understand why the turnout of customers has been so small. Why? The farmers will follow, for sure; without customers, who can expect them to spend an afternoon coming and going to/from Southern Village and sitting there for several hours?

Merritt's Co-Owner Robin Britt, 1952-2014 - Chapelboro.com

I am sorry I never met her; that's my error, and our loss.

Fan Branch Trail

I’ll look at it soon.

From: Terry MAGUIRE [mailto:tmaguire@newspaper.com]
Sent: Monday, April 28, 2014 11:16 AM
To: Bill Webster
Subject: Fan Branch Trail

Dear Bill,

I walked yesterday on the portion of the trail that one accesses from 15-501. When you walk in from 15-501, and turn right, you proceed across a section of the trail in wood. I noticed that the wood is splitting in places, warping in others, and although there are traces of whatever the original finish was, those seem to be fading fast. Given the relatively short time that this portion of the path has been in service, it seems to me that either it is not being maintained properly or there was some failure to plan for the effects of weather on the wood. Either way, it seems to me that this entire section needs attention, and I hope that this does not mean a significant expense for the Town. Perhaps you could share the plan for upkeep of that wooden structure?

Cheers,

Terry

Town of Chapel Hill : Fan Branch Trail

This needs updating.

We Should Be in a Rage - NYTimes.com

We have X,000 registered voters in Southern Village. We have a primary on 6 May. Why shouldn't we do everything we can in order to achieve a 100% participation in that and future elections? I am thinking of makin a list of registered voters on my street - Graylyn Drive - and asking by letter (not e-mail) each person to vote and to tell me that they voted. I will then publish a list of everyone who told me he or she voted and let peer pressure do its thing.

AT&T pursues plans to bring ultra high-speed Internet service to Triangle | Technology | NewsObserver.com

How might this work in Southern Village?

Alert Carolina - Crisis Information Site for UNC Chapel Hill

What can we sign up for here if not affiliated with UNC?

Why no sidewalk?

I walked out the Arlen Park Drive entrance to Southern Village yesterday and was reminded that there is no sidewalk. When can we hope to get one?

Travel study

"A travel study is being conducted for the U.S. Department of Transportation to get an understanding of how and why people in Southern Village travel the way they do.
For instance, how many trips are taken by Southern Village residents via carpool, bus, bicycle, and walking as opposed to driving a household vehicle? Are there particular reasons why residents choose one route to their destination over another? These and other questions will be investigated in this study.
Battelle (located in Durham) currently is recruiting households to participate in this study and are looking for volunteers to pilot the application. Each participating household will be provided one of our Samsung Galaxy smartphones to use over a 5-day period to collect information about their travel patterns. Households completing the study will receive $75 in appreciation for their assistance.
For more information about this important study, please contact Alan Pate at 614-424-7611 or patea@battelle.org."

Tutti Frutti Yogurt Chapel Hill

I wonder if they are open again. Always want to see Southern Village businesses succeed!

Comcast and Time Warner merger could be bad for customers - CBS News

What can we do in Southern Village to promote more competition in these services, resulting in better service at lower prices?

Chapel Hill Boy Who Inspired Super Cooper's Little Red Wagon Foundation Dies at Age 6 - Chapel Hill Magazine

Very sad.

Culbreth Middle School Breaks Ground On New Science Wing - Chapelboro.com

That's good!

Barber?

The Chapel Hill barber shop at University Square is looking for a new home. How about Southern Village?

Duke Study: CPR Training Minimal In Places That Need It Most | WUNC

Who is trained in Southern Village? My wife and I have both taken a basic course (in Carrboro).

Rake the Leaves? Some Towns Say Mow Them - NYTimes.com

This should start here in Southern Village.

SAS Information Delivery Portal

The data for all NC schools, searchable.

CH Town Council Approves Fining For False Alarms - Chapelboro.com

Good!

Vélib, une bonne idée victime du vandalisme

Public To Weigh In On Southern Village Hotel Monday - Chapelboro.com

I suspect that this will sail through.....