http://MarkChilton.org Welcome to the web site of Mark Chilton, Mayor of Carrboro. Tue, 03 Jun 2008 14:04:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Speaker of the NC House of Representatives Joe Hackney appointed Carrboro Mayor Mark Chilton to the legislature's Joint Study Committee on Housing this past week. The Committee will study housing needs in North Carolina and obstacles to home ownership. The Committee has been charged with studying and reporting ... http://MarkChilton.org/04/03/mayor-chilton-appointed-to-nc-study-committee-on-housing/ From today's Durham Herald Sun: By Ray Gronberg : The Herald-Sun gronberg@heraldsun.com Feb 23, 2008 DURHAM -- The state government's prodding has Durham and other area governments looking more closely at the idea of building a new water intake on Jordan Lake, but it's also beginning to trigger some pushback. Opposition is coming ... http://MarkChilton.org/02/23/jordan-lake-limits-urged/ Here is a first effort at some vlogging on this site. This is less than 2 minutes of footage from a 2006 Chapel Hill Town Council meeting when Carrboro Mayor Mark Chilton persuaded the Chapel Hill Town Council to co-operate with Carrboro in getting bicycle accomodations installed on Estes ... http://MarkChilton.org/11/16/mayor-chilton-advocating-for-estes-drive-cyclists/ A little earlier this fall, I was one of four panelists who spoke to the Chapel Hill Leadership program at the Chapel Hill Carrboro Chamber of Commerce. The class asked some interesting and tough questions, but the foundation for one of the questions was clearly a simplistic connection (trumped ... http://MarkChilton.org/10/23/the-rural-buffer-and-affordable-housing/ One of the candidates in this fall’s election has been joking (I guess) that she’s the “socks and underwear” candidate because she wants to bring in a big box retailer like Wal-Mart – so that we will be able to buy socks and underwear in Carrboro. That whole theme ... http://MarkChilton.org/10/22/carrboro-socks-it-to-wal-mart/ A Real Bicycle Plan There’s been a lot of talk lately about making Carrboro (and Chapel Hill) a more bicycle friendly place, but I want to let you know what the Board of Aldermen and I have been working on: Short term: In the last two years, Carrboro has opened a new ... http://MarkChilton.org/10/09/a-real-bicycle-plan/ To my recollection, in late 1996 or early 1997, a group of elected officials, including Jacquie Gist, Joyce Brown and me, began meeting with residents of the Rogers Road community at the Faith Tabernacle Oasis of Love Church. The purpose of our meetings was to establish a list of ... http://MarkChilton.org/09/19/who-was-looking-out-for-rogers-road-and-when-were-they-looking/ The Board of Elections met yesterday about the proposed elimination of the on-campus early voting site (because Morehead Planetarium is not available this fall). UNC Vice Provost Steve Allred was there to speak on this matter, as were the president of the Graduate and Professional Student Federation, and representative ... http://MarkChilton.org/08/09/mayor-persuades-bd-of-elections-to-maintain-downtown-early-voting-site/ Here is the open letter I sent to the Board of County Commissioners earlier this year regarding the proposed Solid Waste Transfer Station on Eubanks Road: Dear Mr. Chairman and Commissioners; The Carrboro Board of Aldermen has not collectively come to a conclusion about the proposed Transfer Station, but realizing that you ... http://MarkChilton.org/08/09/mayor-writes-to-bocc-about-proposed-transfer-station/ Tune in at 5:30 PM today on WCOM 103.5 FM and check out a selection of tracks to be spun by Carrboro Mayor Mark Chilton! You can also listen in over the internet at www.CommunityRadio.coop http://MarkChilton.org/07/21/mayor-to-spin-some-wax-on-the-radio/