Bolin Creek paving controversy | Friends of Bolin Creek https://bolincreek.org/blog Protecting Our Bolin Creek Watershed Fri, 19 Sep 2025 14:27:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://bolincreek.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/cropped-FOBCLogo_Icon-32x32.png Bolin Creek paving controversy | Friends of Bolin Creek https://bolincreek.org/blog 32 32 Carrboro Council Budget Vote https://bolincreek.org/blog/2025/07/07/6006/ https://bolincreek.org/blog/2025/07/07/6006/#respond Mon, 07 Jul 2025 16:56:25 +0000 https://bolincreek.org/blog/?p=6006 Carrboro 25-26 Budget Results affecting Bolin Creek. The Town of Carrboro Town Council approved the 2025-26 budget proposal in June without using $1.4 million in taxpayer funds to design the controversial greenway through Bolin Creek’s fragile riparian area. Town Manager Toney cited overall constrained budget conditions.  The Town Council had chosen the creekside path without […]

The post Carrboro Council Budget Vote first appeared on Friends of Bolin Creek.]]>
https://bolincreek.org/blog/2025/07/07/6006/feed/ 0
Carrboro Launches One-Sided Survey https://bolincreek.org/blog/2023/06/28/carrboro-launches-one-sided-survey/ https://bolincreek.org/blog/2023/06/28/carrboro-launches-one-sided-survey/#respond Wed, 28 Jun 2023 18:43:27 +0000 https://bolincreek.org/blog/?p=5019 The Carrboro Council instructed the staff to conduct an “engagement process” to determine preferences for a new bikeway based on the 2009 Greenways Conceptual Plan which lacks one important route option. Friends of Bolin Creek in December 2009 presented the Seawell School Road to the Board and asked that it be included in any further […]

The post Carrboro Launches One-Sided Survey first appeared on Friends of Bolin Creek.]]>
https://bolincreek.org/blog/2023/06/28/carrboro-launches-one-sided-survey/feed/ 0
Celebrate World Water Day https://bolincreek.org/blog/2019/03/17/celebrate-world-water-day/ https://bolincreek.org/blog/2019/03/17/celebrate-world-water-day/#respond Sun, 17 Mar 2019 00:38:16 +0000 http://bolincreek.org/blog/?p=4424 https://bolincreek.org/blog/2019/03/17/celebrate-world-water-day/feed/ 0 Carrboro’s Carolina North Forest and Bolin Creek garner controversy https://bolincreek.org/blog/2018/01/27/carrboros-carolina-north-forest-and-bolin-creek-garner-controversy/ https://bolincreek.org/blog/2018/01/27/carrboros-carolina-north-forest-and-bolin-creek-garner-controversy/#respond Sat, 27 Jan 2018 20:30:36 +0000 http://bolincreek.org/blog/?p=4009 Daily Tarheel  BY Sophia Wilhelm Resting in the neck of the woods of Carrboro is the Carolina North Forest, the last untouched forested land of the town — but possibly not for long. A plan to put a 10-foot wide pavement trail along the 1.7 mile stretch of the forest’s Bolin Creek has become a […]

The post Carrboro’s Carolina North Forest and Bolin Creek garner controversy first appeared on Friends of Bolin Creek.]]>
https://bolincreek.org/blog/2018/01/27/carrboros-carolina-north-forest-and-bolin-creek-garner-controversy/feed/ 0