By Beth Mechum, Staff Writer

Energy was the name of the game at Tuesday night’s board of aldermen meeting at Carrboro Town Hall.

State Energy Office (SEO) Director Larry Shirley, who lives in Carrboro, was on hand to present a report from the office on what it has been up to and what sort of funding and financial assistance might be available for Carrboro. More »

Update: The town has released notes from the retreat including a set of potential action items. Items are copied and posted here.

The Town of Carrboro had a problem sending official notification of the annual Board of Aldermen retreat on Monday at the Seymour Senior Center. The board, mayor and senior staff met for several hours. Mayor Mark Chilton apologized for the error Tuesday and said Town Manager Steve Stewart was notifying members of the media and offering an apology for the breakdown in communication.

According to Chilton, the press was not notified save a posting in the lobby at Town Hall.

Members of the media and interested members of the public are commonly notified of upcoming meetings via email and through the town’s website.

No members of the media were present at the retreat and materials presented at the meeting have not been posted on the town’s Web site or made available.

The town did issue the following press release and meeting plan on the retreat: More »

By Kirk Ross
Staff Writer

Though separate items on its Tuesday night agenda, concerns about managing growth downtown have the Carrboro Board of Aldermen carefully considering next steps for traffic calming on Oak Avenue and a proposed rezoning on Center Street.

The Center Street proposal brought by a group of owners led by Jane Hamborsky asks that the town change the zoning on its property at 102 Center Street to allow for a greater variety of business uses.

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