Currently holds the office of Chapel Hill Town Council until December 31, 2027.
Candidate for Chapel Hill Town Council in 2023 North Carolina Consolidated Municipal Election.
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Get StartedThe valuable diversity of Earth’s plants and animals has been critically impacted by habitat destruction (especially by sprawl) and climate change. Humans innately need nature for our mental health and we need nature’s services, like clean air, soil, pollination, and shade. The more biologically diverse green space is, the more benefits it provides. Mental health benefits pay off, in turn, with lower health care costs and lower crime. Learn more
Finally, where trees are taken out, we need to either adequately replace them, or make the sacrifice worth it, with more people housed per acre or more acres of trees saved elsewhere: in other words, we should build densely and efficiently rather than clear-cutting trees to build more single-family homes on large lots. Learn more
We must ensure that all our local decisions maximize environmental benefits and minimize unintended consequences. Learn more
In addition, there are 40,000 people who commute into Chapel Hill daily because they cannot afford to live here. This is largely because we lack enough housing in between expensive single-family homes and subsidized affordable housing, also known as missing middle housing. Building missing middle housing will make our community stronger and more interesting, our local businesses more vibrant, and our future more resilient. Learn more
UNC should certainly take more responsibility for housing students, and has, at the least, an area of land available (now fenced around condemned apartments). Simply inviting developers to build dense housing there will take some burden off the very limited land available in town. Learn more
Making sure everyone has adequate food, housing, and community amenities pays off for the whole town. It enables stronger children who can reach their potential, stronger communities who watch out for each other, and more successful citizens who can contribute more to their communities. Learn more
Chapel Hill has a strong affordable housing program, but it needs to be strengthened so that we can meet our community’s needs. For this, we should use any federal funding available, as well as pursuing public-private partnerships that have worked elsewhere for community-centered projects. Learn more
Finally, as we add gentle density in neighborhoods and more intensive density along transit lines, we must intersperse it with accessible shared green space for our wellbeing and that of other living things. Learn more
Local governments world-wide are finding that building bike and pedestrian infrastructure and investing in public transit are good first steps in moving away from a car-centric transportation system. By making smart land use decisions for our growing population, expanding and electrifying our great transit system, hooking it into regional transit, and strategically implementing our Everywhere to Everywhere Greenways plan, we can reach our destinations happier, healthier and and more cheaply. Learn more
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