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[transitman]

A nice accolade for Carrboro today from a magazine focused on sustainability:

Carrboro named Best Place You've (Maybe) Never Heard Of

As usual, the MENSA members who populate the anonymous comments on WRAL.com and the N&O site share their views on the selection.

[NCMike1981]

What does MENSA stand for?

I can't hardly stand to read the comments on the WRAL.com stories b/c folks on there always seem so spiteful and negative about everything. Even positive news stories get "isn't there anything better to report today then this" or "if I did that I wouldn't make the news" type comments. I hope those folks aren't like that in their everyday life ...

Edited by NCMike1981, 06 January 2011 - 09:01 AM.

[DigitalSky]

NCMike1981, on 06 January 2011 - 09:00 AM, said:

What does MENSA stand for?

I can't hardly stand to read the comments on the WRAL.com stories b/c folks on there always seem so spiteful and negative about everything. Even positive news stories get "isn't there anything better to report today then this" or "if I did that I wouldn't make the news" type comments. I hope those folks aren't like that in their everyday life ...

Mensa apparently means table in latin referring to the high IQ table or whatever...

I feel the same way about the comments on The Charlotte Observer's website, it is a sea of negativity and spite.

[orulz]

Not sure if this has been posted here yet, but a plan including renderings for Shortbread Lofts (which will be on Rosemary right behind Mediterranean Deli) is available on the Town of Chapel Hill website. All in all I'd say it's a mediocre design, but it's going to add a lot of people to downtown CH.

Also, a concept plan for the University Square redevelopment which is more detailed than anything I've seen so far is posted. The two buildings closest to Franklin would be torn down and replaced, but Granville Towers would remain in the first phase.

[orulz]

For those of you who missed it, 140 West Franklin (Lot 5) in Chapel Hill is under construction.

[orulz]

A revised plan for Shortbread Lofts was approved unanimously by Chapel Hill's town council.

[DCMetroRaleigh]

Rosemary Street continues to transform radically from its humble roots.  With all the new projects, Chapel-Hill/Carrboro will look like a mini DC in a few years with all the mid-rise mixed used towers.

Edited by DCMetroRaleigh, 03 March 2012 - 08:39 AM.