East Rosemary Street Redevelopment

West Rosemary Street Development Guide

Land Use Management Ordinance (LUMO) and Future Land Use Map (FLUM)

Downtown-related Town Task Forces

• Town Properties Task Force
• Historic Town Hall Committee
• Varsity Theatre Task Force

W. Franklin St. Lane Reallocation

Future of Franklin St.

East Rosemary Street Redevelopment

Alleyway Improvements

Streetscape Improvements

Loading Zone Improvements

• The Town, who oversees the use of the curb, including on NCDOT streets such as Franklin and Columbia, has launched an effort to reassess loading zones and determine how best to manage them. The Town is now convening a staff team and community partners to further explore the issue and craft possible solutions. The Town team includes Police and Planning Department employees as well as Matt Gladdek from the Downtown Partnership.

Public Restrooms

• The Town formed a team of Town staff, Chapel Hill Downtown Partnership, Chamber of Commerce, Visitors Bureau and Orange County Partnership to End Homeless to explore the challenges around Downtown public toilets, identify opportunities, and present to relevant community leadership. This team compiled recommendations around Downtown public toilets which can be found here.
  

Sidewalk Dining

Bus Rapid Transit (BRT)

Parking

• The Town is continuously improving parking in Downtown by seeking additional shared parking agreements, optimizing our parking inventory, and partnering with the ParkMobile app to ensure accuracy around parking space availability. Check out Park on the Hill for more information on parking in Downtown.

Events

Community Arts & Culture

Food Trucks

• Food trucks are an element of Chapel Hill's diverse and exciting restaurant landscape. You can apply for a food truck permit by clicking here and read more about the Town's ordinances here, here and here.

140 West

• 140 West Plaza, located at 140 W. Franklin St., is a Town park and thus available for rental for events and gatherings. Visit our Outdoor Events page for more information on this important space. Click here for the art plan developed by Mikyoung Kim in 2007 for the 140 West Plaza park.

Mini Park Experiments

• The Town is continually experimenting with small green spaces in Downtown for use as mini parks. Examples include the Rosemary Sunset parking area mini park and the Tire Mini Park at W. Franklin and N. Roberson Streets.