The Chapel Hill Building Integrated Communities Project (Chapel Hill BIC) is a multi-year collaboration between the Town of Chapel Hill, local community groups and residents, and the statewide Building Integrated Communities program at UNC-Chapel Hill.

Chapel Hill BIC is a community planning project, which means that community members and government staff are working together to develop town plans. The goals of Chapel Hill BIC are to:

• Share and build knowledge about Chapel Hill’s foreign-born and refugee communities
• Improve relationships and communication with foreign-born “newcomers” to Chapel Hill
• Support resident participation in local government

Achieving these goals is a three-phase process. The first phase, a community assessment, gathered information on immigrant and refugee residents and their recommendations to improve local government. Chapel Hill’s 2018 Community Assessment Report reflects the valuable input of 250+ local residents. Check out the Executive Summary and Full Report in the table to the right.

The next phase, action planning, was completed in February 2019 with the publication of the Town's Action Plan. This document was jointly developed in collaboration with representatives from Chapel Hill's immigrant and refugee focused organizations.

The third phase, implementation, is ongoing. Updates to the Action Plan are now provided on a yearly basis and can be found in the sidebar. This is a way for the community to see how much we've accomplished, what we're currently working on, and what's planned for the future.

Learn more about Chapel Hill BIC by watching this video!