Saving Northside: The Value of Neighborhood Conservation Districts

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  • Bailey, Delores
    • Other Affiliation: Executive Director, EmPOWERment, Inc.
  • Waldon, Roger
    • Other Affiliation: Senior Consultant, Clarion Associates
Abstract
  • In the past few decades, economic growth in Chapel Hill has fueled the demand for housing in the town and put increasing development pressure on many of the town’s traditional neighborhoods. Northside, a historically African-American neighborhood near downtown Chapel Hill, began experiencing these development pressures in the 1990s as new construction in the neighborhood began increasing rapidly. In response to these pressures, Northside residents worked together with town officials to establish a Neighborhood Conservation overlay district to constrain development in ways that would preserve the character of this long-standing neighborhood. This article describes the specific development pressures facing Northside, the collaborative strategy used to develop this Neighborhood Conservation District, and the benefits reaped by the community following its implementation.
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  • Carolina Planning Journal
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  • 32
Journal issue
  • 1
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  • 3
Page end
  • 10
Language
  • English
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  • Carolina Planning Journal

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