To learn more about the progress being made in downtown, click on the links below to announcements and press releases related to the district.

Press Releases & Announcements:

Project Homeless Connect Seeks Volunteers & Donors (August 2010)

University Square Public Meeting (August 2010)

Project Homeless Connect 2010 - Expects Increase in Community Need (July 2010)

Daily Tar Heel Moves Offices Downtown (June 2010)

Invitation to Design Charette (June 2010)

Sugarland Unveils Delicious New Art (May 2010)

Google Economic Impact in North Carolina (May 2010)

Locally Grown Summer Music & Movies Downtown - Press Release (May 2010)

Project Homeless Connect Seeks Coordinators (May 2010)

FREE Valet Parking Expands to East Franklin Street (May 2010)

Party on Franklin Street (Southern Living Magazine, May 2010)

Ackland Art Museum Receives Extraordinary Gift (April 2010)

Street Closures for Race (April 2010)

Downtown Public Forum -- Open Invitation (March 2010)

Google High Speed Project  - Forum and Survey (March 2010)

Street Scene Teen Center Celebrates 25 Years (March 2010)

Greenbridge Press Release (Feb 2010)

Chapel Hill Police Holding Community Conversations (Feb 2010)

CHAT Festival Marketing Opportunity for Downtown Merchants (Feb 2010)

Haiti Relief Benefit Concert at Local 506 (Feb 2010)

Point in Time Count Needs Volunteers (Jan 2010)

Talking Sidewalks Release Party (Jan 2010)

Come Out of the Cold! Donation Drive (Jan 2010)

It's Time to Tune In to The Town of Chapel Hill! (Jan 2010)

Support Real Change from Spare Change This Holiday Season (Dec 2009)

Aveda Supports Project Homeless Connect (Dec 2009)

Free LED Holiday Lights for Merchants (Nov 2009)

Holiday Events & Free Saturday Parking (Nov 2009)

UNC Homecoming Parade Information (Nov 2009)

Homegrown Halloween Information for the Community (Oct 2009)

Downtown Partnership Volunteer & Internship Opportunities (Oct 2009)

Touch Downtown - Game Day Information for UNC vs. FLA State game (Oct 22 2009)

Halloween Information for Merchants (Oct 2009)

The Blue Mural Restoration (August 2009)

Project Homeless Connect 2009 - Donors & Volunteers Needed! (August 2009)

Press Release - Franklin Street Comes Alive! (July 2009) 

Press Release - Locally Grown July 23rd Concert (July 2009)

New Downtown Map & Business Brochure (June 2009)

Executive Director Meet & Greet (June 2009)

Locally Grown Summer Concerts & Movies (June 2009)

CHDP Names New Executive Director (April 2009)

IFC to Get Bike Donation! (February 2009)

Free Holiday Parking Downtown (December 2008)

Halloween 2008 Followup (October 2008) (PDF)

Daily Tar Heel Donates $10,000 to Real Change from Spare Change Initiative (March 2008) (PDF)

Downtown Chapel Hill Excited for New Businesses (January 2008) (PDF)

Downtown Chapel Hill Cleans Up for MLK, Jr. Day of Service (January 2008) (PDF)

Downtown Holiday Information (November 2007) (PDF)

Alexander Julian Comes Home: From Franklin Street to Franklin Street (November 2007) (PDF)

Downtown Chapel Hill Awards 2007 Announced (November 2007) (PDF)

CHDP Celebrates Accomplishments with 2007 Annual Report (November 2007) (PDF)

Downtown Halloween Celebration Information (October 2007) (PDF)

Franklin Street As It Once Was (October 2007) (PDF)

A Chapel Hill Corner Revived (October 2007) (PDF)

Clean and Green Teams Clean Up Downtown (October 2007) (PDF)

2007 Halloween Merchant Information (September 2007) (PDF)

Board of Realtors Clean Up Downtown (September 2007) (PDF)

Downtown Welcome Banners (August 2007) (PDF)

Downtown Tree Care (August 2007) (PDF)

Good Neighbor Initiative (August 2007) (PDF)

West End Valet Parking Service Expands to Six Nights a Week! (August 2007) (PDF)

Project Homeless Connect Event in October (July 2007) (PDF)

CHDP to Spearhead Planter Revitalization (May 2007) (PDF)

Art Comes to Life on Franklin Street (April 2007) (PDF)

Crimestoppers Seeks Help in Fighting Graffiti (April 2007) (PDF)

Board of Realtors Clean Up Downtown Chapel Hill (March 2007) (PDF)

Kidzu Celebrates its First Birthday! (February 2007) (PDF)

The Franklin Hotel Now Open and Welcoming Guests (January 2007) (PDF)

Downtown Parking Just Got Easier (January 2007) (PDF)

Chapel Hill Lights up the Holidays (November 2006) (PDF)

Fifth Quarter Chapel Hill Encourages Safe Fun After Games (November 2006) (PDF)

The Progress of Revitalizing Downtown Chapel Hill: Annual Meeting & Public Forum (November 2006) (PDF)

Downtown Safety Forum: Creating Solutions for Change (October 2006) (PDF)

News Articles:

Herald Sun- LED Exit Sign Project for Merchants (October 2007) (PDF)

Realtors Clean Up Downtown (September 2007) (PDF)

Multi-Housing News - William McDonough Partners with Greenbridge Developments (April 2007)

New York Times - North Carolina's Triangle (April 2007)

News & Observer - Communities Taking On Carbon (April 2007)

Chapel Hill News - Four-Story Apartments Proposed (April 2007)

News & Observer - Change in Wind for Public Art (April 2007)

Independent - Greenbridge Promises to be the State's Greenest Building (March 2007)

Herald Sun - Downtown Group Wants to Increase Budget, Plans (February 2007)

Herald Sun - Franklin Hotel Opens its Doors (January 2007)

Herald Sun - Downtown group plans light festival (October 2006)

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