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Village Project Concept Plan for Carolina North
In 2004 and 2005, UNC-Chapel Hill released
a concept plan for the proposed Carolina North research
campus in north central Chapel Hill.
The Village Project felt the UNC plan
fell short by being overly reliant on the automobile (17,000
parking spaces) and not providing enough housing for those
who would work in an employment center of 20,000 jobs.
On nights and weekends, The Village
Project put together an alternative plan for Carolina North
which was released to the public on June 29, 2005. Prominent
features of The Village Project plan include:
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260 acre footprint
- 5.9 million sq ft of UNC space
- 730,000 sq ft Commerical space
- 90,000 - 360,000 sq ft for schools
- 8000 housing units
- Light Rail and Commuter Rail transit
- 6000 parking spaces
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Press Coverage of the Village Project Concept
Plan:
Chapel
Hill Herald:
Village Project Plan Offers
Alternative (July 3, 2005)
Raleigh News and Observer:
Group Would Tweak
Campus (June 28, 2005)
Carolina North Options
Hailed (June 30, 2005)
Chapel Hill News:
Roses to The Village Project
(July 6, 2005)
An Alternative Vision
for Carolina North (Nov 20, 2005)
Village Project Opinion Pieces on
Carolina North:
Exciting possibilities (Jan
25, 2004 Chapel Hill News)
New paradigm needed (April 7,
2004 Chapel Hill News)
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