Economic Development

Recent Updates and News:

• Chapel Hill named Best Place to Live by Money Magazine
• Chapel Hill named Best Place for Rich and Single
• 2010-2011 Economic Development Work Plan
• Presentation of DRAFT Downtown Development Framework and Action Plan
• Barriers to Small Business Development
• Ephesus Church Road/Fordham Boulevard Small Area Planning/Traffic Analysis
• Office Market Study 
• 2009 Year End Economic Development Report
• Chapel Hill named one of America's Coolest College Towns
• Chapel Hill named Best City to start a new business by Entrepreneur Magazine.

Economic Development Strategy Statement:
The Town of Chapel Hill will innovatively and proactively diversify local economic opportunities by retaining and supporting existing jobs, and attracting new, desirable jobs in locations convenient to transit and housing. Our goal is to build a sustainable economy within the context of the Town’s adopted Comprehensive Plan which places importance on the built and natural environment, community character, transit orientation, social equity and quality of life.

Newsletter

• July 2010
• May 2010
• April 2010
• December 2009
• September 2009
• June 2009
• April 2009

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Contact Us

For more information, contact Economic Development Officer Dwight Bassett at: dbassett@townofchapelhill.org or (919) 969-5010.