Saturday, June 28, 2014

Thursday, June 19, 2014

Today in Small Business: Why Traditional Retailers Should Fear the Amazon Phone - NYTimes.com

What about Obey Creek?

The Daily Tar Heel :: Pharmacy closes, but Sutton’s Drug Store remains

This and the story today in the DTH about Hanna's Grill - a very impressive tale of fortitude! - remind me that there are lots of forces at work over which we have no control, from storms and criminal acts to big chain drugstores. Why should we have any confidence at all that PERRY understands all of that any better than anyone else? Who understands it best?

Wednesday, June 18, 2014

Firm to conduct manager search - fayobserver.com: Local News

It seems to me that it is time to start asking a lot of questions about how STANCIL does his job. Others have asked questions in the past and why aren't we now?

Winmore Winmore » A Thriving Community in Chapel Hill/Carrboro

What does Obey Creek have to learn from this? How well have they done with retail?

Thursday, June 5, 2014

The Daily Tar Heel :: Pedestrians gain from West Franklin face-lift

Lessons for Obey Creek?

If one wants to walk from Obey Creek to downtown Chapel Hill, what is the route that matches in efficiency what one can do in a car? In other words, is there a direct route? And, most important, if there is one, how many people walk it per day?

Wednesday, June 4, 2014

Joe Buonfiglio: Obey Creek: An erosion of trust | Guest Columns | ChapelHillNews.com

Perhaps the most troubling part of all this is how little most people seem to care.

Shopping bus?

Shouldn't we be looking at how a shopping bus could be organized for people living within the two mile radius so as to cut down a little on cars? Surely, we can figure this out!