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15629
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Chapel Hill leaders raced against state legislature halting development in order to enact the construction of a moratorium in the town's two historically affordable African-American neighborhoods of Northside and Pine Knolls.
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Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 28 Issue 25, June 2011, p5, 7, map Periodical Website
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16028
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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, began experiencing these development pressures in the 1990s as new construction increased rapidly. In response to the pressures, Northside residents worked with town officials to establish a Neighborhood Conservation overlay district to constrain development in order to preserve the character of this long-standing neighborhood.
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Carolina Planning (NoCar HT 393 N8 C29x), Vol. 32 Issue 1, Winter 2007, p3-10, map, f
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