This series of posts will be made weekly on Chapelboro to help inform our community about local government meetings. All meeting days, locations and times may be subject to change. Check town, county, and school district websites for additional information.
Initially, the week of March 23 was set to be relatively light on meetings, as it is the fourth week of the month. But the threat of severe storms and high winds last week caused some elected bodies to cancel their meetings and reschedule them to this week. That means bodies across all three local counties will be meeting in various forms and discussing topics like climate action, low-income housing and farmland preservation.
Here’s a rundown of local government meetings this week in Durham, Orange, and Chatham Counties.
Orange County
The Hillsborough Board of Commissioners will hold its typical fourth-Monday work session on Mar. 23, starting at 7 p.m. in the Town Hall Annex. The town board will discuss updates on its stormwater program, an annexation interest letter for two properties along Rencher Street, and a settlement agreement with a developer. The settlement stems from a Nov. 2024 project proposal by the developer KEPSC, which sought to develop the remaining land of the Corbinton Commons project off of Highway 70. After litigation over a zoning dispute, Hillsborough and KEPSC are nearing the end of settlement negotiations — which will likely result in the developer building 67 townhomes on the site and the town receiving a $40,000 to the its affordable housing fund. The full agenda for Monday can be found here…