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A Line from Chatham

Posted on September 13, 2007 by Staff

Julian Sereno 

Chatham County Line, on the web at www.chathamcountyline.org, is a monthly community newspaper that focuses on all things Chatham. Our current issue looks at development. Here is a quick look at Chatham goings-on for the readers of The Carrboro Citizen.

The big development story for the moment is the planned Pittsboro Place, which, as proposed — 120 acres, 1.3 million square feet of commercial space, 332 residential units, high-rise buildings — would be bigger than Crossroads Plaza in Cary and the largest such development in Chatham. In late August, barely a month after it was first proposed, the Pittsboro Town Commission approved some of it – 50 acres, 50 residential units and a 50-foot height restriction on buildings. Whether or not Pittsboro Place goes any further depends on the November elections: Three challengers running for the Pittsboro Town Commission oppose the development. The direction that Pittsboro will take is in the hands of its voters.

Meanwhile, Chatham Citizens for Effective Communities (CCEC) says that another, similar mixed-use development – Sixty Four Crossing at Eubanks Road – is also being planned.

Plenty of cultural and entertainment events are coming up in Chatham. Pittsboro Mayor Randy Voller proclaimed Saturday, September 15 as Woof-A-Palooza Day. This furry fun-raising event will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the campus of Central Carolina Community College in Pittsboro. Pets and their humans will have a howling good time enjoying the activities, contests, demonstrations, refreshments and shopping. Adoptable dogs will be awaiting their forever homes at Woof-A-Palooza as well.

The Fall Shakori Hills Grassroots Festival of Music and Dance will be held from October 11-14. Tickets are on sale now for the festival and are available online at www.shakorihills.org and by telephone at 542-8142. In the meantime, Moonlight, Music and Dance-Friday Night Music Series will take place at Shakori Hills until September 28.

Chatham Marketplace is hosting a number of events. Thursday, September 13 at 6 p.m. is Reading and Signing with local author Kathy Oddenino and her 8th book, Spirit Consciousness: Our Intelligent Design. On Saturday, September 15 from noon to 2 p.m., the Cooking Demo and Book Signing features Annie Jackson, local author of Heart of the Home and Cookin’ Southern Vegetarian Style.

Chatham Artist’s Guild artists are featured through September at the new Carolina Brewery & Grill, located at the intersection of 15-501 South and Hwy 64 Bypass. The first of a series of Carolina Brewery art exhibits will display two-dimensional works of art by 16 juried guild artists. Among the works on exhibit are paintings by Rita Baldwin, Shannon Bueker, Jeff Christian, Beth Goldston, Joey Howell, Katherine Jardine, Jeff McFall, Diane Taylor, Joan Sommers, Sally Sutton and Melody Troncale; drawings by Leslie Palmer; photographs by Mark Bashista and Juan Pons; prints by Vidabeth Benson; fabrics by Jean Vollrath; and multimedia art by Rita Spina.

McIntyre’s Fine Books in Fearrington Village is hosting a number of author events. Kate Blackwell will read from her debut collection, You Won’t Remember This. James Peacock visits to read from Grounded Globalism: How the American South Embraces the World on Saturday, September 15 at 11 a.m. On Sunday September 16 at 2 p.m. Mark L. Van Name, will read from One Jump Ahead, the first novel in the John and Lobo Series. Haven Kimmel will be on hand to read from her new work, The Used World, on Saturday September 22 at 11 a.m. For more information, call 919.542.3030.

ChathamArts Gallery’s September show features India ink drawings and watercolors by Florence Johnson, three-dimensional creations by Roger Person and handcrafted jewelry by the mother-son team of Lyla and Brandon Shumate.

Fusions Art and Fine Craft Gallery will be featuring Michelle Bonds, Carolyn Doyle, Lori Kerr and Carolyn Waterson for a Quilt Show and Sale, Sept 1-30. Fusions is located at 53 Hillsboro Street in Historic Downtown Pittsboro.

Join the Friends of the Pittsboro Memorial Library (www.pittsborolibraryfriends.org) Tuesday, September 18 at 7:30 p.m. at the Council on Aging (Senior Center,) Hwy. 87N, Pittsboro, for a panel discussion of the “History of the African American Churches of Chatham County.” The program will be interspersed with traditional and contemporary music including hymns, spirituals, gospel and more.

Julian Sereno is editor and publisher of Chatham County Line. 

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