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Carrboro, settled in 1882 around a railroad spur of UNC, was first known as West End because of its geographical location west of Chapel Hill. Incorporated in 1911 as Venable, the town made its final name change two years later in honor of Julian Shakespeare Carr, owner of the local textile mill. For the first fifty years after its incorporation, Carrboro remained a small mill town with a slow, steady pace of growth. In 1960, approximately 2000 people lived in the town. By the year 2000, the town's population had grown to over 16,000 residents. (click HERE to view Carrboro's demographics)

Condensed Results of The Most Recent Board of Aldermen Meeting

You may watch any currently occurring Board Meeting by following the link below:
(streaming video - Windows ONLY)

Use this link to view live Board Meetings if you have an Apple computer.
(You must have Flip4Mac or Windows Media Player for Mac installed)

Video (RealPlayer) and MP3 streams have been archived and are available for viewing and listening at any time from the Agenda page for any given Carrboro Board of Aldermen meeting. To see a list of available Agendas - CLICK HERE.

Board meetings are held on the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays, work sessions on 2nd Tuesdays, and public hearings on 4th Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m. at the Carrboro Town Hall (301 W. Main Street).

Please Note: General public comments are welcome at the regular meetings on 1st and 3rd Tuesdays, and comments regarding public hearing matters are welcome at the public hearing meetings on the 4th Tuesdays.

INFORMATION SHEET ON MATERIALS SUBMITTED FOR PUBLIC MEETINGS AND HEARINGS

In an effort to avoid confusion on the part of citizens, town staff or boards, the town staff respectfully requests that citizens choose one of the following options for making presentations to the Board of Aldermen or advisory boards:

1. That any presentation be emailed to the town staff no later than noon on the day of the meeting at which the presentation will be made; or
2. That paper copies of the presentation be provided to town staff by noon on the day of the meeting; or
3. That  citizens provide their presentations on their own equipment.

Meetings are not held during the month of July and a portion of August. You may check the printable calendar of meetings for more information about meeting times and town activities.

Many of the files on this site are available in Adobe Acrobat format. You may obtain the latest version of Adobe Acrobat by clicking on the Adobe graphic below.