Greene Tract
The Greene Tract consists of 164 acres in southeastern Orange County. Orange County owns 60 acres of the land. The Towns of Chapel Hill and Carrboro and Orange County jointly own the remaining 104 acres.
Consultant teams and staff from the three local governments have been working together with the community to create a plan for development of the Greene Tract. The engagement process elevated the voices of the Rogers-Eubanks Neighborhood area, a historically African American residential community located close to the Greene Tract. The centering of these voices fulfills a decades-long commitment to repair racial and environmental injustices of the past. The engagement for this plan included the following activities:
- Three well-attended community workshops
- Monthly Engagement Team meetings
- Monthly Newsletters
- Stakeholder Interviews
In September and October 2024, the three jurisdictions approved a shared vision and draft land use plan for the Greene Tract that will have a mix of uses, including:
- Mixed-income housing
- Natural area
- Recreation space
- Potential public school site
- Possible small-scale commercial spaces
This page will help us inform and engage the community throughout the upcoming development process.
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Spring 2025 Updates
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What's new?-
We're reviewing and amending zoning regulations for the property. (May/June 2025)
- This is referred to as the entitlement phase of the process. It's the legal process in which a real estate landowner gets approval from the local governing body for their development plans.
- The governing body could be the Planning Commission, Zoning Administrator, or Town Council. For the Greene Tract, the governing body will be the Chapel Hill Town Council.
Upcoming meetings
Here's a tentative list of meetings with the Greene Tract topic on the agenda. Click here for Town of Chapel Hill meeting information.
- Wednesday, April 23 at 6 p.m. - Chapel Hill Town Council Meeting
- Tuesday, May 6 at 6 p.m. - Chapel Hill Planning Commission Meeting
- Wednesday, May 21 at 7 p.m. - Chapel Hill Town Council Meeting
- Wednesday, June 18 at 6 p.m. - Chapel Hill Town Council Meeting
What's next?
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We're continuing to assess the cost of different land use configurations.
- In spring/fall 2025, we're working with UNC's School of Government to perform a financial feasibility analysis on the adopted Master Plan.
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We're reviewing and amending zoning regulations for the property. (May/June 2025)
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Updates
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FINANCIAL ANALYSIS PHASE
Spring/Fall 2025
The Greene Tract jurisdictional partners (Orange County/Town of Carrboro/Town of Chapel Hill) will work with UNC School of Government's Development Finance Initiative (DFI) to determine the financial needs and feasibility of the project. DFI will provide pre-development services, including:
- Conducting a financial feasibility analysis on the adopted Master Plan;
- Determining the scale of public investment required, at varying levels of affordability, to achieve public interests;
- Marketing the project to qualified private developer(s); and
- Supporting the Greene Tract jurisdictional partners throughout the process of working with a private developer(s), who will eventually construct the project.
DEVELOPMENT ENTITLEMENT PHASE
Spring 2025
This phase of the project will include any approvals needed from the Planning Commission, Zoning Administrator, or Town Council that is required by the planning code before a project may secure a building permit.
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Videos
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Due to COVID-19 and limitations in conducting community outreach, the local governments, in partnership with SynTerra, agreed to produce a webinar video in order to present the Greene Tract Environmental Assessment to the public.
