Greene Tract

The Greene Tract is a parcel of land jointly owned by Orange County and the towns of Carrboro and Chapel Hill. The three entities are creating a long-range plan to guide development and preservation activities on this site.

The links on the righthand side of the page are to Board of County Commissioners agenda items from recent years, along with a detailed historical timeline.

November Community Events

November 7 - Open House

November 8 - Virtual Meeting

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Environmental Assessment and Webinar

The Greene Tract Environmental Assessment can be found here. Background information regarding the Environmental Assessment can be found here.

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. This webinar is now available for viewing by clicking the graphic below.

  1. What is the Greene tract?
  2. What are the plans for the Greene Tract?
  3. Why is affordable housing such an important issue in Orange County?
  4. Why is the county changing the 2002 agreement that called for more of the land to be preserved?
  5. What are the next steps?
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