The community organizing group Orange County Justice United In Community Effort (Justice United) will hold a public meeting at 7 p.m. tonight at Binkley Baptist Church to seek neighborhood improvements, better sewer rates for Efland residents and attention to street day laborers' working conditions.
More than 300 black, white and Latino delegates are expected to attend. The mayors of Carrboro and Chapel Hill, the Orange County manager and several Chapel Hill Town Council and county commissioners are confirmed speakers.
Community leaders will seek public agreements from Carrboro Mayor Mark Chilton, Chapel Hill Mayor Mark Kleinschmidt, Durham Technical Community College Operation's Director for Orange County Carlo Robustelli and Chapel Hill-Carrboro Chamber of Commerce President & CEO Aaron Nelson to work with Justice United to address the issue of the street day laborers.
Chilton will be publicly invited to meet with residents of Abbey Court and discuss with residents neighborhood quality of life issues.
Justice United leaders will also continue discussions about sewer rates proposed for residents of the Efland community in northern Orange County. County Manager Frank Clifton Jr. and members of the Board of Commissioners will address Justice United's request that the county find alternative sources of funding, connect Efland to the Mebane sewer line and lay the needed infrastructure to ensure economic development in Efland.
