NOTED. Stephen Coakley,
founder of The Welcome Company, purchased the TapSnap of the Triangle photo
booth franchise in September 2023. TapSnap focuses on elevating corporate and social events with professional-grade photo booths.
The Chatham County Board of Commissioners approved the Plan Moncure Small Area Plan on Oct. 16, 2023, with a four to one vote. The plan, which was initiated in response to the VinFast plant announcement in March 2022, has been a priority project for the board and was initially outlined for the first major tenant at the Triangle Innovation Point site in Plan Chatham, the
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county’s 2017 Comprehensive Plan. The project team, composed of experts from the Chatham
Stephanie Aleman won Jordan-Matthews High School’s fifth annual holiday art contest with her colored pencil work titled “Love in Winter.” Her artwork was featured on holiday cards sold by JMArts to raise funds for the school’s art program.
County Planning Department and
consultant firms, collaborated with the community through various engagement strategies to acquire input in order to create a future that’s reflective of residents’ vision for the future of Moncure. Hubie’s Express Car Wash, a new
business owned and operated by a local father-son duo, opened at Northwood Landing across from Mosaic. The car wash offers a 126-foot wash tunnel with 24 vacuum spots.
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Chatham YMCA welcomed Caitlin Herrion as its new
executive director. Caitlin, a seasoned leader who’s worked for YMCA of the Triangle since 2012, officially joined the Chatham YMCA team in mid-September
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2023, bringing extensive experience from her prior roles as a senior youth director and associate branch director, along with a background in education and previous involvement with the Chapel Hill-Carrboro YMCA’s Camp Clearwater team.
Chatham Civil Contracting,
a contracting company founded by Stephen James in 2017, has relocated from 811 Archie Johnson Rd. in Siler City to 120 Lowes Dr. in Pittsboro. The Town of Pittsboro has relocated its town hall from 635 East St. to a new facility at Main Street Station, 277 East St., Ste. 221.