FFORC in the News!

Communities on the Move | March 20, 2025

Our partners, Habitat for humanity, Orange County, highlighted our collaborative work in Hillsborough and the road safety improvements being implemented!

Neighborhood Engagement: Fairview residents make their streets safer

As part of Orange Habitat’s ongoing neighborhood engagement efforts, Orange Habitat has partnered with the Fairview Community Watch to support its visions for the neighborhood and get Habitat homeowners better connected to the wider community. Over the past year, one of our partners, UNC's Food, Fitness and Opportunity Research Collaborative (FFORC), has facilitated several workshops focused on street safety with Fairview community members and youth interns.

Through these workshops, residents have identified several roads with traffic concerns that make it difficult for pedestrians and cyclists to navigate their neighborhood safely. In the Fall, residents proposed a petition to the Town of Hillsborough to take the following actions to make Rainey Avenue safer.

Read the full story here! https://www.orangehabitat.org/news/neighborhood-engagement-fairview-residents-make-their-streets-safer?bbeml=tp-PGMrjFCvG0-FyLFOz5cTgA.j2ej1cpY-zUaP940_Y7yf8w.rJYepNmQCNUeuWBVoqcYldw.lSFh4J7uOhECzI9wLpb2oiA