I'm Theo Nollert, a Chapel Hill Town Councilor.
How can I help?
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Hi, I'm Theo!
I joined the Town Council in 2023. I'm here to represent you and to plan for the Town's future.
Life in North Carolina, and in Chapel Hill, should be more affordable and more fair.
My top three priorities are housing, transportation, and new revenue. To meet those goals, I have supported a $15 million affordable housing bond, championed new regulations that recreate the starter home market, and approved developments that include mixed-income housing and grow our tax base. I am a staunch advocate for local authority over transportation goals, like our greenway network and pedestrian projects that advance our Vision Zero, safe streets objective.
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​I want to make sure you are heard and served by your local government to the fullest extent of our ability. Please contact me if you're having issues and need some help--or if you just want to share comments and feedback on our beautiful town!
WHO AM I?
An experienced policymaker and public communicator
I moved here in 2019 to pursue a PhD in Renaissance Poetry at UNC Chapel Hill. Along the way, I led a successful campaign to win the largest-ever one-time pay raise for UNC graduate workers: a 25% raise implemented in 2023.
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During that campaign, I heard again and again that the number one cost was the cost of rent. So I joined the Town's Planning Commission. A few months later, I ran for, and won, a seat on the Council.
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I'm passionate about youth engagement and young voter turnout and, in 2024, took a job as the head of statewide campus turnout for the Harris campaign, building a department of 111 employees across more than 30 campuses and boosting early voting turnout at campus sites by 23% over the 2020 election.
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As the Policy Director at Carolina Forward, a left-of-center North Carolina policy think tank, I work every day to make North Carolina more fair, free, and affordable. And as your Town Councilor, I'm here to serve!
My email is tnollert@townofchapelhill.org. Please reach out if you need help resolving an issue, navigating Town services, or exploring a way to better our town!
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How We Get Around
Bus Rapid Transit is coming! So are more bike and pedestrian projects. The Town needs to commit sufficient revenue to maintain a steady rate of new connectivity projects.
Where We Live
We can create more housing choices and develop a stronger tax base by modernizing our land use rules to meet community objectives.
How It Feels
An affordable, prosperous Town can be beautiful and fun. That's the goal of our Complete Communities framework, which is guiding us toward better placemaking as we update our rules.
CONTACT ME
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