Cristóbal Palmer

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Views expressed here are mine and not official positions of the Town or Council. I run a lab where we teach students how to manage and maintain software for websites, streaming radio, and software mirrors. Come visit Carrboro. It’s lovely here.

Screenshot of slide with timeline of steps of a school closure and redistricting with text: CHCCS Student Assignment & Boundary Planning Roadmap (DRAFT) DISCOVER ENGAGE DESIGN DECIDE IMPLEMENT Spring-Summer 2026 • Program capacity analysis • Portfolio management and closure study • Student geolocation and planning units Summer-Fall 2026 • Identify community priorities • Develop advisory committee • Gather stakeholder feedback • Development of BOE targets & objectives Fall 2026 • Creation of consensus-based rubric Establish boundary scenarios • Evaluate impacts and alignment Winter 2026 • Present recommendations • Board deliberation • Final reassignment decision Fall 2027 • Communications and routing • Student transition process • New boundaries begin Fall 2027 BOARD DECISION MILESTONES • Establish values, goals, and priorities : Review boundary scenarios Approve reassignment plan COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TOUCHPOINTS • Advisory committee meetings • Community feedback sessions • Public review of recommendations
Event flyer with narcan box image and logos for OC EMS and Carrboro PD. Text reads. FREE NALOXONE TRAINING • Join Orange County EMS and Carrboro Police for a free Naloxone (Narcan) training. • Learn how Naloxone and opioids work. • Learn how to identify an overdose and when to administer Naloxone. • Free Naloxone available. RANDE COUNTY NASAL SPRAY 4 mg Friday, April 17" at 2pm Drakeford Library Complex 203 S. Greensboro St., Carboro NC 27510
A man wearing glasses and a cap stands in front of the dedication plaque outside the front door of the Drakeford Library Complex. He has an “I voted” sticker on the right hand breast pocket of his striped blue collared shirt.
Community spend week poster with text: BLACK BUSINESS ALLIANCE The Chamber Circulating BLACK HISTORY Community SPEND WEEK TONYA'S COOKIES THE FLYING PIEROGI CAROLINA CAR WASH WHAT IS THE PURPOSE? A Community Spend Week is a coordinated effort where people show up at the same place and spend money at a local business, creating immediate economic impact through collective action. WHEN/WHERE CAN I PARTICIPATE? 2/16. 12PM - 2PM | THE FLYING PIEROGI 2/18. 12PM - 2PM | TONYA'S COOKIES 2/19, 10AM - 4PM | CAROLINA CARWASH Registration is highly encouraged.
Race signup flyer for St. Paul Village 5k. Lists sponsors and links to signup page: https://runsignup.com/Race/NC/ChapelHill/stpaulvillage
Screenshot of Agenda Packet PDF with text: INFORMATION: This grant will fund a street tree inventory and development of Carrboro's first Comprehensive Urban Forestry Management Plan. The street tree inventory will provide a database of species, location, size, and condition of each tree along Carboro maintained streets and identify available planting spaces. It is essential for risk management and safety as it identifies hazardous trees and those needing pruning to protect people and property. It will allow supervisors to efficiently schedule and track tree care. The data from the inventory, as well as insights gained through community engagement, will then be used to develop a Comprehensive Urban Forestry Management Plan. This plan will set long-term, actionable goals for tree planting, maintenance and removal. It will provide data to develop adequate budget requests for Town-wide tree care and staff capacity, improve the health and resilience of the urban canopy against pests and climate change, and promote public education and encourage community support for tree planting, particularly in the owns urban heat islands. Completing the inventory and management plan will ensure our urban forest thriv a critical, well-maintained asset. It will build resilience in our community by providing much needed shac to urban heat islands and address environmental justice issues related to inequities in the tree canopy. Town of Carboro Page 1 of 2 Printed on 2/13/2026 powered by Legistar™ Agenda Date: 2/17/2026 In Control: Town Council File Type: Consent Agenda Version: 1 This project will also quantify the economic, environmental and social value of the urban forest, such as air quality improvements, stormwater retention, increases in biodiversity, to our community. FISCAL IMPACT: There is no immediate fiscal impact associated with this item. If the Town is awarded the grant, a match of $13,650 is required to receive up to S47,092 in external grant funding. Town funding…
Close-up selfie of a person in a jacket with a reflective vest on top. The person is holding a blue flyer with early voting information.
Cristóbal Palmer selfie in front of the dais. Council member Joiner is seated at his seat. An American flag stands to the left of a large wall-mounted screen.
Close cropped selfie emphasizing two enamel pins on a light blue-gray sport coat. The upper pin on the lapel is the Carrboro logo in green. The lower pin is a tuxedo cat head positioned to look like it is peaking out of the breast pocket.
Braxton Foushee seated at left, dressed in his Boy Scouts leadership uniform. Seated at right, Cristóbal Palmer in a shirt, tie, and khaki pants with a quarter-zip pullover. The two lean toward each other.
Four adults sit around an L shaped table. One is at an audio console. Microphones on long arms stretch from the center of the table out to each person. One, a man in an orange jacket, turns toward the camera and smiles.
Selfie with four people around a table. Each has a microphone and headphones. One has a laptop. There are posters on the wall behind.
Photo of two items on a table. On the left, a hardback children’s book: “Becoming Boba” by Joanna Ho and Amber Ren. On the right, an iPad with pencil attached. On the cover are many Carrboro logo stickers with different colors to commemorate different causes and events.
Screenshot of Enlace Latino website for this story with highlighted text: “Procedió a detener a un hombre identificado como Willy Aceituno, ciudadano estadounidense de origen hondureño. Luego de interactuar con las autoridades, Aceituno fue liberado.”
Orange County Food Resource List This list contains locations and contacts for food pantries and food distributions to help people who are facing food insecurity. Go to go.ncsu.edu/FeedOrangeCounty For more information, contact N.C. Cooperative Extension- Orange County Center 1020 US Hwy 70 W, Suite 130, Hillsborough, NG, (919) 245-2050 Visit orange.ces.ncsu.edu for more resources!
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奥兰治县 食品资源清单 本清单包含食品仓库和食品派发点的地址与联系方式，旨在帮助面临食物短缺问题的人士。 扫描或访问： go.ncsu.edu/FeedOrangeCounty 如需更多信息，请联系： 北卡罗来纳州合作推广服务一奥兰治县中心 1020 US Hwy 70 W, Suite 130, Hillsborough, NC, (919) 245-2050 请访问 orange.ces.ncsu.edu 以获取更多资源！
Condado de Orange Lista de Recursos Alimentarios Esta lista contiene ubicaciones y contactos para despensas de alimentos y distribuciones de alimentos para ayudar a las personas que enfrentan inseguridad alimentaria. Visite go.ncsu.edu/FeedOrangeCounty Para más información, póngase en contacto con N.C. Cooperative Extension- Orange County Center (Extensión Cooperativa de Carolina del Norte) 1020 US Hwy 70 W, Suite 130, Hillsborough, NC, (919) 245-2050 ¡Visite orange.ces.ncsu.edu para obtener más recursos!
Mental Health First Aid flyer reading in part: Join us for our upcoming community course Nov. 6&7 Would you like to build skills to support our community? We are hosting a Mental Health First Aid class to help make mental wellbeing a reality for everyone. We aim to increase the number of Mental Health First Aiders certified to respond after natural disasters like we experienced in July with Tropical Storm Chantal. The class will be two mornings in early November, Thursday and Friday the 6th and 7 from 9am - 1pm at the Carrboro branch library in the Drakeford Complex. Attendance at both sessions is required for certification. The class is free aside from a $18.95 book fee (can be waived if needed). Questions: allsd@hotmail.com
Selfie with a person in an inflatable frog costume. They are holding a sign reading in part COULD BE HOME WITH MY DOG
Selfie as I’m walking onto town commons in Carrboro. There is a large crowd behind me. They overflow onto the grass behind the stage.
Event card with text: NEXT CHAPEL HILL & CARRBORO PopUp Town Council Meeting! September 4, 6-8pm Drakeford Multipurpose Room 203 S. Greensboro St., Carrboro Remember VH1's PopUp Video - watch a video, learn fun facts? Well, this is like that, only fun facts about how local town council meetings work! With the aim of encouraging greater civic engagement, Mark Chilton, former Chapel Hill Town Council member and former Carrboro mayor, will discuss the elements of a Town Council meeting - from proclamations to public comments and public hearings to what to do if your local government isn't discussing your issue - - while showing a livestream of a past council meeting. Designed to be educational and non-partisan, as well as interactive, lively, and hyper-local. Chilton is the register of deeds for Orange County Government. There will be activities for kids and a snack potluck, so bring your favorite snack to share (optional).
Screenshot of executive order with highlighted text: (B) denial by the grant recipient of the sex binary in humans or the notion that sex is a chosen or mutable
Screenshot of a radar image of precipitation showing a line of thunderstorms entering Orange County NC
Cristóbal Palmer takes a selfie in front of the Orange County NC Board of Elections office. A large sign on the left has the Orange County logo and reads “BOARD OF ELECTIONS. 208 South Cameron Street”
Selfie holding a plastic tub of strawberry lemonade.
Two staff with a design consultancy stand behind a table under a shade tent. Around them are large poster boards with maps and concept designs for the Carrboro Downtown Area Plan. A person stands in front of the table between us and the staffers, facing the table. They have their arms crossed behind their back in a relaxed listening posture. In one hand are a pair of earrings in a bag from a nearby vendor table and a pocket copy of the constitution from an organization’s table.
A row of colorful vendor tables at Carrboro Town Commons on Juneteenth
Carrboro Mayor Barbara Foushee welcoming people to the Juneteenth celebration at Carrboro Town Commons. She is pointing with her left hand while speaking from a lectern with Carrboro branding. Behind her is a stage with audio equipment and a box fan.
Text on slides with voiceover. The video is a version of a press release noting that Orange County NC Latino leaders have called on Governor Josh Stein to use his veto to block trump-inspired senate bill 153 and house bill 318. The video asks the public to call 919-814-2000 and press 5, politely leaving a recording with name, city, and a message to veto senate bill 153 and house bill 318.
A view from the North side of Franklin Street just West of the intersection with Columbia looking East. A parade goes from East to West on Franklin Street in Chapel Hill around 1pm on Saturday the 7th of June, 2025. A group of drummers leads the crowd. Many people wave rainbow pride flags, trans flags, and other flags of pride and inclusivity. A municipal bus from the Chapel Hill Transit fleet brings up the rear.
Selfie in orange shirt for wearorange.org next to a long tail bike with a hand lettered sign that says “Let’s talk Budget”
View from the back corner of a conference room full of people. A presenter has a slide on a large screen. The slide has a screenshot from the Simpaons on the left, with Marge and Homer visible. Text in the screenshot says “This is the last one.” The text on the slide reads: This is the last amendment for the FY2024-2033 TIP • Actions that necessitated this amendment • Adding the Durham-to-Roxboro Rail Trail • Adding funds to BL-0044 • Adding funds to TL-0065 • Shifting funds on U-4726HO • Updates on this amendment will appear directly on the FY2026-2035 STIP
View from the back corner of a conference room full of people. A presenter has a slide on a large screen. The slide has a screenshot from the Simpaons on the left, with Marge and Homer visible. Text in the screenshot says “This is the last one.” The text on the slide reads: This is the last amendment for the FY2024-2033 TIP • Actions that necessitated this amendment • Adding the Durham-to-Roxboro Rail Trail • Adding funds to BL-0044 • Adding funds to TL-0065 • Shifting funds on U-4726HO • Updates on this amendment will appear directly on the FY2026-2035 STIP
Panoramic view of Carrboro NC from the parking deck of the Drakeford Library Complex looking North. The Century Center with its large “Black Lives Matter” mural is central in the frame. Puffy white clouds dot the sky.
Two professors stand near a lectern. One is adjusting a laptop on the lectern, and the other is taking off a shoulder bag and placing it on a table next to the lectern. A slide with white text on a blue background reads in part: “Heat on the Streets: How You Can Help Uncover Urban Hot Spots and Vulnerabilities”
Orange County Skills Development and NCWorks Career Center viewed from the entrance on the third floor of the Drakeford Library Complex. A staff member sits behind a front desk. Behind them on the wall is the NC Works logo. To the left in the photo, a row of computer workstations can be seen.
Mayor Barbara Foushee at a lectern with a microphone. She is pointing toward the back of a large crowd gathered for the grand opening of the Drakeford Library Complex. Behind her, people stand on the stairs.
The Century Center in Carrboro viewed from Main. The clock and the large BLACK LIVES MATTER are visible
The front of a crowd of protestors. Large puppets of Putin, Musk, and Trump are visible. In the background is the NC legislature.
Poster with text: UNC building worker worked late during blizzard shoveling snow, salting campus paths. [picture of a family of three, mother, father, and child. They wear matching shirts and the parents are forming a heart with their arms] HIT BY A SEMI DRIVING HOME Hospital fees, car totaled, days off work Direct Support. $3 Helps paypal.me/grantholubm
A Broadsheet with excerpts of various speeches given by Frederick Douglass. Only the top third is visible. Out of focus behind it are a stage, lighting equipment, and music stands.
Photo of a paper with a printout of a presentation slide with text. Notable on the slide is a QR code that links to a public forum opportunity. The slide lists Thursday the 20th of February at 6p and Saturday the 22nd of February at 11:30a, both at Town Hall, as start times for public fora.
James Shields Jr. gestures with his right hand while holding a microphone with his left hand. He wears a blue coat and grey slacks.
Dr. Michelle Laws at a lectern with a projected slide behind her. She wears a black shirt and glasses.
Screenshot of iOS interface showing the dialogue to Delete Instagram
Photo of the cover of a book. A hardwood floor is visible behind it. The cover has the subtitle in black at the top: THE ROOTS OF THE BLACK WORKING CLASS Followed by giant white letters: BLACK FOLK With the author’s name in black at the bottom: BLAIR LM KELLEY Between the words “Black” and “Folk” a group of black people in a sepia toned old photo walk shoulder to shoulder down a road. The include folks both young and old, and a young woman at the right side carries an umbrella
A man wearing glasses, a collared shirt, a striped tie, and puffy red outdoor outerwear smiles from the corner of the frame. The frame is angled so a name plate dominates the center of the photo. It reads “Cristóbal Palmer” in large letters with “Council Member (He/Him)” below.
Dialogue box with text: “Unexpected error. The data couldn’t be read because it is missing.”
Cropped screenshot of the bottom right of my Bluesky interface showing the notification bell with a “30+” label and my avatar beside it.
A white man with glasses, a red plaid shirt, and a moustache smiles while leaning forward so that the text on his hat is legible. It is a camo baseball cap with “HARRIS WALZ” in blaze orange text.
NEXT Action Fund Endorsement card for Cristóbal Palmer in the Carrboro Town Council special election. The card has a picture of Palmer on one side, a border with a stylized bus, bike, and pedestrian. The card also reads in part: “We appreciate Cristóbal's vision for Carrboro and his platform, highlighting equitable transportation, climate justice, affordable housing, and anti-racist practice, which closely aligns with NEXT priorities. He is ready to champion these issues during implementation of the Carrboro Connects Comprehensive Plan.”
Endorsement graphic card reading “Endorsed by Run for Something 2024” and a photo of Cristóbal Palmer from the chest up in front of a brick wall. At the bottom it reads “Cristóbal Palmer, Town Council, Carrboro, North Carolina”
A parking lot full of cars. Most of the cars are either partly or completely obscured by the large array of solar panels that have been installed in the lot. Green trees and fields are visible beyond the lot. The view is from just beyond one corner of the lot and at an elevation of roughly a five story building.
A school board meeting public viewing overflow room. The meeting is visible on a TV screen. The room has people packed tighter than the seating is designed to handle, and many people standing.
An event poster for “2nd Wednesday Happy Hour & Candidate Coming Out Party” hosted by NEXT, listing the time range of 6-8p, and listing the address of 108 E Main. The center is dominated by a diverse group of people, each holding a letter that spells out “VOTE” in various colors. Superimposed on top of the poster in bold is the word “Today”
A man in a short sleeved collared shirt and a cap smiles at the viewer. He is seated at a table. Some aluminum foil is visible in the corner.
Cropped screenshot of Apple Weather showing a curve of the wet bulb (“feels like”) temperature with a line at 2:59pm projecting 106°F
A photo of page 2 of a printed copy of an abridged version of an 1852 address on July 5 by Frederick Douglass. The phrase “you must do your work” has been underlined twice. The paragraph reads: “MY business, if I have any here to-day, is with the present. The accepted time with God and his cause is the ever-living now. We have to do with the past only as we can make it useful to the present and to the future. Now is the time, the important time. Your fathers have lived, died, and have done their work, and have done much of it well. You live and must die, and you must do your work. You have no right to enjoy a child's share in the labor of your fathers, unless your children are to be blest by your labors. You have no right to wear out and waste the hard-earned fame of your fathers to cover your indolence.
A plush poop emoji keychain dangles near the viewer. On the wall in the background are aerial photos of the wastewater plant dating back to the 1960s.