This portfolio includes a story called Chatham Park is Huge, which includes some of my better reporting on development and change in rural areas. Well, after about a year of discussion, the town of Pittsboro has approved this absolutely huge development. By now, my friends know all about this: 60,000 people, more than 20,000 homes, huge corporate offices, all planned for a town that only has 4,000 people living in it now.
You can find my story here. This story has been almost intimidating, with the sheer scope of the project and the fact that I’m an outsider trying to sum up the feelings of an entire town. I’ll document this plan, this theoretical city, as it emerges into reality over the next few years. I’m nearly done with a related project in a medium that’s totally new to me. I’ll tell you when it’s finished.