Chapel Hill Project

Chapel Hill Building Integrated Communities is a two-year collaboration between the Town of Chapel Hill, local community groups and residents, and the statewide Building Integrated Communities program. To learn more, please review the documents below.

• BIC Action Plan Implementation Update (PDF) (June 2023)
• BIC Action Plan Implementation Update (PDF) (June 2022)
• Building Integrated Communitites Action Plan Implementation Update (PDF) (April 2021)
• Chapel Hill Language Access Plan (PDF)
•  Chapel Hill BIC Action Plan for Integration of Residents Born in Other Countries (PDF)
•  Chapel Hill Community Perspectives and Recommendations for Local Government (PDF)

In Recent News

• Chapel Hill receives $375,000 to use for refugee, immigrant support initiative. (PDF)

The Daily Tar Heel | August 2022

• Chapel Hill’s Building Integrated Communities Program Helping Immigrants, Now With New Funds (PDF)

Chapelboro | August 2022

• On Air Today: ‘Building Integrated Communities’ in Chapel Hill

Chapelboro 97.9 the Hill | August 2022

• Town of Chapel Hill Receives $375,000 Grant to Support Immigrant and Refugee Populations – The Local Reporter (PDF)
  The Local Reporter | August 2022

Chapel Hill Language Access Presentation
In 2018, as part of the Building Integrated Communities (BIC) Project, Chapel Hill’s immigrant and refugee residents identified language access as a key strategy to better serve the community. In the short presentation below, Sarah Viñas details the process of developing a Language Access Plan and how the city of Chapel Hill implemented theirs.