On April 28 business owners, residents, students, and any others interested are invited to attend the first community meeting about Phase I of the Hillsborough Street Project.

The meeting will be held from 4:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the Hillsborough Street Partnership offices  ( 2100-200 Hillsborough St. – 1 Maiden Lane).  The meeting will have an informal floating format, people can drop by anytime during the 3.5 hour period.

The Hillsborough Street Project is set to break ground on May 20.  Plans call for converting Hillsborough Street from Gardner Street to Oberlin Road into a two-lane, median-divided street with curbside parking. It will be divided by a seven-foot wide raised median, and feature sidewalk bulb-outs and several pedestrian signals.