CORA Food Pantry. Helping the Hungry in Chatham County

Watts Next? The Future of Home Energy in Chatham Park and Beyond with Southern Energy Management

If you own a new home, making changes to improve your energy efficiency and reduce your energy costs can be hard to maximize, especially if your home has been built to a higher standard. There is only so much you can do to push the needle. We discuss this with Jamie Hager and Graham Alexander from Southern Energy Management, as they help us decide the best ways to save on energy costs, and what improvements give us them most value for the dollar.  https://southern-energy.com/ [https://southern-energy.com/] https://chathampark.com/ [https://chathampark.com/]

Native Plants in Chatham Park. A Discussion with Bland Landscaping

We dig deep in the soil on the topic of Native Plants in the Chatham Park Planned Development District (PDD) with our guests Vanessa Jenkins, Executive VP for Preston Development Company, and Kurt Bland, President and CEO of Bland Landscaping, as well as Hillary Moody, who runs the Design and Estimating teams at Bland.  Bland Landscaping has been helping Chatham Park since construction began back in 2015, and continues to help us keep our neighborhoods, greenways and common areas as healthy and green as they can be.  Their website is: https://blandlandscaping.com/ [https://blandlandscaping.com/]

The New Chatham Park YMCA. NOW OPEN!

This past March the long anticipated Chatham Park YMCA, part of the YMCA of the Triangle, opened its doors in the new NOVI community of Chatham Park. Hear from Forrest Perry, Vice President of Operations with the YMCA of the Triangle, and Caitlin Gleissner, Executive Director of the Chatham Park YMCA.  We discuss what this Y means to Chatham County, and Chatham Park, and how it will serve the community in more ways than just a place to swim and gym! Recorded on April 15, 2025.  https://www.ymcatriangle.org/locations/chatham-ymca [https://www.ymcatriangle.org/locations/chatham-ymca] chathampark.com

MOSAIC - More to do than ever before!

Welcome to season 4 of the Chatham Park Podcast! In this episode we catch up with what is happening in the Gateway to Chatham Park.  We talk movie nights, concerts, markets, food, entertainment, living in Chatham Park, and also what 79 Degrees West is, and how community is being built in this development. We also hear about Northwood Landing across the street from MOSAIC To donate or help with Chatham Cares, visit their website here: https://www.chathamcares.org/ [https://www.chathamcares.org/] www.chathampark.com www.mosaicatchathampark.com

CORA Food Pantry. Helping the Hungry in Chatham County

On this episode of the Chatham Park Podcast, we are talking with Melissa Beard, Executive Director of the Chatham Outreach  Alliance, or CORA. Cora has been helping those in need in Chatham County since 1989 and today you will hear about what they are doing and more.  CORA’s ultimate goal is to build a community without hunger by collecting and purchasing healthy food for distribution though their food pantry, related programs, and network of local partners.  Also joining this conversation is Jordan Cheney. Jordan does incredible work with branding and  marketing for Chatham Park and also helped organize this month’s food drive.  If you happen to be listening to this episode after the food drive is over, fear not. CORA will take your help almost any day of the year.  https://www.corafoodpantry.org/ [https://www.corafoodpantry.org/] www.chathampark.com Non-Perishable Donations can be dropped off through November 20th at the Vineyards Sales and Information Center, 500 Vine Parkway, Pittsboro from 10-5 M-Saturday and 1-5 on Sunday.