Clean & Safe
Keeping Downtown Chapel Hill Clean, Safe, and Vibrant is a top priority. Through hands-on care, community partnerships, and a dedicated team on the ground, we’re committed to creating a welcoming environment where everyone feels comfortable and connected.
Clean & Green Team
In partnership with Block by Block, Chapel Hill Downtown Partnership’s Clean & Green Team helps keep Downtown Chapel Hill clean, welcoming, and vibrant. The team provides a visible presence throughout the district while serving as ambassadors to students, visitors, residents, and businesses.
The team’s work includes:
- Fulfilling maintenance requests throughout the district
- Removing graffiti, posters, and stickers
- Pressure washing public spaces
- Watering planters and supporting landscaping needs
- Vacuuming, sweeping, leaf blowing, and other routine maintenance
- Collecting trash and keeping public spaces clean
- Providing customer service and assisting downtown visitors
- Conducting outreach and connecting unhoused individuals with local service providers and resources
Together, these efforts provide consistent, hands-on maintenance and hospitality services while helping Chapel Hill Downtown Partnerhip identify and respond to the day-to-day needs of Downtown Chapel Hill.
The Street Outreach, Harm Reduction and Deflection (SOHRAD) program connects people experiencing homelessness in Orange County with housing and services. Peer support and clinical staff use a relationship-based model to provide ongoing engagement and case management for people living unsheltered.
SOHRAD is co-managed by the Orange County Criminal Justice Resource Department and the Orange County Partnership to End Homelessness in the Orange County Housing & Community Development Department.
The Chapel Hill Downtown Partnership supports the work of SOHRAD by reporting needs that are brought to our attention and connecting businesses with this organization.