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Article: Carrboro keeps the beat, but can Chapel Hill keep up?
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- The Independent Weekly
- Article date:
- May 3, 2006
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In 1993, Carrboro stole the Cat's Cradle away from Chapel Hill. It didn't take much, just a little help from the mayor and a small business loan. It's a bellwether moment in local music history, one that signaled the migration of the world famous "Chapel Hill music scene" out of Chapel Hill and the beginning of Carrboro's commitment to one of the best rock clubs in the country.
Alex Zaffron, now a member of Carrboro's board of aldermen, heard the Cradle would soon be losing its lease on Franklin Street "At the time, Ellie Kinnaird was mayor and I said, 'Hey, Ellie, guess what? Frank [Heath]'s going to be looking for a new place.' Frankly, our downtown was pretty dead back then." Kinnaird ...