Kevin C. Foy (born January 28, 1956)[2] is an American politician and professor who served as Mayor of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, from 2001 to 2009.
"[1] Foy and his neighbors sued Chapel Hill in 1995 to prevent development that the town had approved of 15 houses in a floodplain of 3–4 acres (1.2–1.6 ha).
They lost the case (Lloyd vs. Chapel Hill) at both the district and appellate levels, though the town renegotiated with the developer to keep the space open.
The incumbent mayor, Kenneth Broun, was not seeking reelection, so Foy ran against town council member Rosemary Waldorf.
[3] In his 1997 campaign for town council, Foy again received endorsements from the Sierra Club and the Independent Weekly as well as support from several sitting members.
As mayor, Foy negotiated the expansion of the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC).
[12] After town manager Cal Horton's resignation in September 2006,[13] Foy selected Roger Stancil to fill the position, who was unanimously confirmed by the council.
[14] Foy was the chair of the state's Metropolitan Mayor's Coalition, promoting the fare-free[5] Chapel Hill Transit (CHT) and asking the Department of Transportation to keep maintaining major roads.
[5] Foy and the council asked the state legislature to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act (1996) and had Chapel Hill grant domestic partnerships.