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  • A “Third Space for Work” in Durham
  • A Neighborhood Housing Battle in Raleigh
  • “A Beauty” of a Banh Mi in Cary
  • An Unsurprising Campaign Announcement
  • A Local Gov Discussion with INDY’s Justin Laidlaw
The Durham location of Switchyards is located at 733 Foster Street. Photo courtesy of Switchyards.

Good morning, readers.

Durham is getting a new coworking space that promises you’ll never have to choose between the coffee shop and the office again.

Is that a good thing? 

Switchyards, opening early next month in a converted Foster Street dry cleaner plant, calls itself a “third place for work,” a phrase that collapses in on itself if you think about it too hard. 

The Atlanta-based chain, which has 27 locations across eight states, charges $100 monthly for round-the-clock access—half what American Underground costs, well below WeWork’s rates. 

The Durham location features one big room with varied seating, a bookable conference room, a no-talking room, and phone booths. There are also coffee machines that play motivational montages while your drink brews, a wall decorated with an Everything Bagels receipt and a doctored photo of Princess Diana wearing Switchyards swag, and stroopwafels. It’s trying very hard to not feel like an office.

Which might be exactly what we want now, in a country that ranks bottom of the barrel for work-life balance. 

Durham memberships are capped at 250. Recent openings across the country have sold out in minutes.

Read the full story below. And have a good Tuesday.

—Lena

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Hayes Barton Housing Battle

A Raleigh townhome development was cleared to move ahead. Residents of the wealthy Hayes Barton neighborhood had sued to stop it, INDY’s Jane Porter reports, and are trying to invalidate the city’s missing middle housing policy.

The lunch special at Bee Banh Mi. Photo by Lena Geller.

A Bite from Bee Banh Mi

For her latest Lunch Money column, Lena Geller heads to Bee BanhMi in Cary, where she finds service that anticipates your needs, Thai tea, fries, and “a beauty” of a pork banh mi sandwich, all under $15.

Run, Roy, Run

Roy Cooper ended months of speculation about his future Monday when he announced that he is running for the state’s open Senate seat that was held by Thom Tillis, NOTUS reports.


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DUKE: The Trump administration announced Monday it was launching an investigation into Duke University and the Duke Law Journal, alleging “use of race preferences” in admissions and other decisions, CNN reports.

STATE: Legislators are voting this week on whether to override Governor Stein’s veto of 14 bills—regulating everything from guns to gender. WUNC reports on how Democrats have voted on them.

ORANGE COUNTY: A Heritage Foundation spin-off group is requesting materials for 70 UNC courses, looking for diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, Inside Higher Ed reports.

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