The DCLT will keep apartments at 1600 Anderson Street affordable for current residents and will build on two more acres nearby.
Justin Laidlaw
Justin Laidlaw is a reporter for the INDY, covering Durham. A Bull City native, he joined the staff in 2023 and previously wrote By The Horns, a blog about city council.
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Durham Pushing Forward on Roxboro-Mangum Redesign Amid NC DOT Delays
Advocates for the street improvements worry the project might get delayed indefinitely.
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Local Nonprofits Collaborate On Opportunities for Durham Youth
The Bull City Future Fund, a partnership between United Way and the Triangle Community Foundation, will work to support overstressed local youth programs.
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Leo Williams is the Bull City’s Ringmaster, But Can He Bring Everyone Under the Big Tent?
Halfway through his first year as mayor, Leo Williams has an ambitious vision for Durham, a growing list of policy wins, and more than a few discontented constituents. How far can his energy and egalitarian approach take him—and how far does he want to go?
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Durham Housing Authority Breaks Ground on New Affordable Housing Project
HUD acting secretary Adrianne Todman was in town to recognize the 555 new mixed-income apartment units the Durham Housing Authority is helping to bring to a site located between East Main and Liberty Streets.
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Bike Durham Donates $60K to City for Bike Lane Protection Project on Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway
The money comes in addition to $500,000 already committed to the project. Advocates hope it will help the city move toward a more cohesive connectivity strategy.
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A Durham Bookshop Gets a Second Life as a Co-op
After eleven years in business, Letters Bookshop, located at 116 West Main Street, is transitioning into a community-owned cooperative. Membership shares are $116—a homage to the shop’s downtown address.
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Durham City Council Gets Back to Business Next Week
Finding a new city manager, supporting affordable housing, pushing the infrastructure bonds; here’s a preview of what’s in store when council members return.
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New Durham Occupancy Tax Law Will Support Visitor’s Bureau, Build Future Projects
Discover Durham will have more money and more authority to allocate occupancy tax revenues in the coming years, but it’s money that the city and county will lose from their general funds.
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Two and a Half Men: On Being Roommates With a Dog for a Decade
Tom and I have been roommate for eleven years. For ten of those years, we’ve been co-parenting a dog—or, more accurately, parenting and uncle-ing.