Durham Housing Authority, Fayette Place, Campus Apartments, Hayti, Rolling Hills, South Side, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, N.C. Central University What’s up with Fayette Place? The short answer is nothing, even though Campus Apartments, one of the largest student housing developers in the U.S., has owned the 20-acre site for more than three […]
Lisa Sorg
Bio: Lisa Sorg is the editor of INDY Week.Email: [email protected]: http://twitter.com/lisasorg
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CREE’s overseas tactic secures $2 million from Durham Commissioners
While Durham county commissioners and the Durham Chamber of Commerce were genuflecting at the altar of CREE last night, there seemed to be little acknowledgment that the company was using an all-too-familiar strategy to secure a $2 million incentives package. It was threatening to move jobs overseas. And given the exodus of manufacturing jobs from […]
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Somerhill to liquidate; artists’ works protected
Somerhill Gallery, 303 S. Roxboro St., Durham, will hold a going-out-of-business sale Friday, Sept. 17, and Saturday, Sept. 18. The gallery will auction any fixtures and remaining artwork that it owns Sunday, Sept. 19, at 4 p.m. The gallery will close after the auction. For the past two weeks, artists have pulled their trucks and […]
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N.C. ramps up for wind energy
Download PDFs UNC study “Coastal Wind: Energy for North Carolina’s Future” U.S. Dept. of Energy executive summary of the “2009 Wind Technologies Market Report” Apex Wind Energy application for a proposed lease block for a wind farm Hurricane Earl’s arms wrapped the Raleigh skyline in high, gauzy clouds as the storm curled toward the North […]
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Somerhill Gallery declares Chapter 7 bankruptcy, owes artists thousands
Download PDFs “A Picture Imperfect: The Rights of Art Consignor-Collectors When Their Art Dealer Files for Bankruptcy,” Duke Law Journal Somerhill Gallery Monthly Operating Report for June, U.S. Bankruptcy Court Somerhill Gallery creditor list, U.S. Bankruptcy Court Landlord’s Motion Requiring Debtor to Vacate Premises, U.S. Bankruptcy Court Joseph D. Rowand, KIA purchase, U.S. Bankruptcy Court […]
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Somerhill Gallery declares Chapter 7, owes more than a quarter-million dollars to artists
Somerhill.com Disclosure: The Indy’s Durham office is in the same building as Somerhill Gallery. The Indy is also a creditor in the gallery’s bankruptcy proceedings for advertising that has not been paid. Somerhill Gallery President Joe Rowand lives in a 4,500-square-foot mansion filled with fine art on a 22.5-acre estate outfitted with a saltwater swimming […]
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Wine Authorities co-owner to launch Bull City Burger and Brewery
If you’re a Wine Authorities regular, then you know co-owner Seth Gross, who is always glad to steer customers to bold, new potions or old favorites. Gross announced today another bold venture: He plans to open Bull City Burger and Brewery at 107 E. Parrish St., within the Rogers Alley project in downtown Durham. Opening […]
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Durham Commissioners postpone billboard vote
Durham County Commissioners will not vote tonight on an amendment to a city-county ordinance governing digital billboards. Fairway Outdoor Advertising and K&L Gates, the law firm representing the company, requested the postponement. They were dealt a major setback last week when City Council voted 7-0 to keep the existing billboard ordinance that bans digital billboards. […]
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They rescue horses, don’t they?
On the web • U.S. Equine Rescue League, including North Carolina • Horse Protection Society of North Carolina • Horse Education & Rescue Organization To drive by Jennifer Malpass’ 10-acre farm in rural Zebulon and see the dozen or so horses peacefully grazing on grass and clover, you would not know that at one time, […]
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Durham City Council votes unanimously to keep current ordinance banning digital billboards
It wasn’t the dozen pairs of blinking plastic sunglasses or the parade of nonprofit groups praising the generosity of Fairway Outdoor Advertising but a photo of the R. Kelly Bryant Jr. Pedestrian Bridge that may have made the biggest impact on the Durham City Council’s vote on digital billboards. The newly erected pedestrian bridge, which […]
