On Durham’s Future and Daring Greatly

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Good morning, readers.

Being an intrepid reporter for your favorite alt-weekly offers me a certain level of insight into the machinations of the Durham enterprise. Every day, I’m privileged to have conversations with people across our community, from bartenders to bar owners, about the future of the Bull City.

The INDY serves as a nexus for those ideas. Through my reporting, I’ve sought to answer questions like how do we build enough housing, or what’s going to happen to Durham’s old convention center and the Durham Athletic Park, as well as other issues that readers are curious about.

Recently, I worked with my colleagues to bring some of those ideas off the page through an event at Motorco called Durham 2030. 

The event was an invigorating couple of hours filled with potential for meaningful collaboration between residents and community leaders. The evening’s activities reminded me that Durham has all the intellect and creativity to solve our greatest challenges, if we just dare to push our limits and open our minds. Thanks to all who participated.

Read my reflections on our Durham 2030 event here. Have a good Wednesday.

 —Justin

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Durham

From The 9th Street Journal: Fresh Start Durham provides free access to showers—and human connection—to those experiencing homelessness.

Duke University officials are still parsing what an executive order from Trump terminating diversity, equity and inclusion programs at the federal levels means for the hundreds of millions of dollars Duke receives in federal funding, reports The Duke Chronicle.

Wake

ICYMI: Voting is underway in a union election at the Amazon RDU1 warehouse in Garner. The outcome could make the facility just the second unionized Amazon workplace in the U.S. INDY’s Lena Geller has the story.

Trump’s plans to impose tariffs on steel and aluminum imports could affect school construction plans in Wake County, according to WRAL.

Orange

About a third of UNC students dealt with food insecurity last fall. The university is working on a program to allow them to receive unused dollars from other students’ meal plans, WCHL reports.

North Carolina

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hedgseth is taking steps to revert Fort Liberty back to Fort Bragg—but in honor of a different military figure, our partners at NC Newsline report.

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