Raleigh Snags Durham’s Former City Planner to Lead Planning and Development Department
Patrick Young has worked as Durham City-County Planning Department director since 2017.
Durham officials: Greenfire Development must repair Liberty Warehouse by October
City of Durham This photo, included in a city report released Wednesday, shows the roof of Durham’s Liberty Warehouse. A portion of the roof collapsed in a rainstorm last May, and has not been repaired. Greenfire Development, owner of the Liberty Warehouse near Durham Central Park, must fix the decaying structure by October, according to…
751 South clears first of several hurdles in Durham city approvals process
Illustration of area slated for development This post was updated Jan. 4 with changes in italics.Southern Durham Development overcame a major roadblock Monday night as Durham’s city council approved a policy change that could allow the company to obtain water, sewer and other services from the city for a controversial development planned for rural South…
751 South appeal will skip Board of Adjustment, move to superior court
A lawyer representing residents in South Durham in a petition against the controversial 751 South development has withdrawn an appeal (PDF) that was scheduled to be heard next week by the Durham Board of Adjustment, planning Director Steve Medlin confirmed Monday. The attorney, Dhamian Blue, had appealed (PDF) to the board to overturn a ruling…
751S update: the final version of the developer’s commitments, in print
UPDATE, 1 p.m., Friday, Aug. 13: When Southern Durham Development presented its final committed elements Monday, they used some new language they had agreed upon with the planning department on items including affordable housing, stormwater management and the structure of some of the retail space. But the county and developer only had a messy draft…
Commissioners approve 751 South with 3-2 vote; Siler rules N.C. DOT revocation unlawful
UPDATE, 11 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 10: Read Lowell Siler’s memo to the planning director with the reasoning that led to the protest petition being ruled invalid. (PDF) Original post: With a 3-2 vote, Durham County Commissioners finally put to rest (at the county level, at least) the ugly battle over 751 South Monday night, voting…
751 South update: developer considers more vertical integration; NEW: committed elements in writing
An update to a post earlier this week on new commitments Southern Durham Development is making in its 751 South pitch, which county commissioners are voting on Monday: In our original post (below), we forgot to mention that the developer is considering another element that could be finalized by Monday’s public hearing. Draft plans for…
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State attorney’s letter spells out DOT power to reject easement; still no opinion from Siler
A lawyer from the office of the attorney general sent a letter to Durham’s county attorney today, laying out the powers the N.C. Department of Transportation had when it reversed its acceptance of land from a company behind a controversial development planned for south Durham. The information in the letter could make or break that…
Mitchell: We commit to NEW Jordan Lake rules, 130 units of affordable housing
Southern Durham Development President Alex Mitchell told the Indy Thursday that if allowed to move forward, his 751 South development pitched for southern Durham would meet even more stringent standards for managing nutrients that would wash from the development into Jordan Lake. The commitment to tougher environmental standards came with 11 other promises Southern Durham…
Mitchell: affordable housing, 10 other new commitments to be drafted in 751 South development
courtesy Southern Durham Development An update to a post from Monday night. (We promised to give more detail on affordable housing when it was available.) Southern Durham Development President Alex Mitchell said he plans to meet with Durham department planning staff on Wednesday to discuss 11 more committed elements to add to site plans for…
Durham commissioners to vote tonight on 751 South
D.L. Anderson Steve Bocckino, an outspoken opponent of 751 South, talks with members of the Durham People’s Alliance at a protest the group held against the development on Thursday, June 17, 2010. At tonight’s public hearing county commissioners will decide whether one of the last stretches of rural land in southern Durham should be open…
Luebke: N.C. DOT has agreed to reject land that would nullify protest petition
UPDATE, 3:30 p.m. – Rep. Paul Luebke (D-Durham) confirmed that the N.C. DOT plans to announce this afternoon it is rejecting the easement it accepted earlier this month from Southern Durham Development, as not to interfere in the local zoning process. Luebke said he credits the swift action of 751 opponents, who sent hundreds of…
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