Shannon Plaza
Shannon Plaza, NC · Municipal
Raleigh News & Observer
Durham board rejects nearly 500 homes over traffic, environmental concerns
Residents fighting against traffic congestion and strained infrastructure in Durham celebrated a preliminary victory Tuesday night after the Planning Commission rejected two proposed developments. During a nearly three-hour meeting, the commissioners heard proposals for three new housing developments across the city, rejecting two controversial ones. Both the 437-home Morgan Farm II subdivision and a downsized 27-unit townhome project on Grandale Drive failed to secure the advisory board’s favorable recommendations. A 192-unit affordable housing project in Braggtown, however, got a unanimous recommendation for approval. The commission’s decisions are recommendations to the Durham City Council, which will vote on the projects at a later date. A fourth planned hearing, for 300 apartments on 10 acres along Slater Road in southeast Durham, was rescheduled to December. An approval for Bragtown Walk In the first case of the night, the Bragtown Walk project returned to the Planning Commission not for a rezoning, but for a “Statutory Development Agreement” to help the construction of a 192-unit affordable housing development and on-site daycare on eight acres at Old Oxford Road and Danube Lane. The project’s rezoning was successfully approved in 2023 under the name “Fairhaven Walk.” A Statutory Development Agreement is a legal contract between a
WRAL
Water main break in Durham neighborhood, near Southpoint Mall
Crews are working to contain a water main break in Durham Saturday morning. A water main break was reported in the 500 block of Chancellor's Ridge Drive, a residential neighborhood near NC-751 and close to Southpoint Mall. WRAL's Breaking News Tracker arrived at the scene and saw water spewing onto...
Timeless Dishes
takingthekids.com
This Free North Carolina Christmas Wonderland Dazzles With Nearly 250,000 Dancing Lights And A 50-Foot Tree
Nearly 250,000 Christmas lights blink, sweep, and flash in perfect time with holiday music. Then there’s the 50-foot tree, and you get to walk right through it. The whole thing is free. A single man started it at his own home back in 1997, and it grew so popular that traffic jammed his neighborhood.
caswell.news
Willow and Hearth
jocoreport.com
NC House Republicans Weigh Final Moves Before Democrats Take Control
Republican leaders in the North Carolina General Assembly face a consequential question as lawmakers prepare to return to Raleigh next week: How far will they go in advancing their agenda before Democrats take control of the House in January?. The legislature is scheduled to reconvene Nov. 16-19, followed by a...