Preservation

The Freedom Fighter's Wall outside Saint Joseph CME Church in Chapel Hill, N.C. on July 29, 2024. The wall serves as an unofficial entrance to the Northside Neighborhood and was built as a part of the Northside Neighborhood Initiative to honor the Civil Rights Movement in Chapel Hill.

'They want to stay here': Preserving the future of Chapel Hill's oldest historically Black community

Maddie Policastro

Longtime residents of Chapel Hill's Northside Neighborhood worry about the changing face of the community. Today, efforts have been made to help residents remain in Northside while educating and encouraging students to take a more active role within the community.

Farmland is seen with standard solar panels from Cypress Creek Renewables, Oct. 28, 2021, in Thurmont, Md.

Environment

Chatham County working on new farmland preservation plan

Bradley George

Chatham County created a farmland preservation plan in 2010. Since then, the county's population has grown by more than 20 percent.

Durham, Durham Rescue Mission, Golden Belt Historic District

Politics

Durham Rescue Mission Questions Historic District Boundaries

Leoneda Inge

Despite opposition, it鈥檚 looking more like the Golden Belt Local Historic District will include a controversial block of property owned by the Durham鈥�

Arts & Culture

A Plan to Preserve Gullah Geechee Culture

The Gullah Gechee Historical Corridor Commission has released a plan to preserve the endangered culture of slave descendants who worked on rice鈥�

Arts & Culture

Durham Preservationists Consider African-American Sites

Eric Hodge

Several African-American historic sites across Durham are being considered for historic designation. Preservation officials say criteria include sites鈥�

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Preservation