Durham City Council unanimously approved a contested 350-unit apartment complex on NC-751 despite neighbor concerns about traffic and insufficient affordable housing.
City Council voted 7-0 to approve Aura 751, a 350-unit apartment complex on NC-751, despite Planning Commission opposition and neighbor concerns about traffic and only 6% affordable housing provision.
Council voted 6-1 to remove 'aspirational' language from minority business participation goals, making them firm stated targets instead, with Mayor Pro-Tem Middleton dissenting.
Mayor Williams announced the Black Mayors Coalition on Crime with Memphis and other cities to address gun violence, and launched a Students in Public Service Academy at North Carolina Central University with eight inaugural participants.