Durham City Council unanimously approved rezoning for the 1,880-unit Brickworks development after Councilmember Chelsea Cook secured stronger environmental standards and doubled the school contribution to $120,000.
Mayor Leonardo Williams named gun violence as the city's top priority, citing visits to grieving families in public housing and downtown neighborhoods where residents experience constant gunfire.
City Council unanimously approved rezoning for the 1,880-unit Brickworks development after Councilmember Chelsea Cook secured LEED Bronze standards for all apartments and doubled school contributions to $120,000.
Council voted 6-1 to award $259,000 in public incentives to Ellis D. Jones Funeral Home, a historic Black-owned business, though Councilmember Carl Rist opposed citing insufficient living-wage job creation.