<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Beecoz - Durham, NC 27707</title><link>http://www.beecoz.com/posts/community/NC/Durham/Durham/27707/</link><description>Beecoz-Community Portal</description><language>en-us</language><pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:48:48 EST</pubDate><item><title>Raleigh tries on Durham's shoe, doesn't like how it fits</title><description><![CDATA[A bit of a chuckle in the N&amp;O today: It\'s nice to know that somebody is noticing that the Triangle does, after all, have three sides.Yes, the N&amp;O has an article today bemoaning the lack of attention that one city in the Triangle receives, the red-headed stepchild of the metro region, overshadowed by two other stars in its constellation.Only this time, it isn\'t Durham; it\'s Raleigh, which N&amp;O food critic Greg Cox notes to be the Rodney Dangerfield of regional dining:The national media spotlight shining on the local dining scene is nothing new.... But none of those articles mentions Raleigh. Indeed, pretty much all national coverage of the local food scene has focused on Durham and Chapel Hill. The attention has been richly earned, certainly, by a diverse array of establishments ranging from Magnolia Grill to Locopops to the Carrboro Farmers\' Market. Even among locals, the western part of the Triangle -- Durham, in particular -- has long been recognized as the Triangle\'s culinary epicenter. Raleigh, by far the area\'s largest city, has generally been dismissed as little more than a vast sea of chain restaurants.Now, Raleigh\'s fine seafood restaurant Fins has been named the second-best seafood restaurant in the U.S. by Bon Appetit magazine, an appellation that Cox is right to be proud of.Ironically, Fins was at the heart of a controversy at the NewRaleigh blog recently, which reported that it and the partially-City of Raleigh-financed restaurant The Mint were in danger of closing, a rumor quickly refuted by...

]]></description><link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BullCityRising/~3/460664718/raleigh-tries-on-durhams-shoe-doesnt-like-how-it-fits.html</link><guid>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BullCityRising/~3/460664718/raleigh-tries-on-durhams-shoe-doesnt-like-how-it-fits.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:28:24 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>1100 BLOCK FAYETTEVILLE (EAST)</title><description><![CDATA[Looking north on Fayetteville St. from Umstead St., 1922(Courtesy Duke Rare Book and Manuscript Collection / Scanned by Digital Durham)The east side of the 1100 block of Fayetteville St. was exclusively residential until the 1950, when a medical office building was built at the southern end of the block. In 1923, the houses were inhabited by:1101: Alex R Moore1105: Vacant1109: Temple BuchananIn 1938:1101: Alex R. Moore1105: Martin Goins1109: Irvin H. BuchananIn the early 1950s, Dr. Leroy Swift built a medical office building for his practice at 1111 Fayetteville, the southern end of the block.1101 Fayetteville, 1962.(Courtesy Durham County Library / North Carolina Collection)1105 Fayetteville, 1962(Courtesy Durham County Library / North Carolina Collection)1109 Fayetteville, 1962(Courtesy Durham County Library / North Carolina Collection)1111 Fayetteville, 1962.(Courtesy Durham County Library / North Carolina Collection)By 1965, the residential structures in this block were demolished, and that land became part of the Fayette Place housing project. The alignment of Fayetteville St. was shifted to the west. 1111 Fayetteville St. was not demolished, however, and remains at the northeast corner of Fayetteville St. and Umstead St.Looking north from Umstead St., 11.15.08.Find this spot on a Google Map.     35.986323 -78.898551]]></description><link>http://endangereddurham.blogspot.com/2008/11/1100-block-fayetteville-east.html</link><guid>http://endangereddurham.blogspot.com/2008/11/1100-block-fayetteville-east.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>City gets Bonfield brand</title><description><![CDATA[Just three months into the job, City Manager Tom Bonfield is putting his brand on Durham.
On Thursday, Bonfield unveiled a reorganization of the city?s administration to ?promote departments working together.?
Bonfield?s plan aligns the city?s 23 departments into three ?theme areas,? each under a deputy city manager charged with ?facilitating? inter-department cooperation.
?It isn?t about controlling anything,? it?s about facilitating,? he said.
Reorganization goes into effect Jan. 1.Current deputy manager Ted Voorhees takes responsibility for Operations ? including police, fire, emergency management and communications, public works and water among others.
Current deputy Wanda Page gets Administration &amp;amp; Support: finance, budget, personnel and three other.
A third deputy position will be created for Community Building by shifting a currently vacant position from elsewhere in the city bureaucracy.
?For the time being, that?s going to be me,? Bonfield said. That six-department ?theme? consists of economic development, planning, inspections, community development, neighborhood services and human relations.
?I like it,? said Mike Barros, community development director. ?It makes more sense than the old one.?
Bonfield said reorganizing will probably lead to some jobs and divisions moving to new departments, but not to a larger staff. Bonfield said the plan was designed for the existing staff and ?recognizing the budgetary challenges that face the city over the next several years,? according to a memo sent to council members and department heads.
Earlier this fall, Bonfield had spoken of a need for ?fiscal discipline? in City Hall and for planning the city?s work and spending in terms of set priorities from year to year.
&amp;quot;We\'re not very good at that,&amp;quot; City Councilman Eugene Brown said.
In the immediate future, Bonfield said top priorities should be fiscal management ?based on economic reality?; improving completion of capital projects such as street resurfacing; and streamlining procedures for development review so that the city does not impede economic progress.
]]></description><link>http://blogs.newsobserver.com/bullseye/city-gets-bonfield-brand</link><guid>http://blogs.newsobserver.com/bullseye/city-gets-bonfield-brand</guid><pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:13:49 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>DPAC gets handed off to operator, plus new naming rights to boot</title><description><![CDATA[With the Durham Performing Arts Center (DPAC) less than two weeks from its first performance (B.B. King\'s kick-off just after Thanksgiving) and its big public open house on December 1, the final wrap-up items are coming in for the facility.Even as crews are feverishly working on the green space, roads and sidewalks connecting the DPAC to Blackwell St. and American Tobacco, City Manager Tom Bonfield announced during Monday night\'s City Council meeting that facility operator PFM/Nederlander accepted the building that night just before the Council convened.Meantime, the City Council today will be briefed on the latest naming deals for the facility.Duke Energy is taking minor naming rights for the Box Office for $75,000, while KeySource Bank is taking rights for the Orchestra Concessions Area for $7,500.Meanwhile, the family of Jim Stewart is spending $25,000 on the minor naming rights for the Box Office manager\'s office.Stewart, who\'s long been active in local real estate circles, is the chairman of the board of M&amp;F Bank, a prominent historically black financial institution with long roots in Durham. Mayor Bell joined the M&amp;F Bank board this June after M&amp;F acquired the financially-struggling Mutual Community Savings Bank earlier this year; Bell had been the chair of MCSB\'s board.

]]></description><link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BullCityRising/~3/459919301/dpac-gets-handed-off-to-operator-plus-new-naming-rights-to-boot.html</link><guid>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BullCityRising/~3/459919301/dpac-gets-handed-off-to-operator-plus-new-naming-rights-to-boot.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Lewis &amp; Clark proposes small-business office space in old Gilbert St. structure</title><description><![CDATA[Scientific Properties isn\'t the only developer bringing an East Durham proposal before the City Council today. In a second item, Lewis &amp; Clark Community Developers propose the use of almost $200,000 in City-managed Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding to support the renovation of an abandoned old industrial building as office space for small businesses.In the case of Lewis &amp; Clark, the firm\'s name might seem to recognize the pioneering nature of East Durham investment, though the appellation may be more of a happy coincidence. It refers to principals Chuck Lewis, a developer/general contractor in the area for a quarter-century, and Wendy Clark, entrepreneur and owner of a local cleaning company.The two formed an LLC late last year and purchased the abandoned structure at 801 Gilbert St. in North-East Central Durham, near TROSA facilities and Durham\'s Food Bank. According to the developers\' web site: 801 Gilbert was built around 1917 as a hosiery mill and purchased in 1919 by Julian Carr, Durham tobacco and hosiery baron. He named the building for his \&quot;right-hand man\&quot; (and former Carr family slave) John O\'Daniel. O\'Daniel was one of the earliest African-American landowners in Hayti and he contributed to the building of St. Joseph\'s Church there. He likely handled for Carr the recruitment and hiring of African-American mill employees, a very rare practice at the time. After Carr\'s death, the building became The Farmers\' Exchange, a farmers\' cooperative that had 900 members by 1935. Small business thrived there in the form of \&quot;curb markets,\&quot;...

]]></description><link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BullCityRising/~3/459919302/two-developers-to-ask-city-council-for-east-durham-revitalization-funding.html</link><guid>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BullCityRising/~3/459919302/two-developers-to-ask-city-council-for-east-durham-revitalization-funding.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Scientific Properties to unveil Golden Belt area public-private partnership deal to City Council</title><description><![CDATA[One of the questions surrounding recent investments in East Durham -- by local government in the Hope VI projects and new home/townhouse construction, and by Scientific Properties in the old Golden Belt complex -- was whether it would help spur further investment in revitalizing the former working-class, and now economically troubled, part of the Bull City.Judging by today\'s City Council agenda, the answer appears to be yes -- though, as proposed by Scientific, in a way that would keep both the City and Scientific as key players in the effort, and with particular focus on the residential blocks just to the east of the revitalized textile factory.Scientific is the linchpin behind a master plan that proposes to acquire almost two dozen properties on the blocks surrounding Golden Belt and use a mix of public and private funds to rehab and revitalize the properties for mixed-income housing with a focus on workers earning below the average regional income.The developer has commissioned a report from Durham-based planning and development group Urban InSite to look at neighboring areas within what\'s dubbed the Golden Belt Historic District. (The District\'s eastern boundary abuts the City\'s existing investment in Eastway Village and the under-construction Franklin Village on the site of the old Few Gardens public housing project.) Although Habitat for Humanity and other groups -- including Scientific itself -- have invested in new construction and renovation of homes adjacent to Golden Belt, more than one-third of the properties in the district are vacant houses or lots....

]]></description><link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BullCityRising/~3/459562267/scientific-properties-to-unveil-golden-belt-area-public-private-partnership-deal-to-city-council.html</link><guid>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BullCityRising/~3/459562267/scientific-properties-to-unveil-golden-belt-area-public-private-partnership-deal-to-city-council.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>BCR's Daily Fishwrap Report for November 20, 2008</title><description><![CDATA[That plan for handing off state roads to cities that we railed against here yesterday? Off the table -- for now -- according to today\'s H-S. Tolls for existing interstates like I-95 and possibly a bridge on I-85 in the mid-state, though not on existing loops like I-540 or the Durham Freeway, are on the table. So are higher vehicle registration fees, or a per-mile tax on actual miles driven to supplant the gas tax, the revenue from which takes a hit with more fuel-efficient vehicles. (H-S #1, #2, N&amp;O) While Trinity Parkers have wondered about the status of the hotel project at the old McPherson Hotel site in the current economic times, the N&amp;O reports that site owner Concord Hospitality is flush with cash from recent property sales and that it expects the 82-room Courtyard by Marriott under construction on Main St. to open by the end of 2009. (N&amp;O) The top three attractions in Durham? The DBAP is number one, followed by the Museum of Life and Science and the Sarah P. Duke Gardens, according to the Durham Convention and Visitors Bureau. You know you\'ve got Duke in town when Cameron Indoor Stadium (#4) outdraws the football stadium that once hosted the Rose Bowl (Wallace Wade, #8), though Coach Cutliffe is well on the path to change the football team\'s trajectory. (H-S) The Herald-Sun has some more detail on the Southpoint play area story we talked about here yesterday, unleashing its education beat reporter on the mall scene...

]]></description><link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BullCityRising/~3/459519533/bcrs-daily-fishwrap-report-for-november-20-2008.html</link><guid>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BullCityRising/~3/459519533/bcrs-daily-fishwrap-report-for-november-20-2008.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:36:50 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>1100 FAYETTEVILLE (WEST)</title><description><![CDATA[Above, 1100 block of Fayetteville St., looking north from Umstead St., 1922.(Courtesy Duke Rare Book and Manuscript Collection. Scanned by Digital Durham.)The west side of the 1100 block of Fayetteville St. was another primarily residential block of Fayetteville St. In 1923, the residents of the block were:1102 J.L. Pearson1104 Martha Harris1106 W.H. Taylor1108 L.W. WillhoiteBy 1938, these residents had turned over, and 1108 had become the McLaurin Funeral Home, later the Ray and Sons Funeral Home.1102 Fayetteville, 1962.(Courtesy Durham County Library / North Carolina Collection)1104 Fayetteville, 1962.(Courtesy Durham County Library / North Carolina Collection)1106 Fayetteville, 1962.(Courtesy Durham County Library / North Carolina Collection)1108 Fayetteville, 1962.(Courtesy Durham County Library / North Carolina Collection)This portion of Fayetteville St. was demolished ~1965. It now lies in the middle of the right-of-way of \'new\' Fayetteville St., as it curves to rejoin the old alignment at Umstead.Looking north from Umstead St., 11.15.08Looking north from Umstead St. - the old path of Fayetteville St. would pass directly through the blue sign and the red brick two-story apartment building.Find this spot on a Google Map.     35.986323,-78.89855]]></description><link>http://endangereddurham.blogspot.com/2008/11/1100-fayetteville-west.html</link><guid>http://endangereddurham.blogspot.com/2008/11/1100-fayetteville-west.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Chuckle of the week (at the expense of the paranoid)</title><description><![CDATA[From teh Internets, don\'t you know? This came up on a message board aimed at people living in or relocating to the Triangle, in a thread about the apparent suicide-by-gunshot outside the new hh gregg store by Southpoint:What was shocking to me from my experience of having lunch near the shooting(s) on Sunday, was that I am already a very cautious person, avoiding bad areas, never going out at night alone, etc... but still, I had been lulled into a false sense of security by the expensive stores and fancy decor of the Southpoint area. I learned a lesson Sunday, about the triangle, and more than anything, it made me miss the hermetic, upper-middle class neighborhood of my youth. I live in Meadowmont now, where I walk my kids to school and where I shop in the village harris teeter. I now go to movies at the Lumina in Southern Village far away from the hustle and bustle of Southpoint, and the only mall I frequent is University Mall, which is usually so devoid of patrons my kids can run freely from The Toy Store to Hungates with me following after them (this fact also leaves me nervous it will shut it\'s doors soon!)... all of this though, is an attempt to recreate that peaceful and free childhood existence for my kids... isn\'t that what they deserve? Yet, the Durham gang-bangers killed the UNC student president about 2 miles from my home... I try desperately to keep away from random...

]]></description><link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BullCityRising/~3/459519534/chuckle-of-the-week-at-the-expense-of-the-paranoid.html</link><guid>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BullCityRising/~3/459519534/chuckle-of-the-week-at-the-expense-of-the-paranoid.html</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:30:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>The Colonel is Hiring</title><description><![CDATA[That new building going up outside the South Square Target is a KFC. Fried chicken on this side of town! It's going up pretty fast, too, and there's a sign out that &amp;#8220;The Colonel is Hiring.&amp;#8221;
]]></description><link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/we-love-durham/nvUR/~3/459057571/</link><guid>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/we-love-durham/nvUR/~3/459057571/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:00:31 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>The inequities of Triangle transportation funding (or, another reason I didn't vote Perdue)</title><description><![CDATA[I may not always see eye to eye with Carrboro mayor Mark Chilton, but I joined him in one point of agreement this fall: like the liberal mayor of the town that out-libs Chapel Hill, I bubbled in the GOP candidate\'s name for governor on my ballot this fall.That\'s right, I did the \&quot;Obama straight flip\&quot; -- then backflipped a vote for Pat McCrory along the way.And just why? Certainly not out of agreement with much of McCrory\'s social views, though he is somewhat more moderate than your usual Fredsmithian type of candidate.No, the reason I voted McCrory was simple: he\'s from Charlotte, meaning he struck me as a little more likely to not give short shrift to the needs of urban areas. (That he was a key vocal backer behind getting light rail in the Queen City was a plus, too.)Like many Southern states, North Carolina\'s government is one that\'s historically had a bias towards rural and agrarian interests over urban ones, and with the eastern parts of the state in particular having political control well disproportionate to their population or economic impact on the state.Exhibit A: An article on the Triangle Business Journal\'s web site today, which notes that Wake, Orange and Durham Counties have received, through October, $31.4 million in state highway funding. Not bad, until you realize that said state funding is $935.7 million -- meaning the core Triangle has gotten about 3% of the dollars.The article points out that another $525 million of projects will...

]]></description><link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BullCityRising/~3/458967080/the-inequities-of-triangle-transportation-funding-or-another-reason-i-didnt-vote-perdue.html</link><guid>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BullCityRising/~3/458967080/the-inequities-of-triangle-transportation-funding-or-another-reason-i-didnt-vote-perdue.html</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:00:56 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>BCR's Daily Fishwrap Report for November 19, 2008</title><description><![CDATA[It\'s a busy day in the local papers. We\'ll be back here later today with thoughts a story not linked here (the question of transferring roads to N.C. municipalities has some interesting political dimensions.) Even as the County broke ground for the new South regional library at Lowe\'s Grove -- a site that will likely eventually hold an elementary school and State Employees\' Credit Union branch to boot -- County Manager Mike Ruffin informed incoming and returning county commissioners that capital expenditure decisions on the sizable building expansion plan for county government would wait until the new board takes office. Although county finance staff note attractive borrowing terms due to the government\'s AAA rating and reduced construction costs thanks to recessionary pressures, the delay of a decision until January allows officials both to weigh the effects of the economy on tax collections and to have a fresh say on $1.2 billion of proposed construction in the coming decade. (H-S #1, #2) Duke has filed an application with state government for approval for a 265,000 sq. ft. expansion of its cancer treatment center, a project that could begin if approved as soon as summer 2009. (H-S) NCCU may increase tuition by 3.1% this coming year in the wake of prospective state funding cutbacks; the additional funds would support financial aid, faculty pay increases and enhanced \&quot;academic support services.\&quot; (H-S) National van service SuperShuttle will add shared van service between RDU and Durham and other nearby communities in 2009. The good: cheaper...

]]></description><link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BullCityRising/~3/458501077/bcrs-daily-fishwrap-report-for-november-19-2008.html</link><guid>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BullCityRising/~3/458501077/bcrs-daily-fishwrap-report-for-november-19-2008.html</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:30:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Southpoint renovates play area, braces for anger of parents Triangle-wide</title><description><![CDATA[We noted here recently that Streets at Southpoint Mall owner General Growth Properties (GGP) is facing bankruptcy (a financial condition not expected to impact the popular mall\'s operation.)Apparently not content to wage war merely with the financial markets, Southpoint\'s ownership has opened up a second, far more dangerous front line:A battle with Triangle parents, at the holidays.According to an email making the rounds of at least one local parents\' group (dontcha love listservs?), the popular themed play area at the Southpoint food court has been closed by mall management, in preparation reportedly for a new store. (One report has it becoming an upstairs/downstairs clothing store, possibly a Forever XXI outpost.)The seating-and-creepy-bronze-statue area in front of JC Penney, meanwhile, has been dug up in recent weeks and will reportedly house a new, albeit significantly smaller, play area.The location change alone may inspire grumbling among parents, with the existing play area location -- close to quick dining options and plenty of seating -- replaced with a more compact play space adjacent to a popular tailor. (\&quot;Kids, don\'t play with that nice Mr. Lee\'s safety pins!\&quot;) Yet there is an even more dastardly strategic play at hand here.Reports from parents that the current play area is closed come amidst a cold snap, and the onset of the holiday season, doubtlessly a popular time for parents and little ones to settle inside the food court for some play time. And, no matter what, a busy time for shopping.The replacement play area won\'t open until...

]]></description><link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BullCityRising/~3/458463873/southpoint-renovates-play-area-braces-for-anger-of-parents-triangle-wide.html</link><guid>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BullCityRising/~3/458463873/southpoint-renovates-play-area-braces-for-anger-of-parents-triangle-wide.html</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 09:45:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Durham releases third quarter crime report, Operation Bull's Eye update</title><description><![CDATA[Durham Police Department Chief Jose Lopez released the agency\'s third quarter 2008 crime report during Monday night\'s City Council meeting.It was an opportunity for Lopez to show off first-year highlights for the Operation Bull\'s Eye initiative targeting a two-mile area in North-East Central Durham, with Lopez describing the department as \&quot;very pleased\&quot; with the results. (He noted that the DPD would plan to continue the initiative.)Violent gun crimes and overall violent crime both decreased by almost 30% in the target area year-to-year, with prostitution calls down 42% and drug calls off by almost 9%. The region marked 2% of the city\'s area but 20% of shots fired, calls, and documented gang members, making it a key target area for law enforcement.DPD spent $273,000 in overtime funds during the first three quarters, supporting additional patrols, \&quot;overt and covert\&quot; operations, and license checkpoints. Lopez noted that the decreases in crime in the area were statistically significant -- but also that they were greater than the decrease in crime in the city as a whole, a finding that may bring renewed questions as to whether the operation has reduced absolutely or partially displaced these activities to other neighborhoods throughout Durham.Throughout the first nine months of the year, so-called index crimes -- including key property and violent crime categories -- are at a four-year low, but this is due primarily to drops in property crime categories. Violent crimes by themselves stand a 1,388 through September 2008 -- up 8% from 2007 numbers, though 100...

]]></description><link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BullCityRising/~3/458339197/durham-releases-third-quarter-crime-report-operation-bulls-eye-update.html</link><guid>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BullCityRising/~3/458339197/durham-releases-third-quarter-crime-report-operation-bulls-eye-update.html</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 07:29:51 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>On To Be Free, Nina Simone&amp;#39;s voice tests time</title><description><![CDATA[\&quot;I want to shake people up so bad that when they leave a nightclub where I\'ve performed, I just want them to be to pieces.\&quot; By Stephen M. Deusner.]]></description><link>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A269220</link><guid>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A269220</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Bolt</title><description><![CDATA[As far as non-Pixar Disney Animation movies go, Bolt is a cut above the norm. By Neil Morris.]]></description><link>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A269218</link><guid>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A269218</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>The Boy in the Striped Pajamas</title><description><![CDATA[From his upstairs bedroom, Bruno can spy in the distance what he calls \&quot;the farm\&quot; and its workers, who always wear what appear to him to be striped pajamas. By Neil Morris.]]></description><link>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A269217</link><guid>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A269217</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Charlie Kaufman&amp;#39;s directorial debut, Synecdoche, New York</title><description><![CDATA[This is a movie that doesn\'t need any help communicating. By Nathan Gelgud.]]></description><link>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A269216</link><guid>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A269216</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Dating on $30 a day</title><description><![CDATA[It\'s been said many a time that I resemble the staunchly cute Rachael Ray. OK, my 5-year-old said it, once, last Christmas, when my hair was longer and I spent an afternoon baking pies. But never let it be said... By Jane Hobson Snyder.]]></description><link>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A269215</link><guid>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A269215</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Come January</title><description><![CDATA[What\'s ahead is anything but a hibernation inauguration. By John Valentine.]]></description><link>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A269213</link><guid>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A269213</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>DPAC: High prices, hopes, anxiety, stakes</title><description><![CDATA[Can the Carolinas\' largest theater, the new Durham Performing Arts Center, rise to the times?]]></description><link>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A269212</link><guid>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A269212</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>What&amp;#39;s cooking?</title><description><![CDATA[... By V.C. Rogers.]]></description><link>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A269210</link><guid>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A269210</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Surge, baby, surge</title><description><![CDATA[... By Jeremy M. Lange.]]></description><link>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A269209</link><guid>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A269209</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Queen of Sheba reopens</title><description><![CDATA[Plus: Compound butter from Headstart Gourmet; custom-order A Cupcake Bar By Claire Cusick.]]></description><link>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A269208</link><guid>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A269208</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>National Humanities Center hosts &amp;quot;What makes us human?&amp;quot; conference</title><description><![CDATA[Like Barack Obama at a presidential debate, Robert Sapolsky of Stanford ceded his opponent\'s best points and went beyond them. By Marc Maximov.]]></description><link>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A269231</link><guid>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A269231</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>David Dorfman challenges racialism in Disavowal</title><description><![CDATA[How can we conceivably get beyond the politics of divisiveness when our identities are based on those divisions? By Byron Woods.]]></description><link>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A269230</link><guid>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A269230</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Autobahn</title><description><![CDATA[Even if autobahn weren\'t very good, I would still have to give major props for presentation to the playbill, which is done in the style of a foldout road map. By Zack Smith.]]></description><link>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A269229</link><guid>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A269229</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>The guide to the week&amp;#39;s concerts</title><description><![CDATA[Jedi Mind Tricks, Eagles of Death Metal, The Foreign Exchange, One (1) Babtist General, Fred Hersch &amp;amp; Christopher O\'Riley, The Radiators, Razpa, Mates of State, Neil Halstead, more]]></description><link>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A269228</link><guid>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A269228</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Two decades in, Lud remains lean, mean and laid-back</title><description><![CDATA[V&amp;mdash;which encompasses vintage indie rock, classic rock, funk, punk, even Krautrock&amp;mdash;feels cozy, a little funky and very lived-in, too. By Brian Howe.]]></description><link>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A269227</link><guid>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A269227</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Protecting the poor from North Carolina&amp;#39;s budget crisis</title><description><![CDATA[Last year, the department listed 290 loopholes totaling $4.9 billion in lost revenue, annually. By Bob Geary.]]></description><link>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A269226</link><guid>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A269226</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Johnston County Airport: Stop what torture?</title><description><![CDATA[\&quot;I found [the information] interesting,\&quot; Airport Authority Chairman John Bullock said, smiling uncomfortably. \&quot;I\'m not in favor of torture.\&quot; By Bob Geary.]]></description><link>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A269225</link><guid>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A269225</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Film times and brief film reviews</title><description><![CDATA[Film times are good from Thursday, Nov. 20, through Friday, Nov. 28]]></description><link>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A269224</link><guid>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A269224</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Loving the outcasts</title><description><![CDATA[\&quot;The fundamental principle of peace is a belief that each person is important,\&quot; Jean Vanier says. By Patrick O\'Neill.]]></description><link>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A269223</link><guid>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A269223</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Spread love, not H8</title><description><![CDATA[...]]></description><link>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A269222</link><guid>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A269222</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Energy and global warming</title><description><![CDATA[Calling upon President-elect Barack Obama]]></description><link>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A269221</link><guid>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A269221</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>DPAC publicist Rachel Gragg answers our questions</title><description><![CDATA[\&quot;From Broadway to concerts to comedy, we hope to be a bright spot and give area audiences the chance to escape into the magic and lasting memories that only live entertainment can create.\&quot;]]></description><link>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A271200</link><guid>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A271200</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>DPAC inspection reports</title><description><![CDATA[Detailing construction progress over two years&amp;mdash;including last-minute difficulties]]></description><link>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A271199</link><guid>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A271199</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>DPAC: Transcript of Nov. 12, 2008, interview with Alan DeLisle</title><description><![CDATA[Alan DeLisle, assistant city manager for Economic Workforce and Development, answers questions about DPAC By Matt Salda&ntilde;a.]]></description><link>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A271198</link><guid>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A271198</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>How suitable is the DPAC business plan?</title><description><![CDATA[Perhaps we should have a stiff drink and look to the bravado of Kenny Rogers: \&quot;You never count your money, when you\'re sitting at the table/ There\'ll be time enough for counting, when the dealing\'s done.\&quot; By David Fellerath.]]></description><link>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A271197</link><guid>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A271197</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Wednesday 11.26</title><description><![CDATA[Pre-Turkey Day Jam]]></description><link>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A271196</link><guid>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A271196</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Tuesday 11.25</title><description><![CDATA[Gang Gang Dance]]></description><link>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A271195</link><guid>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A271195</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Monday 11.24</title><description><![CDATA[A.A. Bondy]]></description><link>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A271194</link><guid>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A271194</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Sunday 11.23</title><description><![CDATA[Dirty Little Heaters; more]]></description><link>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A271193</link><guid>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A271193</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>DPAC is big ... but is it loud enough?</title><description><![CDATA[Beginning Nov. 30, maybe you can hear the savings, too. By Grayson Currin.]]></description><link>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A271192</link><guid>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A271192</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Saturday 11.22</title><description><![CDATA[Christmas Parade; more]]></description><link>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A270635</link><guid>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A270635</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>DPAC: The buck stops&amp;amp;mdash;where?</title><description><![CDATA[The center\'s oversight committee is impotent, charged only with monitoring the enforcement of the city\'s operating agreement with PFM/ Nederlander, not the wisdom of the agreement itself. And at the city, it\'s difficult to discern with whom the buck stops. By Matt Salda&ntilde;a.]]></description><link>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A269327</link><guid>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A269327</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Friday 11.21</title><description><![CDATA[Between a Ballad and a Blues; more]]></description><link>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A269236</link><guid>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A269236</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Thursday 11.20</title><description><![CDATA[Chris Hillman &amp;amp; Herb Pederson; more]]></description><link>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A269233</link><guid>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A269233</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Wednesday 11.19</title><description><![CDATA[Annie; more]]></description><link>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A269232</link><guid>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A269232</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Stella By Starlight&amp;#39;s My Electric Robot Friend</title><description><![CDATA[Despite collecting an MTVu Woodie Award for Best Music on Campus last year, the duo\'s somehow managed to fly under the local radar for the past two years. By Spencer Griffith.]]></description><link>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A271277</link><guid>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A271277</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>The Physics of Meaning</title><description><![CDATA[Physics frontman Daniel Hart considers the seriousness of his own sound and how Ben Folds changed his life By Grayson Currin.]]></description><link>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A271273</link><guid>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A271273</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>The Castanets&amp;#39; &amp;quot;Refuge 2&amp;quot;</title><description><![CDATA[Ray Raposa on Jana Hunter\'s gospel, his Dr. Dre and how Ybor City didn\'t almost kill him again By Grayson Currin.]]></description><link>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A271292</link><guid>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A271292</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>1005 FAYETTEVILLE - JOHN O'DANIEL HOUSE</title><description><![CDATA[(Courtesy Durham County Library / North Carolina Collection)Occupying the entire \'block\' between Banks Alley and Cart Place, the house at 1005 Fayetteville St. was built by John O\'Daniel.O\'Daniel has been enslaved by the Carr family prior to the civil war. Although it has never been proven, he was reputed to be a half-brother to Julian Carr. Regardless, Carr certainly held O\'Daniel in higher esteem than one might expect, given their previous relationship. O\'Daniel seems to have become a \'right-hand man\' to Carr over the course of the later 19th and early 20th century. In 1877, O\'Daniel acquired the land at 1005 Fayetteville St. and was therefore one of the earliest African-American landowners in Hayti. His relative economic well-being seems evidenced by the size of the house he was able to construct, and his contributions to the construction of St. Joseph\'s AMEO\'Daniel most notably became head of recruitment and manager for the Durham Hosiery Mill No. 2 on East Pettigrew St. - Carr\'s \'experiment\' with African-American machine operators/employees.O\'Daniel died in 1919; that Carr had some respect and affection for O\'Daniel seems proven by his naming of the former Bowling-Emory Hosiery Mill on Gilbert St. after O\'Daniel when he purchased the mill shortly after O\'Daniel\'s death.O\'Daniel\'s family continued to live at 1005 Fayetteville after his death - another John O\'Daniel, perhaps a son, is listed as a \&quot;Florist\&quot; living at the house in the 1920s.By the 1940s, the house was no longer occupied by the O\'Daniel family. A series of other occupants ensued. The unrelated last names and short tenure imply to me that the house was rented through must of the mid-20th century.The house was demolished by 1965. It was converted into part of the    housing project, now abandoned and awaiting unclear redevelopment by Campus Apartments, Inc. Site of 1005 Fayetteville, 10.05.08Find this spot on a Google Map.     35.9872,-78.895714]]></description><link>http://endangereddurham.blogspot.com/2008/11/1005-fayetteville-john-odaniel-house.html</link><guid>http://endangereddurham.blogspot.com/2008/11/1005-fayetteville-john-odaniel-house.html</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:08:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>H-S: Page and Bowser -- yeah, Bowser -- to vie for BOCC chair?</title><description><![CDATA[Ever since last May\'s Democratic primary election, the question in County Commission circles hasn\'t been whether Ellen Reckhow would retain her seat as BOCC chair, but rather who would replace her.Almost as soon as the primary election was over -- literally, with some of the conversations between Bull City pol watchers and elected officials beginning at the election parties -- the talk turned to who would take the reins of the BOCC under a new administration.Within a couple of weeks of the election, the best rumor floating around the landscape was that Michael Page felt he had locked up the votes needed to be the new chair of the BOCC, a report we heard from two different, independently-sourced insiders.Now the Herald-Sun reports that it may be, in fact, a two-man race: Page, currently vice chairman, confirmed his interest in becoming board leader. \&quot;I have years of experience in public service, and I feel like I have been a leader for the Durham community on educational issues and other social issues that we are confronted with,\&quot; he said Monday. \&quot;I am willing to work harder in looking at some of the areas that have been unaccomplished and trying to move the agenda forward.\&quot; Returning Commissioner Joe Bowser, who served on the board from 1996 to 2004, is also interested in becoming chairman. He chuckled when told of Page\'s interest in the job. \&quot;I had twice the time as commissioner and twice the time as vice chairman that Michael has,\&quot; he said.We\'ve...

]]></description><link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BullCityRising/~3/457187397/h-s-page-and-bowser----yeah-bowser----both-want-bocc-chair.html</link><guid>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BullCityRising/~3/457187397/h-s-page-and-bowser----yeah-bowser----both-want-bocc-chair.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 08:38:58 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>BCR's Daily Fishwrap Report for November 18, 2008</title><description><![CDATA[Two controversial issues found their closure -- for now, in one case -- at last night\'s City Council meeting. First, the Council unanimously authorized the city manager to proceed with negotiations with the state over a possible takeover of West Point Park on the Eno as part of the preservation of the Black Meadow Ridge property. The Eno River Assn. made its first-ever public comments in support of the takeover, the H-S\' Ray Gronberg reports, though Schoolhouse of Wonder reps are still nervous about the maintenance of their programs under state management. (H-S) Meanwhile, negotiations between neighborhoods and developers over the Ninth Street Plan reached a fruitful ending late last week, with an agreement that some buildings could rise to 55\' tall on Ninth Street\'s west side in exchange for changes in height/roofline and setbacks every 50 linear feet, while keeping half of the street frontage three stories or less in height. The Council voiced its support for the compromise by unanimous vote. (H-S) The H-S\' Monica Chen takes a nice look at how local businesses are weathering the economic storm, looking in on Morgan Imports, Hamilton Hill International Designer Jewelry, and Ox &amp; Rabbit on Ninth. (Ox &amp; Rabbit notes they might extend their hours to allow more people to shop after work; the current 6pm close time certainly has stifled the BCR household from making it there.) (H-S) Though not Durham-centric, the N&amp;O reports that ridership on Triangle Transit and Raleigh\'s CAT system remained significantly higher than usual...

]]></description><link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BullCityRising/~3/457196389/bcrs-daily-fishwrap-report-for-november-18-2008.html</link><guid>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BullCityRising/~3/457196389/bcrs-daily-fishwrap-report-for-november-18-2008.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 08:30:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>How did the recession start and what can be done?</title><description><![CDATA[Join the non-partisan Triangle Socialist Forum and guest speaker Scott A Weir, an economics instructor at an area community college, December 4th at 7pm to discuss the economic crisis and the bailouts.&amp;nbsp; We will look at how this happened, what it means, and whether bailouts work and who benefits from them.&amp;nbsp; The meeting is at the Chapel Hill Public Library as&amp;nbsp;usual.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; ]]></description><link>http://durhamspark.blogspot.com/2008/11/how-did-recession-start-and-what-can-be.html</link><guid>http://durhamspark.blogspot.com/2008/11/how-did-recession-start-and-what-can-be.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 03:59:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>1000 BLOCK FAYETTEVILLE (WEST) / CC SPAULDING HOUSE</title><description><![CDATA[The 1000 block of Fayetteville was a residential block stretching between and Enterprise St.The most notable house in the block was 1006 Fayetteville, home to Charles Clinton (C.C.) Spaulding - one of the principals in the founding and growth of the North Carolina Mutual Company1006 Fayetteville, the CC Spaulding House, 1922.(Courtesy Duke Rare Book and Manuscript Collection and scanned by Digital Durham.)Spaulding, a cousin of Dr. Aaron Moore was born in 1874 and, like Moore, was born in Columbus County to a family that had been free landowners prior to the Civil War. He attended the Whitted School in Durham, graduating in 1898 at age 23. He held a multitude of jobs prior to accepting a position with the North Carolina Mutual Company, most notably starting out as a dishwasher before \&quot;moving his way up to bellhop and waiter.\&quot; (I\'d love to know where this was - perhaps the Jones Hotel?) He became the manager of a grocery cooperative to which 25 community members had each contributed $10 - this venture failed shortly thereafter.In 1899, John Merrick and Aaron Moore brought Spaulding into the formation of the Mutual Company, installing him as General Manager of the company. He was the only employee at the outset, and did anything that was needed to keep the company\'s operations afloat - bookkeeping, agent, cleaning, etc.In 1908, Spaulding became secretary of the Bull City Drug Company in 1908. Like Moore and Merrick, Spaulding had his hand in a multitude of local business ventures.In 1921, Spaulding became the president of the Mechanics and Farmers Bank, and in 1923, President of the Mutual Company. He served as president until his death in 1952.Spaulding was heavily involved in politics - both local and national. He was a strong proponent of the economic philosophy of Booker T. Washington, and served as Secretary-Treasurer and later chairman of the executive committee of the National Negro Business League. He was also involved in leadership of the National Negro Insurance Association and the National Negro Bankers Association.He was elected to board of the Slater Fund and was the regional broker for the Rosenwald Fund - both providing funds to further educational opportunities for African-Americans and served on boards of the Southern Educational Foundation and the North Carolina Commission on Interracial Cooperation.Spaulding was appointed national chairman of the Emergency Advisory Council of the Urban League, organized to enlist support for the New Deal among African Americans.Locally, particularly after the deaths of Moore and Merrick, Spaulding had a strong leadership role in the African-American community. He organized meetings between African-Americans and friendly whites in the early 20th century to forge alliances against the rise of the Klan. During the 1930s, he campaigned for the inclusion of African-Americans in juries, and better policing near African-American schools.Spaulding could be conservative, however; when C.O. Pearson and Cecil McCoy tried to push the integration of UNC Chapel Hill (the School of Pharmacy) in 1933 through court action, Spaulding tried to dissuade the men from proceeding. As Anderson notes:\&quot;Spaulding knew how to capitalize on fear that the more radical blacks stirred in white leaders, disposing them to compromise or concession... He felt free to explain the radical viewpoint without seeming to share it.\&quot; Spaudling advocated for adequate funds for Hillside Park in 1935 (Durham had budgeted a $39,000 WPA grant, which was unfavorably compared with Raleigh\'s $125,000 grant for a park for African-Americans.) He pushed for completion of the Whitted School as a high school, and the expansion of the East End School.He was also a principal in the founding of the Durham Committee on Negro Affairs in 1935 - CO Pearson and James D. Taylor approached Spaulding, who set up an organizational meeting at the Algonquin Tennis Club.After C.C. Spaulding\'s death in 1952, his second wife, Charlotte Spaulding, continued to occupy the house at 1006 through the 1950s and 1960s.In 1962 this block was still intact.1002 Fayetteville, 1962.(Courtesy Durham County Library / North Carolina Collection)1006 Fayetteville, the CC Spaulding House, 1962.(Courtesy Durham County Library / North Carolina Collection)1008 Fayetteville, 1962.(Courtesy Durham County Library / North Carolina Collection)1010 Fayetteville, 1962.(Courtesy Durham County Library / North Carolina Collection)The houses were demolished by 1965. The right-of-way for \'old\' Fayetteville St. is gone here, having become part of a parking lot and service area for a convenience store. Find this spot on a Google Map.     35.983892 -78.898619]]></description><link>http://endangereddurham.blogspot.com/2008/11/1000-block-fayetteville-west-cc.html</link><guid>http://endangereddurham.blogspot.com/2008/11/1000-block-fayetteville-west-cc.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Bonfield asks CC for patience on D.P.D. racist comments allegations</title><description><![CDATA[You\'ve got to give Howard Clement credit. The decades-long fixture in Durham\'s elected office, called upon biweekly as the ranking senior statesman of the City Council to lead the assemblage in the Pledge of Allegiance, paused before tonight\'s recitation to note his love for the U.S. as a military veteran in the 1950s, yet how his \&quot;love for the country was significantly enhanced\&quot; by the result of last week\'s election. Coming from anyone else on the Council, it would have been hokey and overreaching. From the aged Clement, it came across fine.Less well-received seemed to be Clement\'s question a few minutes later as to whether the Council would get an update on allegations that two D.P.D. officers posted racially derogatory comments about Barack Obama to a social networking site. City Manager Tom Bonfield noted there would be no report that night. \&quot;As I have reported to you, and the mayor, and each of the Council members over the past week, the police dept. and the police chief are very actively investigating those allegations.\&quot;\&quot;I don\'t have a definite date of completion,\&quot; Bonfield added, though noting that as of last Friday the manager had talked again with Chief Lopez and \&quot;reiterated to him the upmost importance that that review needs to be completed quickly.\&quot; Bonfield noted that the results of the investigation would be made public \&quot;to the extent that the law allows\&quot; -- but not before the investigation is done, went the unsaid refrain. \&quot;There are a lot of people out...

]]></description><link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BullCityRising/~3/456580813/bonfield-asks-cc-for-patience-on-dpd-racist-comments-allegations.html</link><guid>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BullCityRising/~3/456580813/bonfield-asks-cc-for-patience-on-dpd-racist-comments-allegations.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:38:29 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>&quot;Local merchants like ?Joe The Plumber? usually don?t have a web presence and many...&quot;</title><description><![CDATA[?Local merchants like ?Joe The Plumber? usually don?t have a web presence and many don?t really even want one.? - Fred Wilson, Joe The Plumbers Landing Page post on AVC]]></description><link>http://beecoz.tumblr.com/post/60193850</link><guid>http://beecoz.tumblr.com/post/60193850</guid><pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:47:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Santa Train whistle blowing</title><description><![CDATA[Tickets for the Museum of Life and Science\'s annual Santa Train are selling fast, according to museum vice president Julie Ketner Rigby.
As of 3 p.m. Monday, about 1,000 tickets remained unsold ? 20 percent of the total that went on sale last week. 
&amp;quot;It always sells out,&amp;quot; Rigby said; last year\'s tickets were gone in four days.
The Santa Train runs Wednesday?Sunday, Dec. 3-7, 10-14 and 17-21, from 5:40 to 8:20 p.m. See www.lifeandscience.org.
]]></description><link>http://blogs.newsobserver.com/bullseye/santa-train-whistle-blowing</link><guid>http://blogs.newsobserver.com/bullseye/santa-train-whistle-blowing</guid><pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:18:27 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Agenda for tonight's Council meeting</title><description><![CDATA[Most of the items are administrative items about appointments, contracts, street closings, and assessments, but the transfer of West Point on the Eno to the State Park system is on the agenda, as well as approval of a site plan for the Southpoint Professional Center Phase II, but it is not a &amp;quot;public hearing.&amp;quot;  &amp;nbsp;  The Mayor calls the meeting to order at 7:00 pm Call To Order Moment Of Silent Meditation Pledge Of Allegiance Roll Call Ceremonial Items Announcements By Council Priority Items By The City Manager, City Attorney And City Clerk [Consent Agenda]  1. Human Relations Commission ? Receipt and Acceptance of ApplicationsTo receive and accept applications for citizens to fill two (2) vacancies on the Human Relations Commission for Minority Females with the terms to expire June 30, 2010. (Resource Person: LaVerne V. Brooks ? 4166) (Attachment #1 ? 5 pages) (PR# 5597) 2. Board of Adjustment ? Receive and Accept an ApplicationTo receive and accept an application for the Board of Adjustment for an Alternate Member with the term to expire on June 30, 2009.(Due to the resignation of Paul Arena) (Resource Person: LaVerne V. Brooks ? 4166) (Attachment #2 ? 3 pages) (PR# 5639) 3. Cable TV Advisory Board ? ReappointmentTo reappoint Warren Herndon to the Cable TV Advisory Board with the term to expire on October 31, 2010.Note: At the Work Session on November 6, 2008, Mr. Herndon received seven (7) votes. (Due to the term expiring of Warren Herndon)(Resource Person: LaVerne V. Brooks ? 4166) (Attachment #3 ? 4 pages) (PR# 5645)  4. Bids ? Police &amp;amp; Fire VehiclesTo accept the bid from Vic Bailey Ford, in the amount of $1,079,575.00 for providing the City with 46 Police Patrol Vehicles (Item No. 1), 2 Police Pursuit Vehicles with ballistic door panels (Item No. 2), and 3 Police/Fire Pursuit Vehicles (Item No. 3); To authorize the City Manager to enter into a contract with Vic Bailey Ford, in the amount of $1,079,575.00 for providing the City with 46 Police Patrol Vehicles (Item No. 1), 2 Police Pursuit Vehicles with ballistic door panels (Item No. 2), and 3 Police/Fire Pursuit Vehicles (Item No. 3); and To authorize the City Manager to modify the contract before execution provided that modifications do not increase the dollar amount of the contract and the modifications are consistent with the general intent of the existing version of the contract. (Resource Persons: Joseph W. Clark ? 4132 and Paul Koch ? 4101) (Attachment #4 ? 6 pages) (PR# 5638) 5. Bids ? Two Combination Catch Basin Vacuum &amp;amp; Sewer Cleaning MachinesTo accept the bid from Bruder/Sharpe, Inc. in the amount of $318,116.00 for providing the City with two Combination Catch Basin Vacuum &amp;amp; Sewer Cleaning Machines; To authorize the City Manager to enter into a contract with Bruder/Sharpe, Inc. in the amount of $318,116.00 for providing the City with two Combination Catch Basin Vacuum &amp;amp; Sewer Cleaning Machines; andTo authorize the City Manager to modify the contracts before execution provided that modifications do not increase the dollar amount of the contract and the modifications are consistent with the general intent of the existing version of the contract. (Resource Persons: Joseph W. Clark ? 4132 and Paul Koch ? 4101) (Attachment #5 ?5 pages)(PR# 5642) 6. Bids ? Four Front Loading Refuse Collection TrucksTo accept the bid from Southern Truck Service, Inc. in the amount of $953,495.00 for providing the City with four Front Loading Refuse Collection Trucks; To authorize the City Manager to enter into a contract with Southern Truck Service, Inc. in the amount of $953,495.00 for providing the City with four Front Loading Refuse Collection Trucks; andTo authorize the City Manager to modify the contract before execution provided that modifications do not increase the dollar amount of the contract and the modifications are consistent with the general intent of the existing version of the contract. (Resource Persons: Joseph W. Clark ? 4132 and Paul Koch ? 4101) (Attachment #6 ? 5 pages)(PR# 5641) 7. Street Closing ? 75 Linear Feet of Cooke Street (SC0800013)To adopt a resolution to set a public hearing on the proposed closing of 75 linear feet of Cooke Street for December 15, 2008.(Resource Person: Steven L. Medlin, AICP ? 4137 ext. 223) (Attachment #7 ? 5 pages)(PR# 5575)  8. Setting Public Hearing to Consider Ordering Improvement under Enabling Act AuthorityTo adopt a resolution setting a public hearing for December 1, 2008, for a Water Main on Donphil Road from Brenda Court to Gatewood Drive. (Resource Persons: Edward R. Venable and Nathan L. McHenry ? 4326) (Attachment #8 ? 5 pages) (PR# 5613)  9. The Housing Authority of the City of Durham 2008-09 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Subrecipient ContractTo authorize the expenditure of CDBG funds in an amount not to exceed $40,000.00;To authorize the City Manager to execute an CDBG Subrecipient Agreement with Durham Housing Authority (DHA) to manage their Community Learning Center Teen Initiative; and To authorize the City Manager make changes to the contract documents that do not increase the contract amount, lessen the subrecipient\'s duties, or extend the term of the contract more than 6 months beyond the date of the original contract term. (Resource Person: Susan Solakian ? 4570 ext. 250) (Attachment #9 ? 24 pages) (PR# 5644) 10. Community Health Coalition, Inc. ResolutionTo endorse the Community Health Coalition, Inc., Resolution promoting health and reduce preventable death and disease in Durham\'s African American population. (Resource Person: Mayor Pro Tem Cole-McFadden ? 4396) (Attachment #10 ? 2 pages) (PR# 5670) 11. This item can be found on the General Business Agenda. 12. Development Review Process Improvement Update for October 2008To receive a report on alternatives that the Administration is considering to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the development review process. (Resource Person: Theodore L. Voorhees ? 4222 ext. 231) (Attachment #12 ? 4 pages) (PR# 5669) 14. Proposed Sale of Parcels #113385 and #113384, Erwin Field Park to Duke UniversityTo declare the parcels Tax ID # 113385 and #113384 as shown on Attachment A to be surplus property;To authorize the sale of parcel # 113385 by private sale under the authority of Section 86 of the City Charter; To accept the offer of $700,000.00 from Duke University to purchase parcel # 113385 as shown on Exhibit A with the condition that a public access easement be reserved by the City;To authorize the sale of parcel #113384 by private sale under the authority of G.S. 160A-279 and procedural requirements of G.S. 160A-267; To accept the offer of $100,000.00 from Duke to purchase parcel #113384 contingent upon approval of the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) conversion application from the North Carolina Department of Natural Resources and the U. S. National Park Service; and  To authorize the City Manager to execute the sales agreement with Duke University and to make changes provided the changes do not decrease the purchase price and are consistent with the intent of this agenda item (Resource Person: Beth Timson ? 4355 ext. 215) (Attachment #14 ? 11 pages) (PR# 5634) 15. 2008 Target Grant AwardTo authorize the City Manager to accept the 2008 Target Grant and execute the grant documents; and To adopt the 2008 Target Grant Project Ordinance in the amount of $1,300.00. (Resource Person: Anthony Marsh ? 4322) (Attachment #15 ? 4 pages) (PR# 5635) 16. Contract for Reimbursement of Cost Incurred for Law Enforcement Assistance and Accompanying Grant Project OrdinanceTo authorize the City Manager to accept the City of Durham and Town of Chapel Hill Grant by executing the grant documents; To adopt the City of Durham and Town of Chapel Hill Grant Project Ordinance for Temporary Law Enforcement Assistance during the Halloween event on Friday, October 31, 2008;To authorize the City Manager to execute a contract with the Town of Chapel Hill for Reimbursement of Costs Incurred for Law Enforcement Assistance; and To authorize the City Manager to modify the contract before execution provided that modifications do not increase the dollar amount of the contract and the modifications are consistent with the general intent of the existing version of the contract. (Resource Person: Ron Evans ? 4322) (Attachment #16 ? 11 pages) (PR# 5622) 17. Street AcceptanceTo accept the street on the attached list for maintenance by the City of Durham.(Resource Persons: Edward R. Venable and Nathan L. McHenry ? 4326) (Attachment #17 ? 3 pages) (PR# 5633)  18. Watershed Planning and Design Contract for Third Fork Creek WatershedTo authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute a contract with Tetra Tech in an amount up to $1,164,302.00 for the Third Fork Creek Project generally consistent with the scope of services; To establish a contingency fund of $116,433.00 (10%);To authorize the City Manager to negotiate addendums provided that the cost of all addendums do not exceed $116,433.00 and the total project cost does not exceed $1,280,735.00; and To authorize the City Manager to modify the contract before execution provided that modifications do not increase the dollar amount of the contract and the modifications are consistent with the general intent of the existing version of the contract. (Resource Person: Paul Wiebke ? 4326 ext. 239) (Attachment #18 ? 29 pages) (PR# 5662) 20. Contract Extension for Water and Wastewater Sludge Removal, Land Application and Associated Services with Synagro Central, LLCTo authorize the City Manager to execute Contract Amendment #2 with Synagro Central, LLC for the Water and Wastewater Sludge Removal, Land Application and Associated Services Contract to extend the term of the contract to June 30, 2009; and To authorize the City Manager to make changes to the contract before execution provided the changes do not increase the amount to be paid by the City and do not decrease the goods and services to be provided to the City. (Resource Person: Robert Dodson ? 4386) (Attachment #20 ? 5 pages) (PR# 5631) 23 ? 29. These items can be found on the General Business Agenda ? Public Hearings. 30. This item can be found on the General Business Agenda. 31. This item can be found on the General Business Agenda-Public Hearings. 34. This item can be found on the General Business Agenda. 37. Resolution Memorializing Alexander M. Rivera, Jr.To adopt a Resolution Memorializing Alexander M. Rivera, Jr.(Resource Person: Council Member Farad Ali ? 4396) (Attachment #37 ? 2 pages) (PR# 5685)  38. An Ordinance Rescheduling the Regular City Council Meeting from Tuesday, January 20, 2009 to Wednesday, January 21, 2009To adopt an Ordinance Rescheduling the Regular City Council Meeting from Tuesday, January 20, 2009 to Wednesday, January 21, 2009. (Resource Person: D. Ann Gray ? 4166) (Attachment #38 ? 1 page) (PR# 5710) [General Business Agenda]  11. Beer and Wine Privilege License IssuanceTo approve the local Beer and Wine Privilege Licenses for listed establishments.(Resource Person: John J. Allore ? 4510) (Attachment #11 ? 14 pages) (PR# 5468)  30. Friends of West Point ParkTo discuss whether to direct the City Manager to initiate negotiations on a method to transfer management of West Point on the Eno Park to the N.C. State Parks System.(Resource Person: Josie McNeil ? 919-471-3310) (Attachment #30 ? 5 pages) (PR# 5668)  34. Police Department Third Quarter Crime ReportTo receive the Police Department\'s Third Quarter Crime Report.(Resource Person: Chief Jose L. Lopez, Sr. ? 4322) [General Business Agenda ? Public Hearings]  Assessments and Improvements 23. Mini Assessment Roll for Sewer Main on Rivermont Road from Northeast Property Line of Tax Map 767-4-17 Southwest to the Rivermont Road OutfallTo reconsider the assessment against the property of Nathan L. and Melinda R. Stanley; and To find that the property, identified as 3801 Rivermont Road, PIN 0803-02-89-5293 has benefited from the sewer main improvement and to confirm the assessment in the amount of $4,700.00 (grants partial relief in accordance with the Assessment Relief Policy). (Resource Persons: Edward R. Venable and Nathan L. McHenry ? 4326) (Attachment #23 ? 1 page) (PR# 5615)  24. Mini Assessment Roll for Curb, Gutter and Paving on Beebe Drive from Barbee Road to West Property Line of Tax Map 517-1-12ATo reconsider the assessment against the property of Jennifer L. Cole Preston, identified as 805 Beebe Drive, PIN 0729-04-64-6951; and To find that the property has benefited from the curb, gutter and paving improvement and to confirm the assessment in the amount of $2,760.60 (grants partial relief).(Resource Persons: Edward R. Venable and Nathan L. McHenry ? 4326) (Attachment #24 ? 2 pages) (PR# 5285)  25. Mini Assessment Roll for Water and Sewer Laterals on Beebe Drive from Barbee Road to West Property Line of Tax Map 517-1-12ATo reconsider the assessment against the property of Jennifer L. Cole Preston, identified as 805 Beebe Drive, PIN 0729-04-64-6951; and To find that the property has not benefited from the water lateral improvement at this time and to relieve the assessment in the amount of $670.00 with the provision that a future lateral charge will be due and payable at the prevailing rate should the property connect to City water (in accordance with the Assessment Relief Policy). (Resource Persons: Edward R. Venable and Nathan L. McHenry ? 4326) (Attachment #25 ? 1 page) (PR# 5286)  26. Mini Assessment Roll for Water Main on Beebe Drive from Barbee Road to West Property Line of Tax Map 517-1-12ATo reconsider the assessment against the property of Jennifer L. Cole Preston, identified as 805 Beebe Drive, PIN 0729-04-64-6951; and To find that the property has benefited from the water main improvement and to confirm the assessment in the amount of $2,001.44 (grants partial relief).(Resource Persons: Edward R. Venable and Nathan L. McHenry ? 4326) (Attachment #26 ? 1 page) (PR# 5287)  27. Proposed Ninth Street PlanTo conduct a public hearing and receive public comments on the Proposed Ninth Street Plan; andTo adopt the Proposed Ninth Street Plan.(Resource Person: Steven L. Medlin, AICP ? 4137 ext. 223) (Attachment #27 ? 63 pages) (PR# 5647)  28. Major Special Use Permit ? Southpoint Professional Center Phase II (M0800003)To hold a quasi-judicial public hearing to consider a Major Special Use Permit for proposed fill within the special flood hazard area; and To direct the Planning Director to prepare an order for adoption for 1) approval, 2) approval with conditions or 3) denial or to continue the hearing to a specified later meeting. (A draft order for approval with staff recommended conditions will be available at the meeting) (Resource Person: Steven L. Medlin, AICP ? 4137 ext. 223) (Attachment #28 ? 56 pages) (PR# 5655) 29. Major Site Plan and Floodplain Development Permit - Southpoint Professional Center Phase II (D06-348)(This is not a Public Hearing)To approve a major site plan and floodplain development permit for &amp;quot;Southpoint Professional Center Phase II,&amp;quot; submitted by Coulter Jewell Thames, P.A. on behalf of Crooked Creek Development LLC, for a 30,000 square foot two-story office/retail building on a 1.5 acre portion of three parcels totaling 13.42 acres, zoned Office Institutional (OI (D) and Falls/Jordan Protected Area (F/J-B) watershed overlay. [The property is located at 245 NC 54 Highway on the north side of NC Highway 54, north of I-40, east of Fayetteville Road, and south of Crooked Creek Parkway. PINs include portions of 0728-01-06-5288, 0728-01-06-9305 and 0728-01-16-0792.] (Resource Person: Steven L. Medlin, AICP ? 4137 ext. 223) (Attachment #29 ? 23 pages) (PR# 5651) 31. Historic Landmark Designation ? John O\'Daniel Hosiery Mill Building (LD0800003)To continue the public hearing and receive comments on the proposed Historic Landmark designation; andTo adopt an ordinance designating the John O\'Daniel Hosiery Mill Building, 801 Gilbert Street (LD0800003), as a Historic Landmark. (Resource Person: Steven L. Medlin, AICP ? 4137 ext. 223) (Attachment #31 ? 30 pages)(PR# 5677) [Adjournment] ]]></description><link>http://durhamspark.blogspot.com/2008/11/agenda-for-tonights-council-meeting.html</link><guid>http://durhamspark.blogspot.com/2008/11/agenda-for-tonights-council-meeting.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:45:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Planning Commission approves new gas station for Rox/Club, clucks approval on hen proposal</title><description><![CDATA[The Durham News this weekend provided updates on two Planning Commission activities that are worth calling out in more detail.First, the commission voted to support the design for a new twelve-pump gas station from Durham petro tycoon M.M. Fowler, replacing the existing four-pump station and a vacant building next to it on the southwest corner of Club and Roxboro near the Duke Park, Northgate Park and Colonial Village neighborhoods.The existing station has been a trouble point at times and was the site earlier this year of one of several streetcorner citizens-on-the-streets, eyes-on-crime events put together by the indefatigable Bill Anderson and crew. The new station, which had the strong support of neighborhood groups, is modeled on M.M. Fowler\'s station at Broad &amp; Markham, down to the cupola on the building\'s roof.Second, the proposal to allow hens within the city limits (which we put forth in October here at BCR) moved forward with a 10-4 vote of approval. The commission heard arguments suggesting the removal of some of the restrictions in the initial proposal.The commission agreed with removing many, including the restricion on sharing produce cultivated in chicken-manure compost and loosening of restrictions on coop design and the number of manure compost bins per property, per the N&amp;O\'s retelling. The limitation of 10 hens per yard may be in line for loosening at a future meeting, with some interest in relaxing that restriction based on a yard\'s size.The City Council will be the next step for these proposals in dockets to...

]]></description><link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BullCityRising/~3/456290937/planning-commission-approves-new-gas-station-for-roxclub-clucks-approval-on-hen-proposal.html</link><guid>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BullCityRising/~3/456290937/planning-commission-approves-new-gas-station-for-roxclub-clucks-approval-on-hen-proposal.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 12:30:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>West Village gets first Phase II retailer as Posh the Salon opens</title><description><![CDATA[While West Village has been well ahead-of-the-curve in terms of its fast lease-up of apartment units in the project\'s Phase II, it\'s been a slow roll getting retailers to take up spaces in the district.Apart from NCDOT\'s agreement to lease space in the Walker Whse. for a new Amtrak passenger station for the Bull City, the complex\'s Phase II has been slow to announce tenants for the Walker and O\'Brien buildings.That\'s changed with the opening of Posh the Salon, offering hair and personal spa services in the O\'Brien building; their shop faces out onto the surface parking lot on the east side of the O\'Brien Bldg. From the salon\'s web site:We offer hair care, bridal and special occasion styles, makeup &amp; esthetics, and more! Our experienced staff will help determine the best services for your needs while delivering the top level quality and value you expect from a professional hair salon.One of the business\' owners notes that they\'re seeking to offer \&quot;a relaxing atmosphere,\&quot; complete with free wi-fi and complimentary drinks and a flat panel television. Posh becomes downtown\'s second spa/salon, along with The Garden on Parrish St. Posh is open 10am-7pm Tue-Fri and 9am-4pm on Saturdays, with limited Monday hours to boot.Posh is currently accepting new and \&quot;gently used\&quot; toys through Dec. 19 for homeless children in Durham; the salon will be hosting a gift-giving evening in December to include dinner and live entertainment as a way of giving back to the community.

]]></description><link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BullCityRising/~3/456123735/west-village-gets-first-phase-ii-retailer-as-posh-the-salon-opens.html</link><guid>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BullCityRising/~3/456123735/west-village-gets-first-phase-ii-retailer-as-posh-the-salon-opens.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:30:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Green Tango offers 5th anniversary sale, preps new site</title><description><![CDATA[Green Tango -- the popular hometown purveyor of salads and wraps -- is celebrating its fifth anniversary today with a sale on their products at their 3211 Shannon Rd. location.Today only, all salads and wraps are just $5 (extra and premium items cost more.)The retailer is still hard at work on their new location near Duke\'s campus in the Pavilion at Lakeview mixed-use development, where they\'ll be leaf-by-jowl with Firehouse Subs. (Follow their progress on their construction blog.)Though the Lakeview location was to be the restaurant\'s third outlet, the onetime Northgate Mall location has disappeared from the company\'s web site, and the phone number for the Northgate location is now disconnected.

]]></description><link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BullCityRising/~3/455984294/green-tango-offers-5th-anniversary-sale-preps-new-site.html</link><guid>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BullCityRising/~3/455984294/green-tango-offers-5th-anniversary-sale-preps-new-site.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 08:36:25 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>BCR's Daily Fishwrap Report for November 17, 2008</title><description><![CDATA[Some key headlines from the weekend and the morning in Durham news: We noted here a few weeks ago the NC Railroad\'s plan for commuter rail, which contained diagrams showing light rail sharing the 200\' transportation corridor easement with heavy rail -- something that had been a no-no when Triangle Transit tried to get a passenger rail system going here in the 1990s. The H-S reports that transportation officials in the Triangle are similarly optimistic about using light rail instead of heavy rail for a future regional transit system -- important, since it avoids an awkward heavy-to-light rail transfer between Raleigh-Durham and Durham-Chapel Hill lines that were a black mark on the initial proposal. (H-S) The rescue plan for the Lakewood YMCA -- which calls for the Y to sell the facility to the County, which will turn two-thirds of the building into a Montessori magnet middle school, with the Y leasing back one-third of the renovated structure for a smaller community fitness center -- will go before the school board for approval this week. YMCA trustee and BOCC approval would be the next step. (H-S) City leadership will be sitting down with MV Transportation to review the current contract for DATA bus services \&quot;clause-by-clause,\&quot; with city manager Tom Bonfield promising to compel compliance if the operator isn\'t meeting all its obligations. (H-S) Adult products shop Adam &amp; Eve turns out to be the tenant planned for the new construction at the corner of Fayetteville &amp; NC 54 near Southpoint...

]]></description><link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BullCityRising/~3/455973508/bcrs-daily-fishwrap-report-for-november-17-2008.html</link><guid>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BullCityRising/~3/455973508/bcrs-daily-fishwrap-report-for-november-17-2008.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 08:22:04 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>909, 911, 1003 FAYETTEVILLE</title><description><![CDATA[Between Banks Place and Fowler Ave. was another residential block of Fayetteville St., occupied by 909, 911, and 1003 Fayetteville.909 Fayetteville, 1962(Courtesy Durham County Library / North Carolina Collection)911 Fayetteville, 1962(Courtesy Durham County Library / North Carolina Collection)1003 Fayetteville, 1962(Courtesy Durham County Library / North Carolina Collection)These houses were torn down by 1965, and replaced with part of \&quot;Tin City\&quot; - the relocation buildings built for displaced Hayti Businesses. This building, modified, still exists, and houses The Carolina Times, which actually does still publish.Looking southeast, 10.05.08Find this spot on a Google Map.     35.984242 -78.898109]]></description><link>http://endangereddurham.blogspot.com/2008/11/909-911-1003-fayetteville.html</link><guid>http://endangereddurham.blogspot.com/2008/11/909-911-1003-fayetteville.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:05:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Fishies</title><description><![CDATA[A fish tank or two.
Not much else to do.


]]></description><link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/we-love-durham/nvUR/~3/455397049/</link><guid>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/we-love-durham/nvUR/~3/455397049/</guid><pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2008 19:20:13 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Hurricanes Reassign Patrick Dwyer</title><description><![CDATA[RALEIGH, NC&amp;mdash;Jim Rutherford, President and General Manager of the National Hockey League&amp;rsquo;s Carolina Hurricanes, today announced that the team has reassigned forward Patrick Dwyer to the Albany River Rats of the American Hockey League.
...]]></description><link>http://hurricanes.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&amp;page=NewsPage&amp;articleid=392775</link><guid>http://hurricanes.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&amp;page=NewsPage&amp;articleid=392775</guid><pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2008 12:49:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Upcoming DBORDC and City Council meetings</title><description><![CDATA[The Durham BORDC is meeting Saturday the 15th at 2:30 at the Main Library, I think in the third floor conference room.&amp;nbsp; Immigrant rights is a main focus now that the election has passed.  &amp;nbsp; According to NPR,&amp;nbsp;there&amp;nbsp;is going to be a gay rights rally in Raleigh Saturday, I assume at the Capitol, but I&amp;#39;m not sure.&amp;nbsp;  &amp;nbsp; The&amp;nbsp;agenda for the Council meeting Monday night still has not been posted&amp;nbsp;at www.durhamnc.gov/agendas/, so it will be late here.  ]]></description><link>http://durhamspark.blogspot.com/2008/11/upcoming-dbordc-and-city-council.html</link><guid>http://durhamspark.blogspot.com/2008/11/upcoming-dbordc-and-city-council.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 19:07:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>An Open Letter to Senator-elect Kay Hagan</title><description><![CDATA[
Dear Senator-Elect Hagan,&nbsp; (That\'s a fantastic opening to be able to write!)While I realize you haven\'t yet even had a chance to get assigned an office on Capitol Hill, there\'s one question which you\'ll likely be faced with even before you take the oath of office, and that\'s the question of what to do about Senator Lieberman and his chairmanship of the Homeland Security and Government Affairs committee.&nbsp; I realize that the internal politics of the US Senate are complex and tricky, but two factors stand out.&nbsp; The first, and most obvious, is not just that the Senator campaigned against President-elect Obama, but did so in particularly nasty ways.&nbsp; He spoke at the Republican National Convention, repeatedly campaigned with Senator McCain, and openly and hostilely questioned President-elect Obama\'s patriotism, intelligence, and preparedness to be President, calling him \&quot;dangerously naive\&quot; at one point.&nbsp; It\'s one thing to support the other party\'s nominee, which certainly has precedent in the Senate.&nbsp; It\'s quite another to do so in such a quarrelsome and mud-slinging manner, particularly for someone such as Senator Lieberman, who claims to be above such ugliness.Secondly, and more importantly, however, Senator Lieberman utterly failed to fulfill the duties of the chairmanship.&nbsp; In his role, it was uniquely his responsibility to investigate the failure of the response to Katrina, the rampant corruption and waste in homeland security contracts, and many other issues that Chairman Henry Waxman, Mr. Lieberman\'s House counterpart, went after aggressively.&nbsp; Mr. Lieberman declined to do any investigating of the catastrophic Bush administration from his highly important seat atop one of the most important oversight committees in the Senate.&nbsp; There is precedent for this.&nbsp; When Democratic senators endorsed Barry Goldwater in 1964, they lost their committee seniority, including chairmanships where applicable.&nbsp; If Mr. Lieberman chooses to caucus with the Democrats, I see no reason to force him out.&nbsp; However, elections have consequences, as do our actions during them.&nbsp; Given that Senator Lieberman has in almost all ways left the Democratic party behind, I ask that you support action in the Senate to deny him another term as chair of the Homeland Security and Government Affairs committee.This is not about retribution.&nbsp; This is about following standard Senate practice and ensuring competence at the Chairs of the Senate\'s most important committees.Respectfully yours,Michael BaconDurham, NC
]]></description><link>http://bullinfull.typepad.com/bif/2008/11/an-open-letter-to-senator-elect-kay-hagan.html</link><guid>http://bullinfull.typepad.com/bif/2008/11/an-open-letter-to-senator-elect-kay-hagan.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:24:33 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Shooting the Bull: Podcast for November 13, 2008</title><description><![CDATA[In this week\'s edition of \&quot;Shooting the Bull,\&quot; Durham City Councilman Mike Woodard joins Barry and me to talk about the recent election results and about how the past year on the City Council has gone. Plus, Barry and Kevin talk about the BOCC\'s recent decision to support Greenfire\'s downtown development program. Thanks as always to the folks at WXDU for the opportunity to host this weekly show. Barry and I will both be back on the air tonight at 7:30 on the station. If you missed the Thursday night broadcast, you can download or listen to the show from the Internet Archive, or listen to it via this embedded player. You can also subscribe to the show in iTunes, via WXDU\'s hosted podcast.

]]></description><link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BullCityRising/~3/453269131/shooting-the-bull-podcast-for-november-13-2008.html</link><guid>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BullCityRising/~3/453269131/shooting-the-bull-podcast-for-november-13-2008.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 14:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>NAACP to honor MaryAnn Black</title><description><![CDATA[
A Duke health system administrator and the founders of the Durham Rescue Mission will be honored this weekend by the Durham chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.


The honorees at the chapter\'s 34th-annual Freedom Fund Award Dinner are MaryAnn Black, Duke University Health System\'s associate vice president for community relations, and Ernie and Gail Mills, founders and operators of the Durham Rescue Mission.


The award dinner will be held Saturday night at the downtown Durham Marriott.


Black is the former chair of the Durham Board of Commissioners and has a master\'s degree in social work from UNC Chapel Hill.

]]></description><link>http://blogs.newsobserver.com/bullseye/naacp-to-honor-maryann-black</link><guid>http://blogs.newsobserver.com/bullseye/naacp-to-honor-maryann-black</guid><pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 12:34:38 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Tweeter to close all stores nationally, including MLK Jr. Pkwy. outlet</title><description><![CDATA[From Twitter to Tweeter, more bad retail news: Tweeter, the national audio/video specialty store chain, will be shuttering its doors on Dec. 31 permanently.The move affects three Triangle area stores, including the Durham outlet on MLK Jr. Pkwy. across from the Harris Teeter. The chain had been operating under bankruptcy protection since since June, according to the N&amp;O.Ads from the company advertise 20-50% off savings, though with no returns, as is customary for such liquidations.Thirty employees are likely to be impacted by the closure throughout the region.

]]></description><link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BullCityRising/~3/453109619/tweeter-to-close-all-stores-nationally-including-mlk-jr-pkwy-outlet.html</link><guid>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BullCityRising/~3/453109619/tweeter-to-close-all-stores-nationally-including-mlk-jr-pkwy-outlet.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 11:30:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>New at BCR: Get your Twitter on</title><description><![CDATA[We\'re trying out a new feature here at BCR: Twitter, the popular micro-blogging service. One of the digs on BCR sometimes is the blog\'s, er, wordiness -- this week\'s piece on white liberals and black Democrats weighed in at a hefty 2,300 words. Tweets, or individual Twitter entries, run no more than 140 characters.We\'ll use Twitter for quick intraday updates, be it on items noted about town, breaking news, or offbeat items that might not ordinarily qualify for blog fame.You can read the BCR Twitter feed on the left hand side of the page or at the Twitter site. Existing Twitter users, follow @bullcity on the service to subscribe.Big thanks to Sean over at Durham startup Fullsteam Brewery for making the @bullcity channel available to BCR.

]]></description><link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BullCityRising/~3/453005323/new-at-bcr-get-your-twitter-on.html</link><guid>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BullCityRising/~3/453005323/new-at-bcr-get-your-twitter-on.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 09:30:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>BCR's Daily Fishwrap Report for November 14, 2008</title><description><![CDATA[A \&quot;small group\&quot; of SW Durhamites met with new County Commissioners Joe Bowser and Brenda Howerton last night to press them on development concerns in that portion of Durham County. Not present in the H-S report: who\'ll the two newcomers back for BOCC chair? (H-S) The Durham County Library is expected to prune 10-20k books from the Southwest Branch Library collection as part of the renovation effort; books not circulated recently or those that may be out of date or damaged will be removed. Items in good condition will get sold through the semiannual Friends of the Library sales. (H-S) An uptick in burglaries have taken place in and around downtown neighborhoods in recent weeks; the H-S profiled some in a story, while local listservs from Duke Park to W-H have had what appear to be significantly more break-in reports of late. Your Best Entertainment Value: The debate between the inimitable Seth Vidal and another W-H listserver on how to combat street crime. (H-S) New Durham NAACP president Fred Foster Jr. is pressing the City to release the \&quot;racially derogatory comments\&quot; purportedly made by a couple of D.P.D. officers and has called for disciplinary action if the stories are true; Mayor Bell tells the H-S that the public has a right to know the outcome of the probe but that \&quot;due process\&quot; must be followed first. (H-S)

]]></description><link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BullCityRising/~3/452951553/bcrs-daily-fishwrap-report-for-november-14-2008.html</link><guid>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BullCityRising/~3/452951553/bcrs-daily-fishwrap-report-for-november-14-2008.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 08:30:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>VA and homeless vets: are the Feds really stepping up?</title><description><![CDATA[The N&amp;O has a terrific story in today\'s edition about homeless veterans in Durham and the opening of a 24-unit apartment complex specifically for them, built by a non-profit organization called Volunteers of America. (TROSA is also in the midst of adding 25 beds specifically for veterans, opening in December.)The article notes that up to one-third of the homeless are veterans, and that within the Triangle the city of Durham hosts a \&quot;disproportionate\&quot; number of homeless vets, thanks to the presence of the VA here in town.Few Durhamites I\'ve met would quarrel with that; one of the things that makes the Bull City a great place to live, to me, is the fact that it\'s a community that\'s open to helping others and to thinking about the plights of those less fortunate than some of us are.Still, I had to do a double-take when I read the following in the story (emphasis mine):Though the VA doesn\'t fund emergency shelter for vets, it has had a program since the 1990s to help nonprofits build and run transitional housing for veterans. Intended to stop the cycle of homelessness, these can house veterans for up to two years while they are enrolled in recovery and job-training programs.But progress is slow.... Across the state, there are fewer than 300 beds in VA-supported housing for homeless vets....Finally, [a homeless veteran in Greenville] called the VA and asked for help.\&quot;They told me that to enter into their homeless program, I\'d have to move to Durham and...

]]></description><link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BullCityRising/~3/452927631/va-and-homeless-vets-are-the-feds-really-stepping-up.html</link><guid>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BullCityRising/~3/452927631/va-and-homeless-vets-are-the-feds-really-stepping-up.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 08:24:25 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Canes Announce Buy One, Get One Vouchers for Tuesday</title><description><![CDATA[RALEIGH,  NC&amp;mdash;Ben Aycock, Director of  Marketing and Brand Development for the National Hockey League&amp;rsquo;s Carolina  Hurricanes, announced today that the team is offering buy-one-get-one-free  ticket vouchers for the Hurricanes&amp;rsquo; game...]]></description><link>http://hurricanes.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&amp;page=NewsPage&amp;articleid=392412</link><guid>http://hurricanes.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&amp;page=NewsPage&amp;articleid=392412</guid><pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 02:11:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>906, 908, 910 FAYETTEVILLE</title><description><![CDATA[906, 908, and 910 Fayetteville, the block between Fowler Avenue (to the north) and East Piedmont Avenue (to the south) was a residential block. In 1923, 906 was occupied by ER Merrick, 908 by CD Davis, and 910 by HL Robinson.906 Fayetteville, 1962.(Courtesy Durham County Library / North Carolina Collection)908 Fayetteville, 1962.(Courtesy Durham County Library / North Carolina Collection)910 Fayetteville, 1962.(Courtesy Durham County Library / North Carolina Collection)By 1968, these houses were demolished. By the 1990s, this site was redeveloped with a gas station/convenience store commercial structure facing the \'new\' Fayetteville St.Site of 906-910 Fayetteville St., 10.05.08Find this spot on a Google Map     35.984450 -78.898375]]></description><link>http://endangereddurham.blogspot.com/2008/11/906-908-910-fayetteville.html</link><guid>http://endangereddurham.blogspot.com/2008/11/906-908-910-fayetteville.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:25:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Guglhupf celebrates a decade with free cake tomorrow</title><description><![CDATA[In a decade, Durham\'s Guglhupf Bakery on 15-501 near Foster\'s Market has become a local institution; just try getting a table inside or out on a nice Sunday to see what we mean.The bakery -- which provides its tasty pastries and breads on-site and through resale at a number of local businesses -- turns exactly ten years old tomorrow, and the Herald-Sun notes that the business will celebrate its success by offering free cake at its bakery from 10 am on Friday until supplies run out.(Which, knowing Guglhupf, won\'t take all that long.)If by some chance you\'ve never been, it\'s worth a stop-by to see the great design and architecture of the indoor and outdoor spaces, which together make it one of Durham\'s real gems; and in the embarrassment of riches for Durham\'s dining scene, that\'s saying something.

]]></description><link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BullCityRising/~3/452187048/guglhupf-celebrates-a-decade-with-free-cake-tomorrow.html</link><guid>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BullCityRising/~3/452187048/guglhupf-celebrates-a-decade-with-free-cake-tomorrow.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:30:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Food for Thanksgiving</title><description><![CDATA[The Volunteer Center of Durham and Durham Social Services are looking for Durham residents to provide Thanksgiving food, cooked or un-, for needy families.
Thanksgiving &amp;quot;sponsors&amp;quot; donated meals to more than 500 families in 2007, according to the Volunteer Center, which expects increased demand this year due to &amp;quot;the difficult economic situation.&amp;quot;
Sponsors buy a holiday meal for about $15 per person and deliver it in person to the family. Cash donations are also welcomed.
If interested, call Tasha Melvin at 688-8977 ext. 435.
]]></description><link>http://blogs.newsobserver.com/bullseye/food-for-thanksgiving</link><guid>http://blogs.newsobserver.com/bullseye/food-for-thanksgiving</guid><pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 14:40:34 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>New digs for 'dicey' corner</title><description><![CDATA[
A bigger, better and presumably safer filling station at Club Boulevard and Roxboro Road got a thumbs-up from the Durham Planning Commission this week, despite some commissioners? worries about increased traffic.


?We see a progressive change to that corner,? said citizen Bill
Anderson, who has been a self-appointed vigilante trying to rid the
Roxboro-Club intersection of vagrants, prostitutes and drug dealing.
The new, 12-pump station and convenience store would replace the present four-pump station and garage and a vacant adjacent building most recently used for a pawn shop.
At the commissioners? meeting, though, Anderson spoke on behalf of the Duke Park Neighborhood Association, which favors the new station.
Duke Park ?voted unanimously to be thumbs up,? said Anderson.
?This is a part of town that can be pretty dicey,? said planning commissioner Wendy Jacobs. ?This could be a considerable improvement.?
Lee Barnes of the M.M. Fowler oil company that owns the property, presented a site plan that includes a retention pond, 20,238 square feet of ?reclaimed open space? and a 3,200-square foot building with a cupola on top.
?About as nice as you could get a gas station to look,? Anderson said.


The proposed building is a counterpoint to M.M. Fowler?s station at Broad Street and Markham Avenue, which won a citation from Preservation Durham for blending with its neighborhood.
Barnes?s plan commits to no more than 189 morning and 237 afternoon ?peak hour vehicular trips,? but the planning department analysis suggests it would add 1,772 more trips per day to streets already near their capacity.
Barnes said the new station would more more traffic turning off and into Club and Roxboro, but they would be safer because  his plan provides only two points of entry and exit; presently, there are six.
]]></description><link>http://blogs.newsobserver.com/bullseye/new-digs-for-dicey-corner</link><guid>http://blogs.newsobserver.com/bullseye/new-digs-for-dicey-corner</guid><pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 13:53:13 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>New coffee shop comes to Duke's borders in Shade Tree's spot</title><description><![CDATA[Duke-area students and employees lost a neighborhood friend with the closing of Shade Tree Coffee at the end of this past summer. An original tenant of the Erwin Terrace mixed-use development on Erwin Rd., Shade Tree was a popular destination for quality coffee and espresso steps away from Duke\'s West Campus.And while Dunkin Donuts remains an outlet for coffee for some, others have missed the presence of a less corporate source for joe in the area.Looks like that may be coming to an end soon, though. Signs in the Shade Tree space are heralding the arrival of Copa Vida Coffee, setting up shop in the one-time coffee shop. No opening date is available, though as of last night there were people doing work in the space to prepare it for a re-opening. We\'ll post an opening date when we have it.

]]></description><link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BullCityRising/~3/452187049/new-coffee-shop-comes-to-dukes-borders-in-shade-trees-spot.html</link><guid>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BullCityRising/~3/452187049/new-coffee-shop-comes-to-dukes-borders-in-shade-trees-spot.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 10:30:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>BCR's Daily Fishwrap Report for November 13, 2008</title><description><![CDATA[Here\'s a story that grabbed our attention here at BCR this morning: the Herald-Sun is reporting some changes to the downtown circulator shuttle we\'ve talked about here recently. The 10-minute circulator between downtown and W. Main St./Duke\'s campus? Now on a 20-minute schedule, and listed as an item on which the city is \&quot;working with\&quot; Duke. But there\'s a second, 10-minute-frequency bus to connect the new Durham Station with the Main/Duke intersection, then down Main/Chapel Hill St. to Mangum, to Jackie Robinson, and back up Blackwell St.(All within walking distance of the station, but never mind that for now.)It\'s an intriguing change from the proposal that DATA director Steve Mancuso himself talked about on \&quot;Shooting the Bull\&quot; a couple of weeks back. We\'ll do some more digging and see what turns up.In other headlines, including plenty more Duke news: Southpoint\'s corporate parent, General Growth Property, was removed from the S&amp;P 500 yesterday and may go bankrupt, though retail operations in Southpointyland aren\'t expected to be impacted one bit at the well-tenanted mall. (TBJ) From the \&quot;boneheads\&quot; file, at least two D.P.D. officers are under investigation for \&quot;racially derogatory\&quot; comments they purportedly posted about Barack Obama on social networking sites. TrinityRez makes an obligatory appearance in the H-S comments, natch. (H-S) Duke\'s formally launched an impressive program allowing employees to donate charitably via payroll withholding towards the Duke-Durham Neighborhood Partnership, as opposed to the United Way-only giving of past years. It\'s a great way to support the organizations that the DDNP...

]]></description><link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BullCityRising/~3/451811784/bcrs-daily-fishwrap-report-for-november-13-2008.html</link><guid>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BullCityRising/~3/451811784/bcrs-daily-fishwrap-report-for-november-13-2008.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 08:49:55 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Durham Central Market reaches 300 owners, looks to next steps</title><description><![CDATA[As we\'ve talked about here before, the planners behind the Durham Central Market co-op grocery store have been moving forward with informal location searches and with initial capital fundraising through the sale of shares to the general public.The DCM team met their goal of selling 300 ownership shares to founding members at $100 a pop before October 31 -- with 346 shares sold during the period.According to an email update from the DCM board, those funds will help pay for a financial feasibility study from Cooperative Development Services, a non-profit organization in the Midwest that provides consulting services to coops of all stripes. It also provides seed money \&quot;in the bank\&quot; for the hiring of a project manager to support fundraising, site selection, and operational aspects of the project. The DCM update notes that its site selection committee is working to find one or two finalist locations for the market, at which time market and location analysis will begin.Not stopping: fundraising efforts, as DCM looks to get to a total of 1,200 founding shares sold before a targeted opening projected for early 2010. Not that the $120,000 in capital raised from owners\' shares is all that will be needed to get DCM off the ground. The market\'s email update notes that it will take an estimated $2.5 million to get the business off the ground, a number that could vary as research continues. Given tightening bank lending conditions, the DCM notes it is likely to turn to owners for loans...

]]></description><link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BullCityRising/~3/451811785/durham-central-market-reaches-300-owners-looks-to-next-steps.html</link><guid>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BullCityRising/~3/451811785/durham-central-market-reaches-300-owners-looks-to-next-steps.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 08:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Shooting the Bull: Podcast for November 6, 2008</title><description><![CDATA[In this week\'s edition of \&quot;Shooting the Bull,\&quot; Durham elections chief Mike Ashe joins Barry for a discussion of last week\'s historic election with its record-breaking turnout. Thanks as always to the folks at WXDU for the opportunity to host this weekly show. Barry and I will both be back on the air tonight at 7:30 on the station. If you missed the Thursday night broadcast, you can download or listen to the show from the Internet Archive, or listen to it via this embedded player. You can also subscribe to the show in iTunes, via WXDU\'s hosted podcast.

]]></description><link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BullCityRising/~3/451740344/shooting-the-bull-podcast-for-november-6-2008.html</link><guid>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BullCityRising/~3/451740344/shooting-the-bull-podcast-for-november-6-2008.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 07:12:35 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>901-907 FAYETTEVILLE (EAST)</title><description><![CDATA[The 900 block of Fayetteville St., by the 1940s, began the southern transition to the more residential portion of the Hayti neighborhood. The southeast corner of Glenn St. and Fayetteville St. had become Star Taxi by 1938, and Parham\'s Gulf Service Station by the 1940s. (Carolina Gulf by the early 1950s, Southside Service Station (a Shell Station) by the mid 1950s.901 Fayetteville, 1962.(Courtesy Durham County Library / North Carolina Collection)905 Fayetteville was a converted residence that housed Jones Shoe Shop through much of the mid 20th Century.901 Fayetteville, 1962.(Courtesy Durham County Library / North Carolina Collection)And 907 Fayetteville was the longtime home of Ms. Bessie Whitted.901 Fayetteville, 1962.(Courtesy Durham County Library / North Carolina Collection)These structures were demolished by the late 1960s. I believe this area became part of the 1970s \'Tin City\' - where the Relocation Authority placed businesses displaced by urban renewal. Most of Tin City was demolished by the 1980s, and this area was redeveloped as housing.Site of 901-907 Fayetteville, 10.05.08(The kids playing football in front of this house, interested in why I was taking pictures, were fascinated to learn about all of the buildings and businesses that once lined this street - for about 20 seconds, until football became far more interesting again. But they had no idea that they were living on the street where these businesses once were.)Find this spot on a Google Map.     35.984700 -78.897900]]></description><link>http://endangereddurham.blogspot.com/2008/11/901-907-fayetteville-east.html</link><guid>http://endangereddurham.blogspot.com/2008/11/901-907-fayetteville-east.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 00:15:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Al Denelsbeck</title><description><![CDATA[
Al Denelsbeck used to send the photos for our Pet of the Week adoption column. He took the best photos of shelter dogs I\'d ever seen. Each one had a personality. Now he\'s  branched out.


You can see Al\'s pictures on his web site wading-in.net. Next weekend you can also bid on some of his photos at the Piedmont Wildlife Center\'s benefit auction Saturday, Nov. 22, at the N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh.


Al still shoots (in a good way) the injured and orphaned animals that come into the wildlife center\'s Durham office, where he\'s the administrative assistant or &amp;quot;paper grunt.&amp;quot; Only now instead of  pit bulls and lab mixes he\'s shooting  flying squirrels and possums.  He\'s also shooting stunning landscapes like this shot here.


But his real goal, he says, is  to connect people to wildlife in the wild. &amp;quot;I\'m just interested in what\'s happening, how animals behave in their environment, how they interact with their same species, but also with predatory species, seeing how it all works together.&amp;quot;


&amp;quot;If I can convey the fascination I have [enough] to make somebody go out and look for it that\'s perfect.&amp;quot; &nbsp;


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]]></description><link>http://blogs.newsobserver.com/bullseye/al-denelsbeck</link><guid>http://blogs.newsobserver.com/bullseye/al-denelsbeck</guid><pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 15:09:07 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Al Denelsbeck's pictures</title><description><![CDATA[
Al Denelsbeck used to send the photos for our Pet of the Week adoption column at The Chapel Hill News. He took the best photos of shelter dogs I\'d ever seen. Each one had a personality. Now he\'s  branched out.


You can see Al\'s pictures on his web site wading-in.net. Next weekend you can also bid on some of his photos at the Piedmont Wildlife Center\'s benefit auction Saturday, Nov. 22, at the N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh.


Al still shoots (in a good way) the injured and orphaned animals that come into the wildlife center\'s Durham office, where he\'s the administrative assistant or &amp;quot;paper grunt.&amp;quot; Only now instead of  pit bulls he\'s shooting  possums and flying squirrels. And stunning landscapes like this shot here.


His goal, he says, is  to connect.


&amp;quot;I\'m just interested in what\'s happening, how animals behave in their environment, how they interact with their same species, but also with predatory species, seeing how it all works together.&amp;quot;


&amp;quot;If I can convey the fascination I have [enough] to make somebody go out and look for it that\'s perfect.&amp;quot;


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]]></description><link>http://blogs.newsobserver.com/bullseye/al-denelsbecks-pictures</link><guid>http://blogs.newsobserver.com/bullseye/al-denelsbecks-pictures</guid><pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 15:09:07 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Canes Activate Sutter from Injured Reserve</title><description><![CDATA[RALEIGH, NC&amp;mdash;Jim Rutherford, President and General Manager of the National Hockey League&amp;rsquo;s Carolina Hurricanes, today announced that the team has activated center Brandon Sutter from injured reserve. To make room for Sutter on the roste...]]></description><link>http://hurricanes.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&amp;page=NewsPage&amp;articleid=391982</link><guid>http://hurricanes.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&amp;page=NewsPage&amp;articleid=391982</guid><pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 12:56:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>No BCR updates this morning</title><description><![CDATA[Facing a tight schedule last night and this morning, gentle readers. We\'ll be back with more content within the next 24 hours.

]]></description><link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BullCityRising/~3/450716364/no-bcr-updates-this-morning.html</link><guid>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BullCityRising/~3/450716364/no-bcr-updates-this-morning.html</guid><pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 09:03:34 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>The psychedelic mavens of Grails corrode expected forms</title><description><![CDATA[Grails' six instrumental LPs in as many years are full of psychedelic curveballs and world-music nods; it's interesting to see how things so meticulously prepared in the studio will work on stage. By Chris Toenes.]]></description><link>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A268905</link><guid>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A268905</guid><pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Former Miles Davis saxophonist Bill Evans blends jazz, bluegrass</title><description><![CDATA[Evans isn't your average young musician: The 50-year-old leads Soulgrass, a jazz/ funk/ bluegrass hybrid that, over the years, has featured some of the finest musicians in the world. By Andrew Ritchey.]]></description><link>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A268904</link><guid>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A268904</guid><pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>The guide to the week&amp;#39;s concerts</title><description><![CDATA[   Dead tree version (PDF, 1.7 MB) (JPG, 1.3 MB)  This week's guide contains:...]]></description><link>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A268903</link><guid>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A268903</guid><pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Edgar Allen Floe&amp;#39;s The Streetwise LP</title><description><![CDATA[Is that the thunderous voice of God rapping at me, or just a rapper with vocal chords made out of space-age alloy? By Eric Tullis.]]></description><link>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A268902</link><guid>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A268902</guid><pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>European culture in Hysteria; N.C. history in Blood</title><description><![CDATA[Freud, Dal&amp;iacute;, and Terry Jackson's hellzapoppin' ambitions By Byron Woods.]]></description><link>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A268901</link><guid>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A268901</guid><pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Adventurous landscapes at Flanders 311</title><description><![CDATA[With close investigation, these paintings make it easy to find oneself lulled into a kind of acrylic paint-induced rapture. By Dave Delcambre.]]></description><link>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A268900</link><guid>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A268900</guid><pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Unchaining Orange County&amp;#39;s dogs</title><description><![CDATA[By a 4-1 vote, commissioners rejected 24/7 tethering as a humane method of containment, limiting the time a dog can be attached to a stationary object to three hours in any 24-hour period. By Vernal Coleman.]]></description><link>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A268899</link><guid>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A268899</guid><pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Chapel Hill Town Council replaces Bill Thorpe</title><description><![CDATA[By an 8-0 vote, the council chose retired middle school assistant principal James Merritt from a pool of six candidates. By Vernal Coleman.]]></description><link>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A268898</link><guid>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A268898</guid><pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Wednesday 11.19</title><description><![CDATA[Hoots &amp;amp; Hellmouth]]></description><link>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A268897</link><guid>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A268897</guid><pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Tuesday 11.18</title><description><![CDATA[Last Tango in Paris; more]]></description><link>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A268896</link><guid>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A268896</guid><pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Film times and brief film reviews</title><description><![CDATA[Film times are good from Thursday, Nov. 13, through Friday, Nov. 21]]></description><link>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A268895</link><guid>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A268895</guid><pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Monday 11.17</title><description><![CDATA[Greg Brown, Chava Alberstein; more]]></description><link>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A268894</link><guid>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A268894</guid><pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>The Dirty Little Heaters live better through rock &amp;#39;n&amp;#39; roll</title><description><![CDATA[&quot;I kind of like drinking and playing in bands and working shitty jobs. It's what makes me happy!&quot; By Grayson Currin.]]></description><link>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A268893</link><guid>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A268893</guid><pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Giving thanks in extended family proportions</title><description><![CDATA[We've assembled a simple menu based on locavore recipes published in these pages, along with a couple of new ones. By Sheryl Cornett.]]></description><link>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A268892</link><guid>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A268892</guid><pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Happy-Go-Lucky</title><description><![CDATA[Happy-Go-Lucky is a tangible portrait of an incorruptible soul; Poppy's rigorous engagement with everyone she encounters results in a joyous outlook that is optimistic without being na&amp;iuml;ve. By Nathan Gelgud.]]></description><link>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A268891</link><guid>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A268891</guid><pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Ashes of Time Redux</title><description><![CDATA[More than a decade later, Ashes of Time is a record of a glorious, bygone time when Hong Kong's fearless, rule-breaking artists were making the pop movies that mattered. By David Fellerath.]]></description><link>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A268890</link><guid>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A268890</guid><pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>A neurotic Bond in Quantum of Solace</title><description><![CDATA[One can adore Bond lore while also recognizing the need to conjure a new paradigm. By Neil Morris.]]></description><link>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A268889</link><guid>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A268889</guid><pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Sunday 11.16</title><description><![CDATA[Lloyd Arneach; more]]></description><link>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A268888</link><guid>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A268888</guid><pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Life after (peak) oil</title><description><![CDATA[Three North Carolina groups&amp;mdash;NC Powerdown, Piedmont Biofuels and Earthaven Ecovillage&amp;mdash;model ways of living in the world after cheap gasoline and the conveniences that come with it. By Gerry Canavan.]]></description><link>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A268887</link><guid>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A268887</guid><pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Saturday 11.15</title><description><![CDATA[Defending the Caveman; more]]></description><link>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A268886</link><guid>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A268886</guid><pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Friday 11.14</title><description><![CDATA[Jerry Seinfeld; more]]></description><link>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A268884</link><guid>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A268884</guid><pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Charlotte&amp;#39;s web</title><description><![CDATA[... By V.C. Rogers.]]></description><link>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A268883</link><guid>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A268883</guid><pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Obama on my mind</title><description><![CDATA[... By Jeremy M. Lange.]]></description><link>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A268882</link><guid>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A268882</guid><pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Resistance is useless</title><description><![CDATA[In the battle to maintain a garden in a yard that doubles as a fast-food drive-through for four-legged wildlife, I have become an amateur deer psychologist. By Sheila Read.]]></description><link>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A268881</link><guid>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A268881</guid><pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Thursday 11.13</title><description><![CDATA[Orgasmic Birth; more]]></description><link>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A268879</link><guid>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A268879</guid><pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>What Nov. 4 meant to me&amp;amp;mdash;and America</title><description><![CDATA[Thoughts whirl in my head, cavorting with hope and possibilities they dared not embrace prior to this day. I let them dance. By Derek Jennings.]]></description><link>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A268878</link><guid>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A268878</guid><pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>UNC law prof Gene Nichol</title><description><![CDATA[&quot;You can talk about Main Street as a way of avoiding those who have not yet worked their way onto Main Street.&quot; By Fiona Morgan.]]></description><link>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A268877</link><guid>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A268877</guid><pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Wine and garden dine, plus burgers on the move</title><description><![CDATA[Ladies Night at The Wine Merchant; relocated 3Cups; PING free dinner at Anathoth Community Garden; OnlyBurger travels Durham By Claire Cusick.]]></description><link>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A268876</link><guid>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A268876</guid><pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Wednesday 11.12</title><description><![CDATA[Cucalorus Film Festival]]></description><link>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A268875</link><guid>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A268875</guid><pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Young voters turned N.C. blue</title><description><![CDATA[N.C. voters ages 18 to 29 cast 500,000 votes for Obama; the majority of all other age groups went for McCain. Obama won North Carolina by a little more than 13,000 votes. By Fiona Morgan.]]></description><link>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A268870</link><guid>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A268870</guid><pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Pick that jazz</title><description><![CDATA[Ryan Cavanaugh plays banjo as part of Bill Evans\'s Soulgrass touring band. Bringing together jazz and bluegrass, and recommended to Evans by both John McLaughlin and B&amp;eacute;la Fleck, Cavanaugh funnels strong, fast and delirious picking into complex solos. He plays... By Andrew Ritchey.]]></description><link>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A268918</link><guid>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A268918</guid><pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>The Toadies&amp;#39; &amp;quot;Hell in High Water&amp;quot;</title><description><![CDATA[  &amp;nbsp; Listen up! &amp;nbsp; Download The Toadies\' \&quot;Hell in High Water\&quot; (6.2 MB) or stream it below. If you cannot see... By Spencer Griffith.]]></description><link>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A268915</link><guid>http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A268915</guid><pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>902-904 FAYETTEVILLE</title><description><![CDATA[904 and part of 902 Fayetteville St., 1962.(Courtesy Durham County Library / North Carolina Collection)The above picture most clearly shows 904 Fayetteville St., a commercial structure built in the late 1940s or early 1950s as a grocery store; it originally housed the Cut Rate Super Market, and, by the 1960s, Quality Foods Super Market.To its right in the above picture is a partial view of the ABC Store, built between 1954 and 1957.The supermarket building appears to have still been in existence by the mid-1970s. I\'m not sure when it was demolished. Surprisingly to me, the ABC store is still here. Although its entrance has been shifted to the former back of the store, to face the \'new\' Fayetteville St., the original facade (minus the lettering) remains. It is thus the only structure other than St. Joseph\'s on \'old\' Fayetteville St. to survive urban renewal.Site of 904 and the still-extant 902 Fayetteville St., 10.05.08Find this spot on a Google Map.     35.98476 -78.89825]]></description><link>http://endangereddurham.blogspot.com/2008/11/902-904-fayetteville.html</link><guid>http://endangereddurham.blogspot.com/2008/11/902-904-fayetteville.html</guid><pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:10:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>BOCC to Greenfire: Go ahead, we're right behind you</title><description><![CDATA[Monday night\'s special session of the BOCC brought a relatively small turnout to the commission chambers downtown, a crowd far more sparse than the heavily-attended discussions over the City\'s incentive plans last spring. (Besides local officials, there were only a handful of residents in attendance, all with links to downtown developers or the circle of local elites.)That could be due to the much greater familiarity of Durhamites, now, with Greenfire\'s ambitious downtown plans; or, perhaps to the fact that this session received relatively little public attention in advance, in contrast to the well-advertised City Council hearing. (Last night\'s discussion was a presentation only; thirteen days from now, the BOCC will hold a public hearing on the matter.)In the end, the commissioners unanimously sung the praises of the incentive package at hand for Greenfire, for whom partnerships from city and county leaders have been the most obvious snag in moving forward. And the County Commission appears likely to go along with a deal to support the developer, though on what is literally the back end of the project. While the City Council was confident in the protection afforded by its deal points\' structure -- which provided incentives incrementally as projects completed, not in advance -- the County government\'s plan holds any government participation until the very last project in the build-out effort.As proposed (and as discussed in today\'s H-S and N&amp;O), the County would partner with Greenfire on the redevelopment of the Church/Parrish lot, a city-owned parcel that\'s typically been phased...

]]></description><link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BullCityRising/~3/449509985/bocc-to-greenfire-go-ahead-were-right-behind-you.html</link><guid>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BullCityRising/~3/449509985/bocc-to-greenfire-go-ahead-were-right-behind-you.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 08:03:18 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Kids 'N Community Grants $279,720</title><description><![CDATA[RALEIGH,  NC&amp;mdash;Doug Warf, Director of  Community Relations and Executive Director of the Carolina Hurricanes&amp;rsquo; Kids &amp;lsquo;N  Community Foundation, today announced that 20 area charities will receive grants  during the Foundation&amp;rsquo;s ...]]></description><link>http://hurricanes.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&amp;page=NewsPage&amp;articleid=391814</link><guid>http://hurricanes.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&amp;page=NewsPage&amp;articleid=391814</guid><pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 03:26:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>813-815-819 FAYETTEVILLE</title><description><![CDATA[Looking north from near the corner of Glenn St. and Fayetteville St., 1944.(Courtesy Durham County Library / North Carolina Collection)The northeast corner of Glenn St. and Fayetteville St. developed with a small stuccoed structure adajacent to a two-story frame structure in the 1930s. This initially housed the Durham Sandwich Shop (the name on the 1944 marquis above) and Carolina Cab Company. Through the late 1940s and early 1950s, these businesses changed hands a few times, becoming the Central Electric Shoe Shop, and Carlton\'s Market, then Jimmy\'s Food Store.In 1953, the buildings were destroyed by fire.813-819 Fayetteville, 01.30.53.(Courtesy The Herald-Sun Newspaper)If there were remnants of the buildings, they were razed, and the site became Dawson\'s Gulf Service Station by 1959.Service Station, 1962.(Courtesy Durham County Library / North Carolina Collection)Looking southeast, ~1970.(Courtesy Durham County Library / North Carolina Collection)Looking south at a partially demolished Fayetteville St., circa 1970.(Courtesy Durham County Library / North Carolina Collection)The service station was demolished by 1972.Site of 813-819 Fayetteville, 10.05.08Similar view to 1944 view at the top of the post, looking north from near the former location of Glenn St., 10.05.08Find this spot on a Google Map.     35.985