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We Built This City Together

The stories, moments, and housing wins our community made possible in 2025

Dec 31, 2025 • CityBuilder

From Parking Lot to Midtown: Why North Hills Is the Right Place to Build Tall

A local history lesson on growth, delay, and the limits of saying “maybe later”

Dec 30, 2025 • Jenn Truman

And Just Like That, It’s Election Season Again

With local races across the Triangle, our midterm elections will shape housing and growth policy throughout the region

Dec 23, 2025 • Jenn Truman

Sunday Sketch: Parish Village

Faith-based housing by Grenfell Architecture

Dec 21, 2025 • CityBuilder

Break Up the Building, Not the Facade

BIGGER PICTURE | Building codes force bad architecture, then try to fix it

Dec 18, 2025 • Payton Chung

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Raleigh

From Parking Lot to Midtown: Why North Hills Is the Right Place to Build Tall

A local history lesson on growth, delay, and the limits of saying “maybe later”

Dec 30, 2025 • Jenn Truman

Apartments Belong Near Parks

People say apartments harm parks, but the truth is parks become better when more neighbors can live beside them.

Oct 2, 2025 • Jenn Truman

The High Cost of Saying No

Five Points’ fight against housing diversity drives up prices for everyone — including residents themselves

Sep 4, 2025 • Kyaira Boughton

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I Support Housing Reform. Other Restaurant, Coffee Shop, and Bar Owners Should Too.

Servers are young people figuring out their lives; they deserve better housing choices

Dec 11, 2025 • CityBuilder

I'm Thankful for Durham

Despite being most known for complaining about dangerous NCDOT streets like (Reckless) Roxboro, I'm so thankful to live in Durham this Thanksgiving!

Nov 27, 2025 • Chris Perelstein

Durham’s New UDO: Small Rules, Big Problems

From grading limits to parking rules, these details could make building smarter, denser neighborhoods nearly impossible.

Nov 13, 2025 • Dave Olverson

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North Carolina

To Improve Your Community, Use the Strong Towns Approach

Whether you're running for office or attending community meetings, you don't want to miss these tips

Dec 4, 2025 • CityBuilder

Building Smarter: Why North Carolina Should Consider Single-Stair Housing

A new approach to housing design could help North Carolina grow smarter, not just bigger

Nov 20, 2025 • CityBuilder, Single Stair North Carolina, and Julie Powers

Housing Victories in Local Elections

We're celebrating wins across the Triangle

Nov 6, 2025 • CityBuilder

Podcasts

Dirt NC

Interview with Ken Bowers with the City of Raleigh in Raleigh, NC

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