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We Want Smaller Builders
VERBATIM | Council Member Javiera Caballero backs a small, local builder and emphasizes the importance entrepreneurship and economic prosperity at all…
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CityBuilder
How Trinity Heights Broke The Rules - And Got Built Anyway
Join us Tuesday August 26 to hear developer Bob Chapman share how a project once blocked by zoning laws became an award-winning Durham neighborhood, and…
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CityBuilder
Life Can Be More Affordable
A perspective from Chapel Hill Councilman Theo Nollert on the bold actions that could help all North Carolinians thrive.
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Theo Nollert
Where Have All the Starter Homes Gone?
Here’s what cities can do to revive the market for small homes.

July 2025

AUGUST EVENTS with CITYBUILDER
Exciting opportunities to connect in person and virtually are coming up as Summer ends.
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CityBuilder
Where Can I Build an ADU?
Two Decades of Progress Toward Housing Choice in Cary
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Kyaira Boughton
Are Parts of the Triangle Shrinking?
BIGGER PICTURE | Even as the region grows, huge swaths are actually seeing population decline because of inflexible rules.
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Payton Chung
Municipal Election Season Has Begun
What that means, why it matters for housing, and who’s on the ballot across the Triangle
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CityBuilder
Summer Reading: The Power Broker
Why Robert Caro's epic biography of Robert Moses matters to the Triangle today.
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Payton Chung
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Kids Appreciate Urbanism
A Gathering for the Best Urbanists under 18
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Hannah Moell
A Story of Place
Gabe Eng-Goetz shows why art is vital to building cities.
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Coral Lin
Vicki Been's Lessons for the Triangle
Data-backed takeaways from her December talk.
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Kyaira Boughton
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