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Durham leaders in June allocated $10 million to revitalize the Hayti community in east Durham.

<p>THE PAST. MOST RECENTLY IN MAY, WHEN THE STATE DOT MADE REPAIRS TO THE BRIDGE HAVE BEEN SOME MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS POPPING UP AROUND THAI COMMUNITY IN EAST DURHAM, A PRIVATE COMPANY IS WORKING ON A MIXED USE PROJECT NOW INTO HOUSING AUTHORITY PROJECTS WILL SOON BE UNDERWAY. ALL OF THIS. WELL, THE CITY IS COMMITTING 10 MILLION DOLLARS TO REINVESTING IN THIS COMMUNITY. &gt;&gt; WRAL'S MONICA CASE. SHE HAS BEEN SPEAKING WITH PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE TODAY. MONICA, TELL US. &gt;&gt; WHAT'S COMING TO THAT SPOT? GIVE US SOME DETAILS. &gt;&gt; WELL, THE HERITAGE SQUARE DEVELOPMENT IS GOING TO BE HERE BEHIND ME NEXT TO THE DURHAM FREEWAY. THIS WILL BE A MIXED USE PROJECT WITH OFFICES, LABS AND RESIDENTIAL UNITS. FURTHER DOWN FAYETEVILLE STREET TO DURHAM HOUSING AUTHORITY PROJECT ARE ALSO IN THE WORKS. PEOPLE HERE ARE EXCITED ABOUT PUBLIC INVESTMENT IN THE AREA, BUT THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THOSE WHO LIVE AND WORK IN A TIE ARE BEING PUSHED OUT. DEVELOPMENT WITHOUT DISPLACEMENT. THAT'S WHAT LONGTIME PROPERTY OWNERS, LARRY AND DENNIS HASTERT ARE HOPING FOR. THERE IS A VALUE IN PRESERVATION IS A VALUE IN LAND OWNERSHIP BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT KEEPS THE COMMUNITY STABLE. &gt;&gt; AND IT KEEPS OWNERSHIP AND WEALTH AND PEOPLE'S FAMILIES. THEY OWN PHOENIX CROSSING AND PHOENIX SQUARE SHOPPING CENTER'S THAT DOESN'T OF DURHAM BUSINESSES HAVE CALLED HOME FOR YEARS. IF DEVELOPMENT IS. &gt;&gt; AND THE SCALE THAT IS TOO GREAT. AND ALL OF THAT WOULD DISAPPEAR. THE 10 MILLION-DOLLARS FROM THE CITY WILL BE USED FOR REAL ESTATE PROGRAMS. SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT AND INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS. MAYOR PRO TEM MARK-ANTHONY MIDDLETON TELLS ME THE FUNDING ADDRESSES LONGTIME DISINVESTMENT. WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT. &gt;&gt; DEVELOPMENT AND RESTORATION ON THE QUARTER FOR A LONG TIME. I THINK FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE JUST BECAME KIND OF TALKING POINTS AND BUT THERE'S REAL MONEY IN HIS BUDGET. DOES THE AREA NEED TO BE REHABILITATED? ABSOLUTELY. &gt;&gt; BUT WITHIN 10 TO ANITA, SCOTT NEVILLE IS THE DIRECTOR OF HATE. I REBORN. SHE WANTS THE MONEY TO ADDRESS BLIGHT AND NEGLECT WHILE PROTECTING THE CHARACTER OF THE THAT THE 10 MILLION DOLLARS. &gt;&gt; COULD BE USED TO SUPPORT. THE EVIDENCE AND PAID TIES HISTORY OF HOMES AND BLACK BUSINESSES THAT EXIST. &gt;&gt; AND THE CITY WILL BE WORKING WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS ON HOW EXACTLY TO STAND HIS 10 MILLION DOLLAR ALLOCATION. DAN GOT TO</p>

Durham allocates $10 million for Fayetteville Street corridor

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An accomplished member of North Carolina Central University's faculty is headed to Washington to join President Joe Biden's administration.

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Investment managing firm Harrison Street, real estate and development firm Sterling Bay and real estate firm Acram Group announced in a news release they've bought 606 Fayetteville St.

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Heritage Square in Durham's Hayti community

On June 29, investment managing firm Harrison Street, real estate and development firm Sterling Bay and real estate firm Acram Group announced in a news release they've bought 606 Fayetteville St.

TOMO >> 3 OUT OF TOWN COMPANIES HAVE PURCHASED A 10 ACRE PLOT ON FAYETTEVILLE STREET IN THE MIDDLE OF DURHAM'S HATE. I COMMUNITY THIS DEVELOPMENT IS PLANNED AS MIXED USE WITH OFFICE SPACE AND RESIDENTIAL WRAL'S MONICA CASEY HAS BEEN SPEAKING WITH PEOPLE IN THAT AREA TODAY. MONICA. WELL, DEBORAH, ON THIS SIDE OF ONE, 47 DEVELOPMENT IS EVERYWHERE. IT'S A DIFFERENT STORY, THOUGH, ON THE OTHER SIDE. BUT THIS NEW PROJECT COULD CHANGE THAT RESIDENTS SAY AS LONG AS THE NEW DEVELOPMENT DOESN'T PUSH PEOPLE OUT COULD BE GOOD FOR THE HATE. I COMMUNITY. >> THIS VIEW AT 6, 0, 6, FAYETTEVILLE STREET COULD CHANGE IN THE NEAR FUTURE OUT OF TOWN. REAL ESTATE COMPANIES HAVE PURCHASED THE 10 ACRE PLOT KNOWN AS HERITAGE SQUARE. DETAILS ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT ARE NOT SET IN STONE BUT ITS PLANNED AS A MIXED USE OFFICE LAB AND RESIDENTIAL SPACE. DARRELL SCOTT OWNS BURGER PLANT SHARING SPACE AT TATE HIGH COLLECTIVE KITCHEN AND COCKTAILS. HIS BUSINESS OPENED IN THE PHOENIX CROSSING SHOPPING CENTER IN FEBRUARY AS THE YOU KNOW, PART OF THE LORE OF OPENING HERE WASN'T BEING BACK ON BLACK WALL STREET, RIGHT? SO HERE WE ARE. IT FEELS GOOD TO BE BACK >> DOING THINGS TOGETHER. SCOTT SAYS MORE PEOPLE IN THE AREA WOULD BE GOOD FOR BUSINESS. MORE FOLKS IN THE AREA, MORE BODIES, MORE FEET TO THE DOOR. >> WHEN IT? >> YOU KNOW, RISING TIDE LIFTS ALL BOATS RIGHT? >> NEXT OR THE HATE? I BARBERSHOP MARQUEE DOUGLAS BELIEVES THE DEVELOPMENT COULD BE POSITIVE. WHAT JOBS AND WHAT THEY SEE AS WELL. HIS CUSTOMER MAURICE COPELAND, HAS BEEN GETTING HIS HAIR CUT IN. HEY, TIME FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS. AND EVERYONE WAS GETTING GREAT SERVICE IS WALKABLE DIFFER. PEOPLE THAT YOU CAN MEET OVER HERE. HE SAYS WE FEEL LIKE SO WHAT IF IT IN MORE PEOPLE LIKE ME WHILE HE LIKES THE IDEA OF THE DEVELOPMENT, COPELAND PASS QUESTIONS. HE WANTS TO KNOW HOW DEVELOPERS WILL IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN DURHAM. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO TO THE PEOPLE THAT ALREADY IN THE COMMUNITY WHERE THEY BEAT US WILL THEY BE SOME KIND OF LIKE PROGRAMS TO HELP PEOPLE OUT? WHAT KIND OF TEXAS AND IS IT GETTING WORSE? SAID THEY'RE GOING TO GET BACK TO THAT COMMUNITY. >> DEVELOPERS SAY LOCAL RESIDENTS WILL BE PART OF THE PLANNING AND THEY WANT TO RESPECT THIS AREA'S HISTORY. WE DO NOT YET HAVE A CONSTRUCTION TIMELINE. DEBORAH

Out of town companies to redevelop Heritage Square in historic Hayti community of Durham

This week, a non-profit group from Washinton, DC is in Durham, facilitating research and discussions about the future of Fayetteville Street and the Hayti neighborhood. 

Group aims to give Durham blueprint for revitalizing once-thriving Hayti neighborhood

Plan to redevelop Fayetteville Street in Durham

The stretch of Fayetteville Street from Highway 147 to  North Carolina Central University is being targeted for revitalization.

<p>POLITICIANS CLAIMS ABOUT WHAT'S BEHIND THE SHORTAGE. &gt;&gt; RIGHT NOW, CITY LEADERS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE TALKING ABOUT THE FUTURE OF FAYETTEVILLE STREET IN DURHAM. THE STRETCH BETWEEN ONE 47 AND CECIL STREET USED TO BE A THRIVING AREA OF BLACK BUSINESS. WRAL'S DURHAM REPORTER SARAH KRUEGER SHOWS US THE PLAN TO RESTORE IT AGAIN. &gt;&gt; WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE SKYLINE OF DOWNTOWN DURHAM, YOU CAN SEE HOW MUCH IT IS GROWING, BUT THAT IS ALL ON ONE SIDE OF ONE. 47 ON THE OTHER SIDE, THERE IS NONE OF THAT NOW A PLAN IS GETTING IN MOTION TO CHANGE THAT ON FAYETTEVILLE STREET. THERE ARE BOARDED UP HOMES AND RUNDOWN BUILDINGS. THE HATE I NEIGHBORHOOD USED TO BE A THRIVING AREA FOR BLACK RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES UNTIL CONSTRUCTION OF THE FREEWAY AND RACIST HOUSING POLICIES KNOWN AS REDLINING CHANGED ALL THAT. WE WANT TO QUIT THIS PART OF THIS CITY. BACK ON PART 2, WE KNOW DOWNTOWN DURHAM AND THAT'S THE GOAL AND STARTING THIS PROCESS. NICOLE FURNACES, THE PROJECT MANAGER FOR THAT PROCESS OF REINVIGORATING, THIS ONE MILE STRETCH OF FAYETTEVILLE STREET, A FROM THE FREEWAY TO NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY. THE HATE I HERITAGE CENTER HIRED A NONPROFIT CALLED THE URBAN LAND INSTITUTE TO COME IN AND DO RESEARCH AND INTERVIEWS, THEN OFFER RECOMMENDATIONS WERE NOT TELLING THE CITY THEY HAVE 2 ADOPTED OR PUT IT INTO THEIR PLANS WERE SIMPLY PROVIDING ADVICE WHAT THEY DO THAT IS ENTIRELY UP TO THEM. THAT COULD INCLUDE PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS, DEVELOPMENTS OR PARKS CENTRAL IN ALL OF IT IS THE COMMUNITY ALREADY HERE REALLY MAKE A CONCERTED EFFORT TO MAKE SURE THAT COMMUNITIES OF COLOR HAVE A VOICE WHEN THEY'RE THINKING ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THEIR I THINK IT'S MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. &gt;&gt; LAND HERE IN DURHAM THIS WEEK, PLANNING TO TALK TO DOZENS OF ELECTED OFFICIALS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS. THEY EXPECT TO RELEASE THEIR SUGGESTIONS</p>

Group helping leaders create plan to revitalize Durham's Hayti community

Group helping Durham create plan to revitalize Durham's Hayti community

New development plans were announced for the historic Hayti community, but backlash is growing from many people who have called it home for decades. 

Durham Housing Authority facing backlash over public housing project

Developing Durham's historic Hayti community 

>>> NO PLANS RIGHT NOW FOR DURHAM. THE COMMUNITY, THERE'S BACKLASH FROM PEOPLE WHO CALL IT HOME FOR THE KIDS. A GROUP OF PROTESTERS DECISION TO BUILD PUBLIC HOUSING ON VACANT LAND. >> Reporter: IT HAS BEEN AN EYESORE FOR OVER A DECADE. 20 ACRES OF LAND THAT'S BEEN FENCED OFF FOR FAR TOO LONG. WITH NEW CHANGES ON THE HORIZON, THIS GROUP IS DEMANDING THE HOUSING AUTHORITY TO CONSIDER DIFFERENT PLANS THAT WILL HELP ADVANCE THE COMMUNITY. >> IT WAS ONCE A VIBRANT AREA NOW FILLED WITH OVERGROWN WEEDS AND CRUMBLING CONCRETE SLABS. >> I GREW UP BASICALLY ON THE CORNER WHERE MY FATHER RAN THE BUSINESS. >> Reporter: HE REMEMBERS WHEN THE HISTORY COMMUNITY WAS ON THE UPSWING. >> I SAW THE GROWTH IN THE COMMUNITY. ON THE NEWS, AS WELL. >> Reporter: THE NEW BUSINESSES ARE NOT MUCH OF THE COMMUNITY NOW. ONE OPPORTUNITY TO REBUILD. PLACE CAME, MANY WERE EXCITED UNTIL NOW. >> THE DIRECTION THEY ARE GOING NOW IS NOT PLEASANT IN MY EYESIGHT. SIMPLY BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE THEY WERE TO BE MORE OF THE SAME. >> Reporter: THEY APPROVED THE $470 MILLION REDEVELOPMENT PLAN WHICH INCLUDES BUILDING HUNDREDS OF AFFORDABLE APARTMENTS TO FAYETTE PLACE. THE GROUP SENT A WRITTEN PROTEST CALLING OUT A LACK OF COMMUNITY INPUT, EQUITY CONSIDERATION, LAND USE AND LACK OF DUE PROCESS. >> I WOULD LIKE TO SEE BUSINESSES NOT JUST HOUSING. BANKS, GROCERY STORES. SHOPPING MALLS, GREEN SPACE. BARBERSHOPS. HOW IS RENEWAL IMPORTANT THAT THE WAREHOUSES OF PEOPLE HAS NEVER SERVED THE PURPOSE. >> Reporter: DR. HENRY McCOY SUBMITTED A DIFFERENT PLAN THAT INCLUDE LESS HOUSING AND MORE MIXED-USE OPPORTUNITIES. IT REIMAGINES. PLACE AS A FUTURE HUB FOR BLACK BUSINESS AND EQUITY RESEARCH. >> THE BEST USE OF LAND TO BE ABLE TO USE IT AS A KEY TO MOBILITY FOR FUTURE CHANGE. FOR DEVELOPMENT. >> Reporter: THEY ARE HOUSING THE HOUSING AUTHORITY TO RECONSIDER THE PROPOSAL AND ALLOW THE COMMUNITY TO WEIGH IN ON HOW THE SITE GETS DEVELOPED AND WHO DOES IT. >> FOR OUR PROTEST, TAKE ANOTHER LOOK. RE-PLAN. DO IT RIGHT. >> Reporter: THEY TELL ME IN A STATEMENT THAT IT PLANS TO RESPOND TO THE WRITTEN PROTEST ACCORDINGLY AND HAS NO FURTHER COMMENT AT THIS TIME.

Once a renowned Black middle-class neighborhood, the struggling Hayti area near downtown Durham could become home to a pioneering effort to build an equity education research hub.

Research hub focused on equity development proposed for Durham's Hayti neighborhood

NCCU professor discusses bold plan to revitalize Durham's Hayti neighborhood

THE SUN PEEKING THROUGH THE DISTANCE. THE AMERICAN TOBACCO CAMPUS, THE BULL CITY IS GROWING AND THERE'S A NEW PROPOSAL TO DEVELOP 2000 ACRES IN DOWNTOWN DURHAM INTO THE WORLD'S FIRST EQUITY EDUCATION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PARK. THIS IS HOW IT LOOKS NOW, REDEVELOPING INTO THE DORM GLOBAL EQUITY PROJECTS PROPOSAL WOULD BE UP BIG DEAL FOR THE BULL CITY. IF THE DURHAM HOUSING AUTHORITY SIGNS OFF ON IT. ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL NAMES BEHIND THE PROJECT IS DR. HENRI McCOY, A REGULAR CONTRIBUTOR ON WRAL. THERE SO MUCH HISTORY CONNECTED TO THE PROPOSAL AND THIS PARTICULAR PLOT OF LAND. LET'S BEGIN WITH WHAT THE PROJECT IS INTENDED TO DO FOR FAMILIES IN DORMANT. >> THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE THIS CONVERSATION. REALLY, THE PROJECT IS ABOUT, LOOKING AT THE HISTORY OF THE COMMUNITY, THIS PLOT OF LAND IS A RELATIVELY SMALL PLOT OF LAND OF THE BIGGER REGION, 20 ACRES OF LAND. THE LAND HISTORICALLY PART OF THE COMMUNITY UNTIL THE DURHAM FREEWAY CAME. ABOUT THIS IDEA OF HOW TO LOOK AT REPAIRS LONG-OVERDUE, BRING THE LAND BACK TO CONTROL AND OWNERSHIP OF THE COMMUNITY. >> I WANT TO GET MORE TO THE I AM GERALD OWENS. PARK COMMUNITY, PLANE HOMAGE TO THE SIX  SUCCESSIVE BLACK FAMILIES THAT LIVED HERE IN THE 1900s. FOR THOSE NOT FAMILIAR, SHARE THE HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PLOT OF LAND. >> HAYTI COMMUNITY,  CENTRAL FOCUS ON THIS IDEA ON WHAT FOLKS, THE BLACK WALL STREET. WE HEAR A LOT ABOUT TULSA, OKLAHOMA. DURHAM WAS EQUITABLE WEALTH CREATED, IT HAD MORE BLACK MILLIONAIRES PER CAPITA THAN ANYWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES. AFTER TULSA WAS DESTROYED, LONG REMAINING BLACK WALL STREET HUB IN THE UNITED STATES FOR MANY YEARS. HAD THE LARGEST BLACK BUSINESS WITH INSURANCE. THE PLOT OF LAND WHERE HOMES AND BUSINESSES BEFORE THE DURHAM FREEWAY CAME THROUGH AND DESTROYED IT. ENORMOUS SIGNIFICANT TO THE COMMUNITY. >> WHAT ARE YOU TIME TO DO WITH THE PROJECT TO BRING BACK THE LEGACY? >> THE IDEA IS DURHAM IS GROWING. AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS A CHALLENGE. BECAUSE THE LAND IS OWNED BY THE DURHAM HOUSING AUTHORITY, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, MIXED INCOME HOUSING, YOU DON'T WANT TO AGGREGATE POOR PEOPLE TOGETHER, PUT THEM IN A NETWORK AND THIS PROJECT LOOKS AT THE IDEA OF CREATING A CATALYST FOR THE COMMUNITY OF DURHAM GROWING, THE COMMUNITY WILL BENEFIT FROM THE GROWTH. IT SHOULD BE SOMETHING THE COMMUNITY IS NOT SITTING ON THE SIDELINES WATCHING OTHER PEOPLE AS THEY GROW. THIS PLOT OF LAND LOOKED AT, THE IDEA IS THAT COULD BE CATALYST FOR BROADER AND LARGER DEVELOPMENT. REALLY INSPIRE COMMUNITY AND YOUNG PEOPLE TO THINK ABOUT HOW TO TAKE LAND LIKE THIS AND TURN IT INTO SOMETHING INSPIRATIONAL, HOPEFUL. >> WE WERE LOOKING AT RENDERINGS. I HOPE WE BRING THE VIDEO BACK, WE ARE SEEING A LOT OF DIFFERENT BUILDINGS HERE. DESCRIBE WHAT THE BUILDINGS ARE, NOT JUST HOMES BUT COMMERCIAL LOCATIONS. >> IT IS MIXED-USE PROJECT, RESIDENTIAL FROM EVERYTHING ON HOMELESS UP TO MARKET RATE. PEOPLE CAN SET UP OFFICES, RETAIL LOCATIONS. AND THE GROCERY STORE TO BRING FRESH FRUIT TO THE COMMUNITY. THAT HAS ALL OF THAT AND PROPOSED INTEGRATION SCHOOL TO INTRODUCING PEOPLE TO INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP. IT HAS COMMUNITY PLACES, GREEN SPACE, ALL OF THAT WRAPPED UP IN ONE. >> DR. WRAL TERRY , YOUR WORK ON THIS FOR YEARS. WHAT YOU NEED TO MAKE IT A REALITY? >> HOPEFULLY, WE PUT TOGETHER PROPOSAL WE SUBMITTED TO THE DURHAM HOUSING AUTHORITY AND WE HOPE IT DATES GREAT CONSIDERATION, WE HOPE WE CAN HOPEFULLY WIN. FROM THE COMMUNITY STANDPOINT, WE WANT PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THE PROJECT. WE LOVE FOLKS TO COME TO THE TABLE, WITH A LOT OF GREAT PARTNERS THAT HAVE COME TO THE TABLE. COMMUNITY SUPPORT MEANS A GREAT DEAL. >> DR. HENRI McKOY, THANKS FOR

For several years, residents have been pushing for affordable housing in the historical Hayti community in Durham. As of Friday, they're one step closer.