Durham NC Community Development

Community Rising: Hayti Speaks Out Against Heritage Square Rezoning In the heart of Durham, North Carolina, a grassroots movement is gaining momentum as residents and community leaders come together with one powerful message: Reject the Heritage Square rezoning now. Supported by Durham-based leaders, Hayti Reborn, and a broad network of allies, this campaign demands that the local government fulfill its promise to the historic Hayti community and oppose the proposal that would rezone Heritage Square into a high-density, gentrified ?Carolina Research Park.? Durham has long pledged to revitalize in Hayti?a once-thriving center of Black culture and commerce, devastated by infrastructure expansion. Through initiatives like the Hayti Promise Fayetteville Street Corridor Project, the city highlighted inclusive rebuilding, historical legacy protection, and housing justice. But Sterling Bay?s rezoning proposal goes against everything Durham has pledged. What?s at Stake for Hay...