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Council declines rezoning request for Durham Rescue Mission’s East Main site; project proponents pledge to keep working with neighbors
Summary
Council voted down a rezoning petition to centralize Durham Rescue Mission services on a 3.52-acre site near East Main Street, citing inconsistency with the area’s transit-opportunity place type and concerns about missing residential uses.
The Durham City Council voted against the applicant’s request to rezone a 3.52-acre assemblage near East Main Street to an industrial-light district with a textual development plan intended to centralize Durham Rescue Mission services and create a career development center.
The applicant proposed to assemble 15 parcels and to construct a facility that would bring Durham Rescue Mission programs — career training, classrooms, counseling, a retail thrift store and other services — into a consolidated building. The applicant said the consolidated center would replace the mission’s scattered operations across multiple sites, reduce duplicative transportation of clients, and improve program efficiency. Project…
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