Durham's Golden Belt National Register Historic District is one of the Bull City's actively unfolding stories of preservation success. Interested in being part of that story? There's a free house for the moving in the historic district.

No doubt about it — the economy has taken a bite out of historic real estate sales. But the one-two punch of lower property prices and a slimmed-down credit market also has delivered opportunities to willing and able preservationists. Just take a look at Durham.

This past December, we at Preservation NC were thrilled to participate in Raleigh's Historic Oakwood Candlelight Tour with two of our wonderful partners, the Society for the Preservation of Historic Oakwood and the Capital City Camera Club.

UNCG's university quad, our classic American ballpark, Greensboro’s grandest house, and a mid-20th-C. modern icon are all sites named to Preservation Greensboro’s 2009 Treasured Places Watch List.

With more than a million residents expected by the year 2030, Raleigh seeks to plan for growth while preserving the history that makes the City of Oaks unique.