"The long-awaited Loray Mill redevelopment project is apparently back on the city’s front burner, and a key part of city officials’ new vision for the building includes a 40,000-square-foot call center that would create scores of new jobs."

Read full story . . .

Gaston Gazette (5/7/2011)

"Three years ago, people who cared about Gastonia's historic Loray Mill held their breaths: A closing date for the building's redevelopment was just days away, with a groundbreaking soon to follow. Then the multi-million-dollar deal slammed head-on into an epic economic downturn . . . But Atlanta-based Camden Management Group recently said it expects the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to approve a Federal Housing Administration loan soon for the project's first phase."

Read full story . . .

"More than a century of history toppled to the ground Friday as the front wall of the Imperial Mill came down amid a cloud of dust. The old Belmont cotton mill’s time had expired, and its owners at Pharr Yarns finally gave up on trying to find a new life for the old building."

Read full story . . .

Gaston Gazette (4/29/2011)

"During the 1940s, Durham's Hayti neighborhood was such a successful model for African-American entrepreneurship and community . . .  Then, Urban Renewal of the 1960s and 70s -- coupled with increasing suburbanism and the construction of the Durham Freeway -- decimated much of Hayti's fabric. Today, advances in web-based technology are helping to retell the human stories of Hayti and digitally recreate the history of the community."

Durham Herald-Sun (5/6/2011)

"Since much of Durham's unique sense of place stems from its history, it should come as no surprise that Durhamites are among the most active participants in North Carolina's historic preservation rehabilitation Tax Credit Program . . . Now, owners can use a new Internet tool to determine whether their property is within a National Register Historic District and if renovation work to their home is potentially eligible for state and federal preservation tax credits."

Read full story . . .

Durham Herald-Sun (4/29/2011)

"By making historic preservation as simple, affordable and easy as possible, advocates said Salisbury can attract people to older neighborhoods and grow the city without annexation. The city has unveiled the draft Historic Preservation Master Plan, including 33 pages of recommendations with the ultimate goal of putting more people in historic homes."

Read full story . . .

Salisbury Post (5/10/2011)