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Opinion: FUSE will be a home run for Gastonia
Jim Gallagher
FUSE is the culmination of a lot of time and effort put in by multiple people and entities over the past several years. The Grizzlies were such a huge success at Sims Park that they propelled what we now know as “FUSE” (Franklin Urban Sports & Entertainment) into existence.
The catchy name is the work of Jason Thompson, the Gastonia director of planning. I was first elected to City Council in 2010, and seeing an average crowd size of 2,000 – 4,000 people gathered at Sims Park for a Grizzlies game was hard to ignore.
More housing is coming to Durham as developers close in on downtown real estate Aaron Sánchez-Guerra, The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
Feb. 15 DURHAM A handful of new housing developments will pop up across downtown Durham in the next few years as several developers close in on prime real estate.
A new condo development is underway in the heart of downtown at the corner of West Ramseur and South Mangum streets on the site of a 0.15-acre parking lot next the historic Kress building.
Raleigh-based real estate firms White Oak Properties and CityPlat are developing Kress Condos, a six-story building with 26 residential units with balconies, including rooftop units.