Durham Community Land Trustees (DCLT), a community land trust that develops, manages and advocates for permanent affordable housing, has named Sherry Taylor as its new Executive Director, effective immediately. Taylor has served as the Interim Executive Director for DCLT since the retirement of Selina Mack at the end of December, and as Asset Manager since … Continued
Celebrating Women’s Stories- March with DCLT
February with DCLT: Honoring Black History Month
Annual Meeting/Selina Mack’s Retirement Party
We invite you to meet our residents – Cory, Vicente, Juan and Maria. They talk about their experiences during COVID-19 and how the Rental Hardship Fund has made an impact in their lives. https://dclt.dm.networkforgood.com/emails/first_name-meet-our-residents
Over 80 volunteers from Republic Services, Trees Durham, Ellerbe Creek Watershed Association, Durham Master Gardners program and friends of DCLT painted, planted and cleaned up 5 DCLT properties in East Durham impacting 14 families and countless neighbors! Dig for DCLT Day was part of Neighborhood National Promise Day, a philanthropic corporate responsibility initiative of … Continued
[February, 2020] Discover Durham featured DCLT’s Executive Director, Selina Mack for Black History month. Read the full article https://www.discoverdurham.com/blog/selina-mack/
DURHAM (May 30 2019) – Durham Community Land Trustees and Republic Services held a launch event to announce their partnership to build front porches, care for old-growth trees, remove yard debris, build sheds, sidewalks and driveways, and clean up yards in East Durham. The neighborhood revitalization award is one of two in North Carolina (twenty-three nationwide) … Continued
[For Immediate Release April 1. 2019.] It is rare these days to get to celebrate permanent affordable housing wins in Durham. On April 10 at 4:00 pm, Durham Community Land Trustees (DCLT) will celebrate – with a host of nonprofit partners – the completed construction of two, new beautiful energy-efficient three-bedroom rental homes in the … Continued
Story published by Gregory Scruggs on 1/21/19 for Thomas Reuters Foundation. DURHAM, North Carolina – A home under construction is a common sight in Durham, a small but booming city in North Carolina that has been billed “the start-up capital of the South.” But this wood-frame, which will soon be a three-bedroom house, is unusual: it will rent … Continued
