I wanted to highlight this September 2026 article about the potential development of housing by land owned by one of downtown’s historic churches. Edenton Street United Methodist Church owns land that is zoned for development up to 20 stories tall, and it is partnering with nearby St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church on what comes next. Today, Edenton Street United Methodist uses it for surface parking, and they are in talks about doing something else with that land. The Dawson Lot Project is the name of the effort behind this. This is just an introduction to what’s been posted, but I do think it’s something worth watching.

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