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[SoDu How-To] Protect Yourself from West Nile Virus This Summer
Contribute to the Southpoint Access Summer Support Fundraiser! Durham County just confirmed its first human case of West Nile virus since 2022. While the risk remains low for most people, this serves as a timely reminder: mosquito-borne illnesses are active in North Carolina – including right here in South Durham. With warm, wet weather and…
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City Wants Input on Durham Neighborhood Bike Routes
Sign Up For the Southpoint Access Newsletter! The second phase of Durham’s Neighborhood Bike Routes project kicks off Jan. 1 with an online survey and an upcoming event to meet with city transportation staff. These routes – also known as bike boulevards – are meant to improve roadway safety. The first phase of this project added signs…
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Building Momentum: A Month-by-Month Fitness Plan for 2025
Sign Up For the Southpoint Access Newsletter! I’m uneven at best when it comes to keeping up with my fitness goals. Mostly, I seem to get my steps while walking the dog or taking strolls on the American Tobacco Trail – and sometimes running around the track at the downtown YMCA. But I am father…
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[Editor’s Note] What I’m Grateful For (2024)
Here are 10 things I’m grateful for after the first year of providing Southpoint Access to readers in and around South Durham: Of course, I’m especially grateful to you – a reader and supporter of Southpoint Access. You keep me focused on my mission as a neighborhood news guy to provide information about South Durham that you find valuable. Have…
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Durham Mall Hosts Upcoming Marathon
The Streets at Southpoint will serve as start and finish line for the RDC (Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill) Marathon on Sunday, Oct. 27. Organized by FS Series, the event can help runners qualify for the Boston Marathon. It’s set to start in the parking lot just west of the AMC Southpoint 17 movie theater. The marathon/half marathon…
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[SoDu We Gallery] American Tobacco Trail Cleanup
Volunteers from the American Tobacco Trail Facebook group got out this weekend and cleaned up trash along the trail near where it crosses Fayetteville Street in South Durham. Photos taken by Alison Baillie and Kari Linfors.
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