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Plans Under Review

Adopted Plans

1. Cleveland Street and Holloway Street Historic District Preservation Plan
2. Downtown Durham Historic District Preservation Plan
3. Durham Comprehensive Plan
4. Durham Trails and Greenways Master Plan 2001
5. Eastern Durham Open Space Plan
6. Fayetteville Street Historic Preservation Plan
7. Little River Corridor Open Space Plan
8. Morehead Hill Historic District Preservation Plan
9. Ninth Street Plan
10. Trinity Heights Historic District Preservation Plan
11. Watts-Hillandale Historic District Preservation Plan

*plans are in .pdf format, the free Adobe Acrobat Reader is required