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[1] [2] Williams and his wife Zweli opened Zweli's in 2018, a Zimbabwean restaurant in Durham. The couple later opened Ekhaya in the American Tobacco Campus in 2022, serving Bantu-inspired tapas. [3] Williams also served as a member of Durham's city council for Ward 3. [4] [5] Williams was sworn in as mayor on December 4, 2023. [6]
On January 16, 2018, she became the first Latina to be appointed as a member of the Durham City Council to fill the seat of former Councilman Steve Schewel after he was elected as Mayor of Durham. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] In her first public address after being sworn into office, she spoke in both English and Spanish. [ 1 ]
When the Durham City Council voted to give themselves a $10,000 pay raise in 2021, Freeman was the only councilmember to vote against the measure. [6] In 2022, she was among the councilmembers who voted in favor of a pilot program with the gunshot detection company ShotSpotter .
Durham's population, as of July 1, 2019 and according to the 2019 U.S. census data estimate, had grown to 278,993, [68] making it the 50th-fastest-growing city in the US, and the 2nd-fastest-growing city in North Carolina, behind Cary but ahead of Charlotte, Raleigh and Greensboro. [68]
[15] [2] In March 2022, she was elected as co-chair of Local Progress, a networking organization for elected officials, and is co-chair of the organization's North Carolina chapter. [1] In March 2023, allegations of extorsion were made against another Durham city council member, Monique Holsey-Hyman. [16]
The community is centered on N. Roxboro Street (Business US-501) and the Old Oxford Highway. The area has been within the Durham city limits since the 1950s. [1] Branford Marsalis, the noted jazz saxophonist, named his 2006 album Braggtown after the neighborhood; Marsalis has been a resident of the Durham area for the past few years.
7800 South enters the city at the Jordan River and runs west through the city until it intersects with Utah Road 111. Redwood Road (State Route 68), a six-lane road, runs through the eastern portion of the city. In the far western extremes of the city, State Route 111, a two-lane road, runs through the developing rural area along the foothills ...