π£ Several protests are planned across the Triangle, including in Raleigh and Durham, this Saturday as part of a nationwide protests against the Trump administration called "Hands Off!" (Axios)
πͺ¨ Raven Rock State Park in Harnett County will expand by 273 acres after the state of North Carolina purchased the land for more than $6 million. (Triangle Business Journalπ)
π Atsena Therapeutics, a Durham-based gene therapy firm developing treatments for blindness, has raised $150 million from investors in a funding round led by Bain Capital. (Fierce Biotech)
ποΈ GoTriangle and Hoffman & Associates now say they can't make the financing work to set aside 10% of the units in their 23-story tower next to Union Station for affordable housing. (INDY Week)
Instead, the two want to give Raleigh's affordable housing fund $1.5 million βΒ an offer the city council will have to consider.
π¬ The British biotech company Genomics is opening an office in downtown Durham, the company tells Axios.