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Southpoint Access is an independent, locally owned news outlet focused on schools, neighborhoods, and community life in South Durham. Projects like SoDu Sweet Talk help support that work - while giving neighbors an easy way to celebrate love, gratitude, and community connection.
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I live, drive, shop, and carpool here - then report what matters across 54, 55, I-40, and 70. Southpoint Access is your map to a fast-changing South Durham.
![[SoDu How-To] Submit Your Event to the Southpoint Access Calendar](/content/images/size/w600/2026/01/eventsmainpage.png)
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A step-by-step guide to listing your public event on the Southpoint Access community calendar.
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Midnight tonight, our revenue-sharing effort with the Hope Valley Elementary PTA ends. End the old year on a high note, supporting students and neighborhood news in South Durham!
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Check out our Top 10 most-read articles of 2025, and then make your final contributions to Southpoint Access - a percentage of all revenue goes to Hope Valley Elementary School until Dec. 31.
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Respond with your resolutions for the coming new year and I'll include them in a Southpoint Access newsletter - maybe we'll inspire other folks while we're at it!
![[VIDEO] Dris Eats the Streets 4: Noodle 501](/content/images/size/w600/2025/12/dris4.png)
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Idrissa A. Smith takes us to Noodle 501 in Durham, NC, a noodle specialty restaurant that aims for a blend of Thai spices and Japanese ramen broth. Does it have what it takes to be proclaimed "Dris Eats the Streets Certified?"
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Three tiers, flexible terms, and a chance to gift ad space to a local nonprofit.
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Even though Southpoint Access isn't nonprofit, I hope you'll consider throwing your support behind the neighborhood news I provide every day.
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Your Neighborhood News Guy is taking the day off, but feel free to stay in touch.
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With Giving Tuesday on Dec. 2, help Southpoint Access fund deeper South Durham coverage - from meetings to photo/video. Goal: $50k for a full-time reporter; even $300 underwrites a freelance feature.
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I'm building a Community Advisory Board of subscribers and sponsors to help ensure that Southpoint Access is doing the best job possible informing readers in our area.