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POWELL PLACE THREE FAMILIES SHARE WHAT DREW THEM TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD JUST NORTH OF DOWNTOWN PITTSBORO
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BY MORGAN CARTIER WESTON
uilt in 2007, Powell Place has a mix of single-family homes, townhomes and apartments at the intersection of Hwy. 15-501 and Hwy. 64. Reverend Brent Levy and Natalie Levy moved to North Carolina from their native Virginia in 2012 so Brent could attend Duke University Divinity School.
CHATHAM MAGAZINE
APRIL / MAY 2022
PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOHN MICHAEL SIMPSON
RIGHT Emma Levy, 6, Brent Levy, Eliza Levy, 2, and Natalie Levy on their front porch in Powell Place.
“When I graduated, I served in a church in Chapel Hill for a while,” Brent says. They spent some time looking for the perfect place to plant roots in the area. “We actually put in an offer on a home in Powell Place but were beat out,” he says. They ended up buying in Durham, where they lived until 2018. That’s when The Local Church, where Brent now serves as pastor, was just getting started. “I knew I wanted to be in the Pittsboro community as we got things going,” Brent