A 21-home community anchored by a working farm, where craftsmen, artisans, professionals, and their allies own homes, share land, and support one another. Not a subdivision. A neighborhood. The way it used to be.

Land & Legacy Group is an NC nonprofit community land trust, founded by activist and entrepreneur Skip Gibbs. Supported by a small board and a steering committee of architects, bankers, and master planners. To schedule a meeting with our team, donate with tax benefits or discuss investment opportunities: email us at landlegacy@bagncompany.org

Farmside at Brightwood: 21 homes + 2 ADU rentals on 3.53 acres in Durham, NC, built around a working micro farm and shared commons. Every home is fee simple, owned outright by the family that lives in it. the farm is shared and stewarded by the residents and held in Trust by Land And Legacy Group.

Ownership and affordability

Every home at Farmside is affordable. Base prices sit at or below the City of Durham's affordable ceiling of $380,000, and permanent affordability is protected by a resale covenant recorded on the homes, so they stay within reach for the next family and the one after that.

We are partnering with the City of Durham on buyer-side support. Qualified first-time homebuyers can access up to $80,000 in forgivable down payment assistance. On a home priced at $369,000, that brings the amount a buyer finances down to $289,000, putting ownership within reach of families who have been priced out of it.

This is not the standard HOA. Farmside runs on a Homestead for All: neighbors who share stewardship of the farm and the commons, funded by a modest monthly contribution, without the runaway fees.

WHERE WE ARE TODAY:

  • LAND IS OWNED OUTRIGHT

  • Approved Level 2 site plan for Agriculture Mixed Use

  • Preliminary engineering complete

  • CAD DATA IN HAND

  • True Cost Work book including all fees, sitework

  • Soil testing and boundary survey complete

  • Annexation exhibit complete

  • Community land trust established and chartered

  • 6 Years due diligence with planning department support and documentation

  • Architect and civil engineer engaged

  • capital partner LOI to fund horizontal infrastructure and the first Spec home

THE HOMES

The Pearson Cottage. Named in honor of W.G. Pearson, the Durham educator, businessman, and community builder whose life's work lifted others through learning and enterprise. The Pearson Cottage reflects his legacy: modest in footprint, generous in spirit, and built to give a family its start. efficient, 3 bedroom 2.5 bath upstairs Master and bedrooms. The open kitchen and living room invite everyday gathering, and with both a welcoming front porch and a private inset garage: the outdoors is always close at hand. It is a right-sized home, efficient, dignified, and designed so that ownership is within reach. Board-and-batten and stone, framed by timber accents and native plantings, the Pearson Cottage carries the quiet confidence of a home that knows exactly what it is: a first foothold, a forever cottage, a place to build from. Learning made livable.

We're not building a subdivision.

We're building a village.

The McKissick. Named for Floyd McKissick Sr., the trailblazing civil rights attorney and visionary behind Soul City. The McKissick carries his spirit of sophisticated simplicity: dignified, purposeful, and built to last. 3 bedroom 3 bath, A main-floor primary suite makes this home as welcoming to those aging in place as it is to growing families and busy professionals. Downstairs, an open kitchen, dining, and living area flows beneath nine-foot ceilings to a covered front porch, room to gather, host, or simply rest. Upstairs, two more bedrooms and a flexible loft landing adapts to whatever life asks: a home office or play area. an attached workshop garage for the extra demands or hobbies. Timber-framed, board-and-batten, with a stone-accented entry, the McKissick is unfussy and quietly elegant, a home that meets you where you are and grows with you. Trailblazing made livable.