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Many Bull City Commons members attended Deborah Brogden's memorial service at Pullen Memorial Baptist Church on November 1, 2025. A week later, we held our own special remembrance evening for Deborah. The invite to the community went like this: Please bring your own drink as well as your pink hair, big floppy hat, bright, bright clothing, your kazoo, bubbles, or whatever reminds of our wonderful friend. If you can’t make it but would like to share a story and/or picture, sen

Deborah, one of BCC's founding members, passed away suddenly near the end of October. She had a big, colorful personality, and her passing leaves a uniquely Deborah-shaped hole in our hearts.

This year, BCC enjoyed its first celebration of Diwali , the "Festival of Lights," Two of our members, Swati and Manish, shared with us the story behind the annual Hindu festival, which has variations in other Indian religions. Diwali celebrates light over dark, good over evil, and knowledge over ignorance. So, following our monthly potluck which coincided with the fourth night of Diwali celebrations, we went outside and lit sparklers to drive the dark night away.

Can traditions be new? Sure. BCC just held its fourth post-Thanksgiving Day Hike, this year at Eno River State Park. And another new...

How do BCC’s elevator doors stay clean and shiny? When do the corridor carpets get vacuumed? Who does the nightly security check to make...

Just before we started moving into our building in February 2022, Samuel sent an email to the chat group introducing his canine...

New traditions seem to start up with every new holiday or free weekend! This weekend's activity was pumpkin carving. Teri and Jo get...

Halloween Decorations If you think the mailboxes are scary, check out the laundry room... Jeri and Teresa brought fall seasoning to the...

Guest Post by Claire Since February, the Bull City Commons community has met in-person for Taco Tuesdays and pot-lucks, social hours,...

This past weekend featured beautiful fall-like weather and events that drew folks from the community to get outside and moving. Several...

Just because the building is now ours doesn't mean the work is done! Case in point: Our US Postal Service mail carriers can access our...

The ever-busy Jackie captured these images as she was out and about today in the building. Kate using the blower to get rid of dirt, dust...

Christine Westfall was one of the six original purchasers of the BCC property on Trent Drive. And she has served a critical role as our...

No, that is not a new strain of COVID. What we're talking about is the conditional certificate of occupancy that basically says our...

Back in early February, BCC's Landscaping Circle and members of the city's tree-planting crew planted about 200 tulip, daffodil and daisy...

The following post was written by BCC member Kate Y. For months now, I’ve watched our squat five-story condo building take shape from...

A photo of our fast-moving recent life... Due to what can only be called "Circumstances," some of our members had to move into the...

Back in mid-January, when the city seemed to be doing everything in its power to keep us from moving, one of our founding members -- Teri...

Street trees arrived on site this week, and BCC's Landscaping Circle leapt into action. Jackie posted the following to our chat group:...