Durham Serves Up Great Food. Durham Has Durham is home to a chef-driven food scene with dozens of Its Own Place restaurants that have received national acclaim and media attention In History. from the likes of Southern Living, The New York Times, Food and If you were a history Wine, Bon Appétit, Esquire, and Gourmet. professor, you’d have a • Tastiest Town in the South field day here. The fact is, • One of the top 100 restaurants in the nation Durham has been a part • Dozens of nationally or regionally recognized restaurants of some pretty amazing • America’s Foodiest Small Town events over the years and • #1 Coffee Roaster in the U.S. you can experience them • Chefs acclaimed for firsthand. Here are a few historical places. farm-to-table and • Bennett Place State Historic Site sustainable agriculture • Black Wall Street/Historic Parrish St. • 5th best vegetarian-friendly • NC Civil War Trail minor league ballpark • Duke Chapel and Duke University Campus • One of the healthiest diets • Duke Homestead State Historic Site G T in America & Tobacco Museum reat abouthings • One of the best hotel chefs • Hayti Heritage Center in America • Historic Downtown, Brightleaf, and Golden Belt • #2 best food city for groups Districts on the National Register of Historic Places • Home to numerous James • Historic Stagville Beard Semi-finalists • NC Central University Durham • Patterson’s Mill Country Store Durham has always been and continues to be a creative and entrepreneurial community where diverse and • American Tobacco Historic District • Durham History Hub (Museum of Durham History) passionate people come together to shape a better world. Durham Is Home To Here are some of the greatest things about Durham. More Than 47 Annual Festivals. Durham Has A Rich Durham puts on major festivals all year. Here are 15 of Durham’s African-American Heritage. Signature Annual Events with high recognition nationally or significant Durham African Americans have made tremendous out-of-state and in-state visitor appeal. contributions to the state and the nation, from pioneering • ACC Baseball Championship the Piedmont Blues to heading the U.S. Olympic • American Dance Festival Committee. Here are a few of the things Durham’s African- • Art of Cool Jazz Festival American citizens have accomplished over the years. • Bennett Place Civil War Surrender Re-enactments • Largest black-owned financial institution • Bimbé Cultural Arts Festival • One of the nation’s strongest African-American • Bull Durham Blues Festival owned and managed banks Durham Is Really A Sight To See. • The Doughman Quadrathalon • 1st NC Civil Rights sit-ins to protest Whether you’re into history or sports, art or science, • Durham Arts Council’s CenterFest segregation architecture or African-American heritage, Durham has some • Durham Art Walk Spring/Holiday Markets • 2nd black library in NC • Festival for the Eno places that you won’t want to miss. Here are just a few of the • 1st publicly supported things worth seeing in Durham. • Full Frame Documentary Film Festival liberal arts college for • Three State Historic Sites • Moogfest African Americans • Revitalized Historic Downtown • Native American Powwow • Home of the South’s • Duke Chapel and Sarah P. Duke Gardens • NC Gay & Lesbian Film Festival 1st interracial • DPAC and Carolina Theatre • NC Comicon & Comiquest Film Festival basketball game • Hayti Heritage Center • NC Pride Parade and Festival • Piedmont Blues style • Museum of Life + Science • SunTrust Broadway Series at DPAC of music • Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University and • World Beer Festival • Architectural design of NC Central University Art Museum Duke University • Basketball fast break/zone press • Patterson’s Mill Country Store Revolution – Robin Lin/DCVB; Bennett Place/DCVB; Hayti Heritage Center The Herald-Sun/DCVB; Black Wall Street DCVB • West Point on the Eno City Park innovations • One of the first autonomous religious congregations Durham Really Knows A Good Sport When It Sees One. Photo Credits: Baseball, golf, football, track and field, oh, and basketball, to name a few. When it comes to sports, Durham is Durham Has Been Very Inventive. home base. Here are just a few of Over the years, Durham has spawned some pretty remarkable Durham Is Transforming Healthcare. Durham’s all-stars. ideas. From headache powders to bar code scanners, and from For over 40 years, Durham has been leading the way in • Carolina Godiva Track Club research parks to Astroturf, Durham has led the way. medical breakthroughs that make life a little easier. Some • Crystal Downs Polo • 3-D ultrasound amazing things have happened here that make Durham the • Duke University Blue Devils • Alzheimer gene breakthrough City of Medicine, USA. • Durham Bulls Triple-A Baseball • Astroturf • #1 fitness vacation facility and one of the top 10 • Durham Striders • AZT development healthiest diets • NC Amateur Sports Association • Barcode reader • #1 best hospital in North Carolina • NC Central University Eagles • BC Headache Powders • #4 best medical school for geriatrics • USA Baseball • Childproof caps on medicine bottles • #5 best medical school for internal medicine • Triangle Curling & Fencing Clubs • Ctrl-Alt-Delete computer command • #6 best medical school for research • Digital cellular telephone • #6 metro for pharmaceutical and medicine Durham Blossoms With Natural • On-board plane wind shear warning manufacturing Wonders All Year ’Round. • #6 best medical From state parks and recreation areas to formal school for AIDS gardens and butterfly houses, Durham has some Durham Is Big Into Experimentation. treatment phenomenal places to see. Durham is home to a number of museums and scientific • #9 best medical • American Tobacco Trail organizations that are solving some of the world’s problems. school for family • Duke Forest Here are just a few of those organizations. medicine and women’s health • Eno River State Park and West Point on the Eno • Duke University Lemur Center • #9 best hospital • Horton Grove Preserve • Duke Hyperbaric Center & Phytotron in the nation • Lake Michie Recreation Area • Hill Demonstration Forest • 46% of all • Leigh Farm Park • Museum of Life + Science biotechnology • Little River Regional Park and Natural Area firms in NC • Magic Wings Butterfly House • National Institute of Environmental Health • Rollingview State Recreation Area at Falls Lake Sciences Durham is Home • Sarah P. Duke Gardens • NC Biotechnology to A Lot of Acclaim. Center Durham is the pinnacle of a 4-County Metro area with a list Durham Likes to Kid Around. • RTI International of accolades that gets longer every year. With more than 50 organizations engaged in delivering dozens • Rhine Research Center • Tastiest Town in • #1 Percentage of Creative the South Class Workforce of programs to support, engage, and enrich the lives of • U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Durham’s youth, it’s no wonder Durham has amassed these • #1 Creative Class Metros • #1 in economic strength for 25 years and other accolades. • #1 Best Place to Retire • #2 Best Places to Live • 100 Best Communities for Young People • #3 Best Small City for Relocating Families in the South • One of the Top 20 Places to Educate Your Child Durham Really Makes The Grade When It Comes To Education. • #3 Best Place to Ride • #2 Healthiest Area in • #3 Best Small City for Relocating Families Out a Recession America • Two-time National Magnet School of Excellence award From grammar school to continuing education, Durham offers some of • #2 Most Educated Area the finest lifelong learning opportunities in the nation. At almost every • #3 Best Place for • 4 high schools in the top 4% of Academically Rigorous Business and Careers in America High Schools in the nation level, Durham students outperform their peers. Here are a few of the • Home to Nobel educational accolades of which Durham can be proud. • #5 in Top 100 Places • Three “Schools to Watch” by the to Live Laureates Robert J. • #3 best university in U.S. Lefkowitz and Paul National Forum to Accelerate • #6 of America’s 10 Modrich Middle Grades Reform • #5 best medical school in U.S. Smartest Cities • Most high school basketball • #1 best law school for women in U.S. • Top City for Creative titles in NC • #1 best full-time MBA program in U.S. People • Nation’s best statewide • #9 best business school for Hispanics in U.S. organization for health • #10 law and #12 business schools in U.S. and physical activity • 1st public residential high school for science & math • #1 college graduation rate • One of only 121 Osher Lifelong Learning for national tech-focused Institutes nationwide MSAs • 2 of the top universities for African-Americans Duke Lemur Center – David Haring/DCVB; Research Triangle Institute/DCVB; Durham Craft Market markschuelerphoto.com/DCVB • #8 most fun city in NC • 4 schools among America’s Top 1,300 High Schools • Students outscore peers in NC & U.S. on SAT Photo Credits: Duke Gardens – DCVB; Durham Bulls/DCVB; Magic Wings Butterflies Water Spray Park Bruce R. Feeley/DCVB Photo Credits: Discover even more great things about Durham at durham-nc.com Durham Really Knows How To Durham Knows How To Take A Stand. Tell A Story. Here are a few of the individuals and organizations from Prose that ranges from history to business and from nature to Durham’s history that took a stand on an issue and, regardless Durham Houses ethnic diversity; fiction that brings to life interesting characters of opposition or adversity, helped shape Durham as it is today. and fascinating places – that’s what these Durham authors have • Bill Bell – public school merger Magnificent Works Of Art. Durham is home to more than 400 working artists, 43 museums written about. • C.C. Spaulding & Dr. James Shepard – Durham and galleries, and scores of outdoor sculptures and murals. Here Committee on the Affairs of Black People • Jean Bradley Anderson • Pauli Murray are some of the fabulous places to enjoy the visual arts in Durham.