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 and 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 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 • 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 • 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, , 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 • 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 & 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 • 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 – David Haring/DCVB; 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. • Dr. John Hope Franklin – recipient of the Presidential • Clyde Edgerton • Gwendolyn Parker • 21c Museum Hotel Medal of Freedom • Eli Evans • Frances Gray Patton • Durham Art Guild SunTrust Gallery • Duke and NCCU Students – first interracial • John Hope Franklin • Reynolds Price basketball game • Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University • Katy Munger • Walter B. Weare • InterNeighborhood Council – billboards and • Durham Arts Council – Allenton Gallery neighborhood issues • Durham Arts Council – Ella Fountain Pratt Legacy Gallery • John Short – NC Pride Parade in Old West Durham • Durham Arts Council – Semans Gallery Durham Is Home To • Judge Floyd McKissick and Rev. Douglas Moore – • of the Arts Lights, Camera, Action. Civil Disobedience trainers • Golden Belt Arts Complex – Room 100 It’s too bad the Academy doesn’t • Margaret Nygard – conservation of the Eno River • Hayti Heritage Center – Lyda Moore Merrick Gallery recognize the role of best supporting • Martin Eakes – home and business ownership for • Hugh Mangum Museum of Photography town, because Durham has had its underserved populations • Louise Jones Brown Gallery share of Hollywood hits. Here are a • and Elna Spaulding – Women-in-Action • Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University few of the films that feature Durham. • Pauli Murray – nationally-known lawyer, activist, and • NC Central University Museum of Art • Billy Bathgate champion for civil & human rights • Brainstorm • Preservation Durham – saving the Carolina Theatre Durham Is Home To 400+ Working Artists. and St. Joseph’s • Bright Leaf They work in different media, from paints to metals, bringing to • R. Kelly Bryant – Durham historian and activist • Bull Durham life what lies deep within our souls. Here are just a few of the • Getting In • Rev. Douglas Moore – Royal Ice Cream Parlor sit-in acclaimed artists that call Durham home. • Reyn Bowman – Durham’s image and identity • The Handmaid’s Tale • Jacob Cooley • Nancy Tuttle May • Kiss the Girls • Al Frega • Caroline Vaughan • Main Street Durham Grew Up • Jose Galvez • Francis Vega • Once Around On The Shoulders Of Giants. • Beverly McIver • Conrad Weiser Here are a few of the individuals who made an important and • Jim Kellough • Aaron Michael lasting impact on shaping Durham into what it is today. • Irwin Kremen Moore, III •Dr. Aaron McDuffie Moore Durham Deserves A Standing Ovation •Dr. Bartlett Leonidas Durham Durham Birthed The Piedmont Blues, For Performance Venues. •Charles Clinton Spaulding And Dances To The Beat. From historic to contemporary, there are a lot of great places to •Dr. James E. Shepard Durham’s been moving with the music ever since the Blues came watch music, theater, film, and dance in Durham. And there are •John Merrick to be and has been home to premier dance for decades. Here are performances year ‘round to delight the entire family. Here are •John Sprunt Hill just a few of the people who have Durham connections. the places to see the shows that Durham has to offer. •Julian Watts Carr • African American Dance • Nancy Pinckney – • B.N. Duke Auditorium • Manbites Dog Theater Company •Richard Burton Fitzgerald Ensemble – Dr. Chuck Hayti Legacy • Baldwin Auditorium • Page Auditorium •Washington and James B. Duke Davis Recipient • Carolina Theatre of Durham • PSI Theater at Durham •William T. Blackwell • American Dance Festival • Nicholas – Charles and Stephanie Kitchen • DPAC, Durham Arts Council Reinhart • Nnenna Performing Arts Center • R.J. Reynolds Industries Durham Advances Social Change Through • Blind Boy Fuller Freelon Theater – Scientific Properties/DCVB; Bull Durham Blues Festival – Stewart Waller/DCVB Innovation And Entrepreneurship. • Branford Marsalis • Reverend • St. Joseph’s Performance • Clyde McPhatter Gary Davis Hall at the Hayti Heritage Here are a few of the organizations whose missions include using Center innovation and entrepreneurial principals to advance a social • Collage Dance Company • Shirley – Sadiyan Shakur Caesar • University Theater, mission or effect social change. NC Central University • Don Schlitz • Carolina • Bull City Forward • Duke Innovation & • Common Ground Theatre Entrepreneurship • John D. Loudermilk Chocolate • Center for the Drops • Full Frame Theater • John Dee Holeman Advancement of • Latino Community Photo Credits: Golden Belt Social Entrepreneurship Credit Union (CASE) at Duke’s Fuqua • SEEDS School of Business • Self-Help • Duke-Durham • SJF Ventures Durham Is A Great Place To Visit. Durham Is Home To Major Neighborhood Partnership • TROSA Durham’s got lots of great reasons to visit, and others are noticing. National Associations. • American Underground When compared with other destinations, the Bull City and its • United Durham Inc. Not only do the world’s associations and societies come to • Eno River Association features make the grade. • Triangle Startup Factory meet in Durham, some of them call Durham home. • Named one of Travel + Leisure’s Best Places • American Association of Surgeons to Travel in 2015 Oncology Group Durham’s Been On The Warpath. • Jetsetter’s #3 destination to visit • American Institute of Certified Public From frontiersmen in the Regulator movement to the Flat River in the world in 2016 Accountants Guards, soldiers and infantries of the Civil War, Durham’s • One of the 10 Best Places to • American Social Health Association, Inc. people and sites have played an important role in some of our Spend it All in One Place • Divers Alert Network nation’s biggest conflicts. Here are some of those places. • #6 Best Public Garden • ISA: Instrumentation, Systems, • Bennett Place • Second-most attended theater & Automation Society • Duke Homestead nationally • International Union of Pure and Applied • Durham Station • Tastiest Town in the South Chemistry (IUPAC) • Historic Stagville • America’s Foodiest Small Town • Motor & Equipment Manufacturers • One of the 10 Greatest Beer • Maplewood Cemetery Association Festivals • New Hope Creek • National Association of Blacks in • #4 Family Friendly Museum in Heather Jacks /DCVB • Old Durham County Criminal Justice the Southeast Courthouse • National Press Photographers Association • Best Basketball Town to Visit • Orange Factory • Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society • Stagecoach Road • One of the Top 5 “Little Big Ballparks” • West Point on the Eno Durham Gets Down To Business. Durham’s Faith Can Move Mountains. Durham is home to some major corporations and fascinating Here are a few examples of Durham’s recognition as a place where Durham Gives Historic start-ups. Here are a few of Durham’s business superlatives. great faith happens. Buildings A New Lease On Life. • #3 Best Place for Business and Careers • Home to several mega churches with worldwide notoriety Here are a few of the most notable adaptive reuse projects • Highest wages in the South • Ebrahim Moosa – among 500 most influential Muslims throughout Durham. • National top 10 corporation for working moms • James Shepard – National Religious Training School & • American Tobacco • Erwin Mill • 3 top-10 firms on Black Enterprise 100s Report Chataqua (now NCCU) • The Chesterfield • Golden Belt • World’s leading research and development center • Jewish Heritage Foundation of NC – independent organization dedicated to Jewish Culture • Brightleaf Square • Hayti Heritage Center • NC’s largest private employer • Durham Arts Council • Measurement Inc. • 3 of the century’s Top 20 NC Business People • John P. Kee – Stellar, Billboard, & Soul Train Awards Winner, and in the Christian Music Hall of Fame • Durham Hosiery Mill • Venable Tobacco • World’s largest clinical research organization • Pauli Murray – first African-American woman • West Village • Among best workplaces in higher education Episcopal priest • #6 strongest brainpower • Shirley Caesar – first African American to win a Grammy Durham Takes The LEED. • #6 best city for women in the workforce for gospel music, now with 11 awards Durham has an abundance of LEED-certified buildings (the • St. Joseph AME congregation – restored the 1891 former most per capita in NC) in both the public and private sector, Durham’s The Perfect Place To Meet. sanctuary of St. Joseph's AME Church, one of America's including many “firsts.” With the sights, food, and facilities to handle up to 85% of the first autonomous African-American churches • 209 N. Gregson building nation’s meetings, here are some reasons why Durham is a • and Julian Carr – Trinity College (now Durham Performing Arts Center – Turner/DCVB Jesse • Duke University – 41 LEED Certified buildings, including great place to meet. Duke University) the Home Depot Smart Home • Hosts more than 3,500 meetings and conventions • Duke University – Chaplains representing all five major • Duke University Medical Center – 3 buildings certified annually religions • Durham County – 5 buildings certified, including • More than 300,000 square feet of meeting space Photo Credits: libraries, a school, and a waste water treatment plant • 9 major convention hotels • EPA National Data Center • More than 9,400 guest rooms For complete information on things to see and do, places to eat, • GF Management Office and Imperial Tower • Five full-service conference centers places to stay, and places to shop while in Durham, call or stop by the official Durham Visitor Information Center. • Golden Belt Arts Complex • More than 2 dozen unique auditoriums, theatres, • Merck Operations Support Facility and unique meeting sites • Mez Restaurant • Within an hour’s flight or day’s drive of over half the • Research Triangle Park Headquarters nation’s population • RTI International building • Professional sales and services staff at DCVB to • SmithGroup Office at American Tobacco assist meeting planners • Syngenta Regulatory Sciences Laboratory • Complimentary planning resources for groups • Nationally celebrated restaurants, top-rated golf Dr. James E. Shepard – North Carolina Collection, Durham County Library/DCVB; West Point on the Eno Brightleaf Square – DCVB; • U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services • Plus: additional projects currently seeking courses, unique shopping, and major historic sites LEED certification and museums that entertain and captivate attendees.

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