US/NC/Durham

Earth: United States: North Carolina: Durham

• Near to: Chapel Hill, NC, Oxford, NC, Raleigh, NC
• Part of: The Triangle, NC, Durham County, NC
• Same name: Durham, NH, Durham, England

Neighborhoods

See also History

• Erwin (Road) Area Neighborhood Group
• [http://www.oldnorthdurham.org/ Old North Durham Neighborhood

Association]

Reference

• Wikipedia

Categories

Activism

• Seeds: neighborhood-oriented greenspace

initiatives

Agriculture

• Durham Farmers' Market

Banking

• Local
  • Cardinal State Bank
  • Self-Help Credit Union: Durham-based, serves

NC

• Regional
  • Branch Banking & Trust (BB&T)
  • SunTrust: recently acquired CCB (Central

Carolina Bank), replacing the decades-old landmark CCB building sign downtown with their own

Education

• Private Schools
  • Carolina Friends School
  • Durham Academy
• Public Schools
  • Durham Public Schools
    • [http://www.centralparkschoolforchildren.org/ Central Park School

for Children]: a magnet school within the DPS system

• • Maureen Joy Charter School: a charter

school on West Cornwallis Rd.

Events

April

• Durham Earth Day (April 23)

May

• Taste of Durham Festival (May 28)

July

• Trinoc*Con (July 15-17, 2005; annual

event, but dates vary)

Gardening

• Stone Brothers & Byrd: plants, lawn ornaments, tools... an

old-fashioned general store in downtown Durham

Government

• City of Durham

History

• [http://www.preservationdurham.org/ Historic Preservation Society of

Durham, NC] (includes historic neighborhoods)

Internet

• RDU Online: web hosting

Museums

• Museum of Life and Science

Outdoor Activities

• Tobacco Trail Bicycle Rentals