Durham, NC

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
• Related pages: Category:Durham, NC

Neighborhoods

See also History

• Erwin (Road) Area Neighborhood Group
• Old North Durham Neighborhood Association

Recent News

• 2005-05-06 The News & Observer: Westboro Baptist Church protests "The Laramie Project"
  • Daily KOS story and pictures
  • PDF report of the event from WBC's POV
  • The Independent Weekly: Byron Woods interviews Fred Phelps
• 2005-05-27 Boston Herald: Three crosses burned in Durham

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

Dining

• Harbor Bay Seafood

Education

• Private Schools
  • CFS
  • Durham Academy
  • Immaculata (Catholic)
• Public Schools
  • Durham Public Schools
    • Central Park School: 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

Genealogy

• Durham-Orange Genealogical Society

Government

• City of Durham

History

• 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

Religion

• Immaculate Conception Catholic Church