Durham is one of 34,000 places in the US (1,237 over 25,000 population), one of 254 cities 100,000+, one of 3,140 counties and the principal city in one of 362 MSA’s. Durham is one of a handful that consistently rank high across so many different aspects in a given year. Here are some of the accolades Durham received during the past year either as a community or as the core community for a four county MSA.

Durham Accolades as a Community

• # 2 Best Green Cities For Lifestyle and Quality of Life – Country Home• Durham, together with Chapel Hill, named America's Foodiest Small Towns• #3 Best Small City for Relocating Families – World ERC and Primacy Relocation • #3 Best Place for Business and Careers – Forbes• #5 Top 100 Places to Live – Relocate-America• #6 Best small MSA for college students – AIER College Destination Index• Durham, NC was named one of the 10 Best Places to Live in the Nation – U.S. News & World Report• #10 Duke University Best Colleges for 2010 – U.S. News and World Report• #12 Top Places To Launch Your Own Business – Fortune Small Business • #16 Best Green Places (overall) in America - Country Home • #37 Best Walking City - Prevention • #45 Hottest Business market in the Country - Inc. Magazine • 100 Best Communities for Young People- America’s Promise - The Alliance for Youth • 100 Best Communities for Music Education - American Music Conference • Top Ten Tech Town - Wired

Durham Accolades as a Community

• #1 MSA for College graduation rate among select national tech-focused MSA’s - Knoxville (TN) News-Sentinel • #1 MSA in the nation for percentage of workforce in the “Creative Class” - Catalytix • #1 MSA for least excessive drinking and alcohol-related problems - Men’s Health Magazine #4 MSA in the nation for the percentage of workforce employed by tech firms - AeA #3 MSA Top 20 College Towns for Jobs – Forbes#11 MSA in the nation in growth in productivity from ’01-’05 –Brookings Institution #4 MSA for Best Mid-Sized Areas for Jobs – Forbes

Durham Accolades as an MSA

Durham Community Overview

DURHAM

DukeDowntown

NCCU

RTPCITY OF DURHAM

COUNTY OF DURHAM

CITY OF DURHAM

• Durham is a single city county with 256,500 people.

• One of the most ethnically diverse large counties in NC— 56.4% white, 37.8% black, 11.6% Hispanic.

• 4th largest city, but the 17th smallest land unit in NC

• Largest generator of jobs in the Triangle.

• RTP= 39,000 jobs• City encompassing RTP =

40,000 jobs• Durham Tech / NCCU= 2,000

jobs• Downtown= 16,000 jobs• Duke= 40,000 jobs (largest

private employer in the State)• Everyday, 101,000 non-residents

pour into Durham to work.

Durham Community Overview

3 out of 5 Durham jobs are held by non-residents

DURHAMA Historical Perspective

Rich History

Originally settled by the Eno and Occaneechi Indian tribes

Settled by Europeans who built grist mills and farms

Revolutionary War—War of Regulators

Pre-1700 Early 1700s 1760s

1800 (Antebellum Period)

NC-last to secededuring Civil War

Durhamites served in Company C, 6th N.C. Infantry & Company B, 6th N.C. Infantry

Large plantations and yeoman farms

Civil War ended in Durham at Bennett Place

1861 - 1865

Rich History

Emerged from Civil War as a center for tobacco and textile manufacturing

Emerged as a center for African American owned enterprises; Black Wall Street; NCCU founded (1910)

Early 1900s

Trinity College relocated to Durham (1887)

Late 1800s

1920s

Trinity College endowed as Duke University by James Buchanan Duke (1924)

Duke University Hospital and Duke University Medical School founded (1927); preceded by launch of BC headache powder (1906)

Rich History

Civil rights sit-ins pioneered by Durham religious and community leaders

Location where Martin Luther King embraced direct action/civil disobedience

1950s 1980s

Development of RTP

DCVB chartered to tell the Durham story (1989)

Emergence of culinary arts and world-renowned festivals

1990s

Emergence of Durham as a visitor destination

• Research Triangle Park• North Carolina Central University• Duke University• City of Medicine

Product Durham is rich as a destination

• Bennett Place State Historic Site• Duke Homestead State Historic Site• Durham Bulls Athletic Park• Hayti Heritage Center• Historic Stagville• Duke Lemur Center• Museum of Life and Science/

Magic Wings Butterfly House/Explore the Wild/Catch the Wind

• Sarah P. Duke Gardens• Duke Chapel• West Point on the Eno• Nasher Museum of Art at

Duke University• NCCU Museum of Art• Historic Durham Athletic Park• Durham Performing Arts Center• Carolina Theater• Duke Sports Hall of Fame

Main Visitor Features

• Native American Pow Wow (February)• Bennett Place Civil War Surrender

Reenactment (April)• Full Frame Documentary Film Festival

(April)• American Dance Festival (June and July)• Festival for the Eno (July)• NC Gay and Lesbian Film Festival

(August)• CenterFest (September)• Bull Durham Blues Festival (September) • NC Gay Pride Parade (September)• World Beer Festival (October)

Major Annual Events

• 37 regionally or nationally reviewed restaurants

Distinctive Dining

Vin Rouge, Nana's, Chamas Churrascaria, and the Washington Duke Inn's Fairview Dining Room received online Award of Excellence. Wine Spectator

Magnolia Grill, 11th-best restaurant in the nation. Gourmet Magazine

Piedmont – Hot list of the world’s newest, hottest, sexiest restaurants Conde Nast Traveler

Durham's Counter Culture Coffee, #3 on list of the "best boutique roasters" in the nation. Food & Wine Magazine

Durham, together with Chapel Hill, named America's Foodiest Small Towns Bon Appétit

• Super Regional Mall• The Streets At Southpoint

• Regional Mall• Northgate

• Unique Shopping Districts• Brightleaf Square

• Ninth Street

• Major Shopping Centers• Mt. Moriah District (Indigo

Corner, New Hope Commons, Patterson Place)

• North Pointe Dr.

Unique Shopping Experiences

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