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University Kia and Meals on Wheels Chapel Hill-Carrboro Join Forces University Auto Group has been serving the Triangle for over 30 years. Since inception, University Kia has made its mission to provide outstanding customer service and to create a one-of-a-kind car buying experience. In an industry that is ever-changing, University Kia remains committed to its customers, staff, and communities it serves.

University Kia and Meals on Wheels Chapel HillCarrboro have joined forces to help feed the elderly and homebound in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro area. With the generous donation of a New 2019 Kia Soul by University Kia, Meals on Wheels Chapel Hill-Carrboro will be able to continue to provide hot, nutritious meals and personal visits to more than 180 recipients in the Chapel Hill, Carrboro, and southern Orange County areas who are unable to prepare meals for themselves.

“We are so grateful for University Kia’s partnership and their generous donation of a KIA Soul. CHCMOW is dependent on our amazing army of volunteers and our giving community to be able to bring food and a human connection to the elderly and homebound. With this donation University KIA is helping to not only bring attention to often isolated and forgotten members of our community but joy and recognition to our volunteers.” said Rachel Sobel Bearman, Executive Director, Meals on Wheels Chapel Hill-Carrboro.

University Kia, previously located in the heart of Durham, has moved to a new location closer to the Chapel Hill area.

“With our store moving closer to Chapel Hill, we decided to partner with Meals on Wheels. We were able to donate the New 2019 Kia Soul to the program and we even had it custom vinyl wrapped so that it would stand out when people see it on the street. We are hoping that this raises awareness for the good that Meals on Wheels is doing for the Chapel Hill and Carrboro communities. We also could not have done this venture without the help of WCHL radio in Chapel Hill, which is promoting the University Kia Meals on Wheels Soul.” said University Kia’s General Manager, Aric Swanger.

New location: 5105 Durham-Chapel Hill BLVD. Durham, NC 27707 For more information on Meals on Wheels Chapel HillCarrboro or to volunteer, please visit https://www.chcmow.org.

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I got to work and was on a roll with edits. Then, one of my colleagues asked if anyone felt the building shake slightly. (Our office is just across the Durham/Orange border in Chapel Hill.) Her husband was downtown and felt the impact of what we would soon learn was a catastrophic gas explosion, which leveled the Kaffeinate cafe.

Like many of you, I’m sure, my heart sank to my stomach, tears welled in my eyes and frantic texts and calls were made as the coverage continued and we assumed, and then learned, of injuries, of eyewitness accounts, of one well-loved business owner, Kong Lee, who was unaccounted for. I don’t need to explain the feelings experienced during the next hours and days. You lived them, too.

I look forward to producing this issue every year, celebrating the outstanding women in our community. A darkness fell on the tail end of it, but also what comes to mind – even as I’m still reeling from the tragedy – is Police Chief Cerelyn “C.J.” Davis, whose department worked in cooperation with the City of Durham Fire Department and undoubtedly saved lives by evacuating as many as they could prior to the blast, and then stayed on the scene in the aftermath. I thought about Captain Carol Milligan Reardon, who we highlighted in last year’s women’s issue, and whose words still stick with me: “I’m here to make the worst thing better just with compassion and love. These hands, that’s what they are for.” I thought about Katie Galbraith, one of the women featured in this issue (pg. 36), president of Duke Regional Hospital, which received several of the victims. But mostly I thought about Kong, who was killed in the explosion, and his family, especially his daughter, Diana Lee. “While the delay is disappointing, it just validates how invested we are in bringing quality products and service to the Durham community, which we are so excited to be joining very soon,” Diana wrote to me September 2017, when Kaffeinate’s opening had been pushed back a month. “As Triangle residents since 1993, we are especially delighted to be a part of Durham because of its inspiring culture of diversity, inclusivity and innovation. We hope to be able to highlight the local talent and spirit of Durham through the offerings and events at Kaffeinate. … We are dedicated to being a shop that honors the history of North Carolina while showcasing the progressive, sustainable and loving culture its people have embraced today.”

Now, it’s up to us as a community to return that promise, and help the Lee family, the injured and our city, heal and rebuild. We must, always, remain Bull City Strong.

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32 Janeen Gordon, Krystal Harris,

Rhonda Stevens, Catherine Williamson-Hardy

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Durham County Department

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Founder and CEO,

SiNON Therapeutics 36 Katie Galbraith

President, Duke Regional Hospital 37 Erica Field

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Put some spring in your step

next time you go out 62 Free-Range Family

The Mills did their homework,

and then got on a school bus 72 Thrift Seeker

The Goldbergs find their happy place

in thoughtful, scavenged surroundings

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Hot Shot: Gretchen Walsh

100 Biz Briefs

102 Take No Bull

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103 Community Leaders Breakfast | WillowTree Grand Celebration 104

An Evergreen Business Model Local garden centers have thrived by offering the right mix of expertise and customer service

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Healthy Durham: Supporting Community Health

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The Big Give Our local nonprofits, how they support the community and how you can get involved

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Adopt A Pet Three cats at Animal Protection Society who are looking for forever homes

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Go. See. Do. The hottest events in May

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The majesty of

Sarah P. Duke Gardens 26 Finding Your Own NorthStar

A church at the intersection

of arts and spirituality 30 Wellness

Brain tumor survivors share

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Discover our city’s

best restaurants 119 Engagement & Wedding

Tying the knot, Bull City-style

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12 Partners for Youth Opportunity’s

2019 Rise and Shine Breakfast 14 Fourth annual wimmin@work

at Hayti Heritage Center 16 Aura Galleria’s Our Minds,

Our Voices awards luncheon 18 “The Best of Enemies” red-carpet

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Night Ranger MAY 8 With more than 17 million albums sold worldwide, this iconic ’80s group has left its mark on today’s popular culture. Sing along to the arena rock band’s biggest hits, like “Sister Christian,” “(You Can Still) Rock In America” and “Don’t Tell Me You Love Me” at The Carolina Theatre.

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Running of the Bulls 8K JUNE 1 Join Bull City Running Company for its 11th annual 8K community road race. The course incorporates both historic and revitalized neighborhoods of downtown, American Tobacco Campus, Trinity Park and Old North Durham.

The race begins on Foster Street between Durham Central Park and the YMCA and finishes with a lap around the Historic Durham Athletic Park. Race features include cash prizes for top finishers, a kids’ fun run and a custom cowbell medal.

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Durham Blues and Brews Festival M AY 1 8 The Exchange Club of Greater Durham hosts the fifth annual blues music and craft brews festival at Durham Central Park. Bring your lawn chairs and enjoy unlimited 12-ounce pours from 20 North Carolina breweries/cideries/wineries and a variety of food trucks, including Qspresso, Bulkogi and The 13th Taco. This year’s musical lineup features Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, Chicken Shack and Mr. Sipp. Proceeds from the event benefit local charities and programs.

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Engineers Day M AY 18

Explore the world of engineering with Triangle-area scientists at the Museum of Life and Science. Participate in hands-on activities that engage creative and scientific minds, like learning about the physics of engineering with BetaBox or experiencing augmented reality in the AR Sandbox.

50th Annual Bimbé Cultural Arts Festival M AY 1 8 Come to Rock Quarry Park for the 50th anniversary of this familyfriendly event that celebrates African and African American history, culture, arts and traditions.

Activities and events include: live entertainment from Durham-born/ based artists and ensembles like Trez Falsetto, Empower Dance Company, Sh8kes the Poet, Digital Brilliance by Samori ReedBandele and The Beast featuring Pierce Freelon; community resources; ethnic food; a celebration of Homegrown Heroes; and a family fun zone with drum circles, arts and crafts, storytelling, inflatables and face painting. This event is free and open to the public. Remember to bring a lawn chair or blanket.

Hello, Dolly!

MAY 21- 26 The Tony Award-winning Best Musical Revival pays tribute to the original work of legendary director/choreographer Gower Champion – hailed both then and now as one of the greatest stagings in musical theater history. Led by four-time Tony Award-winning director Jerry Zaks and choreographed by Tony Award winner Warren Carlyle, the creative team behind the Broadway production reprises their roles for the national tour – hitting DPAC’s stage – of this musical comedy, which follows the story of Dolly Gallagher Levi, a matchmaker who travels to Yonkers, New York, to find a match for the “wellknown unmarried half-a-millionaire” Horace Vandergelder.

Annual Memorial Day Remembrance: The American Soldier Through the Ages M AY 2 5 -2 6 Join military historians, who’ll be representing the American soldier across all time periods throughout the nation’s history, in honoring fallen soldiers at Bennett Place State Historic Site.

Walk for the Animals M AY 2 5 Take your pup for a walk along Duke University’s East Campus to help fundraise for the Animal Protection Society of Durham.

Enter your pooch in contests for Best Trick, Best Dressed and more; watch K9 demonstrations by the Durham Police Department; visit some of the vendors, from doggy day cares to vets and other animal-supportive businesses; meet adoptable dogs; and more.

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Durham Parks and Recreation hosts this movie and concert series in the city’s public parks.

This summer’s band lineup includes Dwayne Jordan Quartet, Ras Medy and Jazziando. A variety of familyfriendly movies will be shown, and the series wraps up with a screening of “Bull Durham” in Durham Central Park on Aug. 17.

Learn how professionals at Duke Lemur Center have cared for lemurs for more than 50 years during this special tour in which the animals receive welfare and mental stimulation to keep their day-to-day interesting and fun! The tour is 90 minutes long and is recommended for guests ages 8 and older.

Reservation is required to attend.

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(clockwise from top left) Night Ranger: Photo courtesy The Carolina Theatre; Running of the Bulls: Photo courtesy Bull City Running Co.; Bimbe: Photo courtesy Durham Parks and Recreation staff; Hello, Dolly!: Photo by Julieta Cervantes; Memorial Day: Photo courtesy Bennett Place State Historic Site; Rock the Park: Photo courtesy Durham Parks and Recreation staff; Lemurs: Photo courtesy DLC staff; Engineer’s Day: Photo courtesy Museum of Life and Science

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Partners for Youth Opportunity (PYO), a nonprofit that provides mentorship, educational and employment programs to Durham high school and college students, hosted its 2019 Rise and Shine Breakfast, the organization’s largest annual event, March 14 at the PNC Triangle Club.

Many business, community and government leaders were in attendance. The nonprofit awarded three scholarships at the breakfast, highlighted student achievement in 2018 and outlined future plans in the community.

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1 PYO Academic Director Dosali Reed-Bandele and PYO student Ron’Asia Rogers, who received the Dr. Phail Wynn Scholarship.

2 The Forest of Duke President/CEO Anita Holt and Sam Miglarese, assistant vice president and director of Duke/Durham Neighborhood Partnership. 3 PYO parent Shahadat Hossain and Cassandra Taylor, presenter of the Adriel Williams Scholarship.

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4 PYO student Emmanuel Johnson, who received the Tomee Blackmon Scholarship, and Dr. Susan Blackmon, Tomee’s mother.

5 PYO Executive Director Julie Wells and Durham Public Schools board member Natalie Beyer. 6 Kathy Greene and Jesica Averhart, executive director of Leadership Triangle.

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8:15pm immediately following performance Bay 7 at American Tobacco Campus Live music!

Choreography by Mark Morris Original score by Ethan Iverson

Wednesday, July 19 7pm | Durham Performing Arts Center Heavy hors d’oeuvres Complimentary wine and beer Dancing with the members of Mark Morris Dance Group!

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To commemorate Women’s History Month, Hayti Heritage Center hosted the fourth annual wimmin@work in late March. Co-produced

by Souloworks/Andrea E. Woods Valdés, local artists showcased their handmade jewelry, clothing and art in the lobby marketplace prior to the show, which included performances of poetry, dance, storytelling and music by women of all ages.

1 Natalie Engram, Nia Adell and Jada Wooten.

2 Zuri Shakur, 3, Samir Shakur, 6, and Shadé Shakur.

3 Aya Shabu and Wokene Gawlo Adefunmilayo Shabu, 8.

4 Chandra Bosley and Asherah Bosley.

5 Rashida James-Saadiya and Andrea Carter.

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In March, Aura Galleria hosted its third annual Our Minds, Our Voices awards luncheon at JB Duke Hotel, recognizing the accomplishments of 10 Women of Distinction in fields such as education, medicine, business and more. The event also honored Aura’s 2019 Woman of Influence Cathy Hughes, founder of media company Radio One (now known as Urban One) and the first African American woman to head a publicly traded corporation.

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4 1 Ann Penn, Princess Hester, Sandra White-Olden, Rochelle Graham, Victoria Thornton, Carolyn Darnell, Denise Motley and Nichole Hatcher-Foster.

2 Woman of Influence award recipient Cathy Hughes, Melissa Wade and former mayor Bill Bell.

3 Martin Case, Anitra Manning, Denise Bax and Bishop Apostle Zella Berry Case. 4 Marsha Newby, D. Ann Gray, Trish Harleston, Melissa Hill and Kathy Springfield-Cobb.

5 Phyllis Mack Horton, Woman of Distinction honoree Kristi Jones, Linda Shropshire Grissom and Teresa Carmi.

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The Carolina Theatre presented a special screening of “The Best of Enemies” March 19 in celebration of the city’s 150th anniversary.

Based on a true story, the film centers on the relationship between Ann Atwater, a civil rights activist, and C.P. Ellis, a local Ku Klux Klan leader, who teamed up in the early 1970s to lead community discussions on school desegregation in Durham. Taraji P. Henson, who plays Ann in the movie, writer-director-producer Robin Bissell, producer Dominique Telson, Bill Riddick, who mediated the real-life discussions and was portrayed in the film, and family members of Ann Atwater and C.P. Ellis made a red-carpet appearance before the screening. The film was released nationally on April 5.

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1 Ann Atwater’s niece, Sandra Powell, her granddaughter, Ann-Nakia Green, and her nephew, Franklin Thurman. 2 Taraji P. Henson, actress who portrays Ann Atwater in the film. 3 Susan Amey, Margaret Pentrack and Veda Gilbert of Discover Durham.

4 Lao Rubert and her husband, Mayor Steve Schewel.

5 Walter Jackson, Cecil Brown and James Tabron, executive director of Operation Breakthrough.

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The Nationally Award Winning Bimbé Cultural Arts Festival was established 50 years ago to honor some of the most beautiful traditions in West African culture. Blue Cross NC is proud to join the City of Durham in presenting this festival of dance, food, and family fun – the roots of a healthy life and a healthy community.

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DPAC, Marchael Bayne, Theatre in the Park, partnering to host the ninth annual Triangle

BUSINESS LEADERS AND PUBLIC RESPOND TO EXPLOSION

Miel, a graphic designer who in 2017 raised

16 at 7:30 p.m. The ceremony will spotlight

150th anniversary, collapsed a 94-year-old

free lunch program, set up a GoFundMe site

school musical productions and is celebrated

Kaffeinate coffee shop and killing its

had raised more than $24,000. It will run for a

Theatre Awards.

housed Prescient, a manufacturing and

The SunTrust Broadway’s 2019/20 season

conventional building structures, which moved

the Durham Arts Council and ABC 11 are

Within an hour of the explosion, Rebekah

Rising Stars Showcase and Awards May

The gas line explosion on April 10, Durham’s

more than $74,000 for Durham Public Schools’

Triangle-area student finalists from high

building at 115 N. Duke St., destroying

for victims. As of noon on April 15, the fund

as part of the National High School Musical

owner, Kong Lee, 61. The building also

month after the blast.

technology company that offers alternatives to

after hearing that firefighters were among the

Rebekah said she was compelled to help

injured.

“My parents were victims of a house fire last

at DPAC will open with Disney’s “Aladdin”

its headquarters to Durham two years ago.

includes Broadway’s “A Bronx Tale,” “Come

25 others, including nine

email, “and I have a deep

“My Fair Lady,” “Jesus Christ Superstar” and

the windows of neighboring

[firefighters] and other first

“Hamilton” will return to DPAC in the 2020/21

in total were damaged.

The blast injured at least

year,” Rebekeh said in an

From Away,” “Escape to Margaritaville,”

firefighters, and blew out

appreciation of the work

“Mean Girls.” Additionally, the national tour of

buildings. Fifteen buildings

responders do.”

from October 2-26. The new season also

season.

Before dawn on April 12,

Kong’s children, Diana and

It was a blow to the city,

and as emergency personnel

Raymond, who ran Kaffeinate

to the scene, the business

picture on Instagram of the

public responded as well.

the cafe.

of Downtown Durham

wrote.

and the Greater Durham

heart out of anyone we know.

and elected officials rushed

with their father, posted a

community and the general

three of them smiling outside “This is our dad,” they

The presidents and CEOs

“He had the biggest, purest

Inc., Nicole Thompson,

Chamber of Commerce,

PHOTO BY ALEXIS FAIRBANKS

Geoff Durham, said their

organizations were making plans to help.

PHOTO BY DEEN VAN MEER

The American Dance Festival returns for

“We are taking count of the buildings that

were damaged and businesses that were

impacted,” Nicole said in an email the day of

He always wanted a cafe

because he loved to serve

people, and we were finally able to build him one.”

A friend of the family set up a GoFundMe

account specifically for them, and as of press

the explosion “and [are] reaching out to our

time, they’d raised more than $139,500.

can do to assist with the rebuilding.”

“outpouring of love and support“ they’d seen.

choreographer Paul Taylor, and the Paul Taylor

damage is still being assessed, we are actively

so happy,” they wrote. “We watched your smiles

classic Taylor masterpieces over three nights.

those businesses affected.”

its 86th season from June 13-July 20. The

schedule features 38 performances featuring 25 companies and choreographers in five

venues. The 2019 season will honor the late

Dance Company will present two programs of

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financial partners to see if there’s anything we And Geoff said that “while we realize the

in talks with our partners on ways we can help

Diana and Raymond said they appreciated the “The family we created at Kaffeinate made him

give him strength and joy. Thank you.”

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Quirktastic, “the friendship app for geeks,

Combat Direction Center aboard the USS John

Fred Astaire Dance Studio of Durham students

anime, comic book, gaming and sci-fi conference

is deployed in the Indo-Pacific region in support

(pictured on the second tier from the top) won

gamers, and nerds,” is hosting Quirkcon, an

for people of color and the LGBT community.

The event, taking place on May 31-June 2 at

C. Stennis in the Indian Ocean. The aircraft carrier of security and stability.

the Durham Convention Center, will include

Alexander Simakov, 9, and Ruoxuan Gao, 9,

second place in the ballroom dancing category at the United States Dance Championships in March. They will represent the United States

speakers, gaming, film screenings and the first

at the World Championships in Dublin in

Cosplayer Awards.

December.

CITY NEWS

The North Carolina GlaxoSmithKline

Lime and Spin declined to renew their permits

to Durham Technical Community College

however, are now seeking permits in Durham to

Endowment. The grant will allow Durham Tech

At the end of January, the bike share programs

Foundation has awarded a $50,000 grant

with the City of Durham. Both companies,

to establish the Dr. Phail Wynn Jr. Library

operate a share program for motorized-scooters.

The New York Times recently featured the

Durham City Council passed the renewable

Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University in an

to 80% renewable energy by 2030 and 100% by

The museums were recognized for “raising the

energy resolution April 1, committing Durham

article about university art museums in the U.S.

2050.

cultural bar on campuses.”

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“Dear Evan Hansen,” it had broken its box office

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performance engagement. The show, which ran

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Local documentary filmmaker David Delaney

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March that detailed the Dream Across America

grader Jason Sorin won the Duke Regional

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second time (he won

immigrant entrepreneurship across America. The

He correctly spelled

produced by David’s production company and

and won a trip to

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his family to compete

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Spelling Bee, which

Mayer was featured in a Forbes.com article in

On March 9, Triangle Day School seventh-

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and impact investing to highlight and support

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the word “afflatus”

fellow filmmaker and Durham native Matthew

Washington D.C. with in the Scripps National

Page is serving as the tactical action officer in the

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to expand the library collection that Dr. Wynn, the college’s late president, established at the Main Campus after he retired.

Durham author Renée Hodges

was named a finalist for the 2019 Foreword INDIES Book Award in Family & Relationships for her memoir, “Saving Bobby.”

The book documents how she and her

husband, together with their Durham

community, rallied

to help their nephew,

Bobby, recover from an addiction to painkillers.

The winners will be

announced in June.

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by The Foundation for Dental Laboratory Technology for a new 3D printer for the

college’s Dental Laboratory Technology Program.

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Durhamite Sabina Foisor placed ninth in the U.S. Women’s Chess

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21c Museum Hotels announced that it had

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of art, literature and design. The partnership will allow 21c to expand its art and dining offerings.

In March, Jordan High School named Rasheed Wallace as its new men’s basketball coach. Rasheed played basketball for UNC during the team’s

1995 Final Four appearance and won an NBA title in 2004 with the Detroit Pistons.

Choice Tattoo, a tattoo shop on West Geer Street, officially opened March 9 and held its grand opening March 23. The parlor says that it prides itself

on offering a comfortable environment and that walk-in appointments are welcome on Saturdays.

The Scrap Exchange, the nonprofit arts organization that promotes reuse, announced that Laura

Nicholson, the former director of finance and

human resources at the Jewish Federation of

Durham-Chapel Hill, would take over as executive director April 29. The previous executive director, Ann Woodward, became the Reuse Arts District

program director in February, where she will lead the organization’s

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THE AUTHO R IS A DUK E P RO F E SSO R

Coming Up Roses

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ROM MY NEIGHBORHOOD IN Forest Hills, I’m within easy walking distance to many attractions that make Durham such a lively and engaging place to live. None, in my mind, is more splendid than Sarah P. Duke Gardens, which is located just off Anderson Street. The Gardens are truly world class and provide a unique place for inspiration, contemplation and relaxation.

Duke Gardens occupies about 55 acres on West Campus and features more than five miles of trails, walkways and paths. The Gardens are a memorial to Sarah Pearson Angier Duke who was the mother of Mary Duke Biddle and the wife of Benjamin Duke, who was one of the university’s original benefactors.

It’s a majestic place today, but it had a modest start. In the 1920s, the location that the Gardens occupy was intended to be a lake, but funds for the project ran out, and the idea was scrapped. The Gardens began more officially in 1934 when Dr. Frederic M. Hanes, head of the Duke Department of Medicine, encouraged Sarah to donate funds to plant flowers in what was then a ravine filled with debris.

By 1935, the first plantings were in bloom but were sadly washed away with heavy rains and flooding. Sarah passed away in 1936, but Dr. Hanes persuaded her daughter Mary to

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contribute funds for a new garden on higher grounds as a memorial to her mother. Landscape architect Ellen Biddle Shipman designed the Terrace Gardens that became an iconic focal point for today’s gardens, which are divided into four sections: the Historic Gardens, the H.L. Blomquist Garden of Native Plants; the W.L. Culberson Asiatic Arboretum; and the Doris Duke Center Gardens. Sarah P. Duke Gardens was dedicated in April 1939.

Creating a garden requires a keen knowledge of the plant world, skill in horticulture – a green thumb – and a refined sense of composition and design – a green eye. The team at Duke Gardens does a terrific job with the landscaping and, on my many visits to the Gardens, I am always amazed by the array of color, the juxtaposition of different flowers and the tapestry created by mountain witch alder, weeping peach and riverbank azalea in full bloom.

Another highlight of the Gardens is the Roney Fountain, which was added in 2011. The fountain is a large, tiered structure that sits in the center of Mary Duke Biddle Rose Garden. Dating from 1897, the fountain was originally located at the entrance of Trinity College, which is now Duke’s East Campus. Over time, the fountain deteriorated and was lost in the shadows of large magnolia trees. The restored new fountain was forged from the original molds and is nothing short of spectacular as water shoots triumphantly from the bill of the crane that tops the piece.

The botanic garden is very much a public place, attracting visitors and sightseers from all over the world. Many, of course, come to Durham to visit a family member or friend who is studying or working at Duke.

In addition to looking (and often photographing) flowers, people come to the Gardens to enjoy the large grassy meadow to toss a Frisbee, play catch or just lay on a blanket to enjoy a warm day in the sun. The Gardens have also provided a backdrop for American Dance Festival performances and Duke Performances concerts, and were

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recently the site of stickwork sculptures by Patrick Dougherty. These towering structures were crafted into intriguing shapes from red maple and sweetgum saplings from Duke Forest.

When my children were young, my wife and I would take them to look at the fish sleekly gliding around the lily and goldfish pond and to climb on the lower branches of a large magnolia tree, which was a child’s delight. Alas, the tree succumbed to the pummeling of too many little feet. (Parents today should take note that this is among several reasons why climbing is not permitted in the Gardens.) The last days of the tree were reported in the news like those of a famous person and, in the words of one account, the tree was laid to rest in 2001.

No account of Duke Gardens would be complete without mention of the weddings. Along with Duke Chapel, the Gardens are a very popular site for such occasions. As the website says, the Gardens are romantic and provide a place for weddings from the simple to the sublime.

Scheduling an outdoor wedding in Durham is an act of faith and courage and, in the high season for weddings, the Gardens swelter like the rest of the city. I vividly remember standing in 100-degree temperatures in late August during one such wedding, watching a young couple exchange

vows, as rivulets of sweat ran down my back, and my face flushed to the color of a Darcey rose.

Over the years, it’s been a pleasure to witness the many diverse celebrations that the Gardens host. On a walk through the Gardens not too long ago, I caught sight of a young man with a black moustache in the drawbridge style. Emerging from a stretch SUV limo, he was in traditional dress for an Indian wedding, wearing a white brocade sherwani, red pants, gold shoes and a bejeweled turban wrapped in gold and topped by a pink feather. What really attracted my attention was the decorative sword around the groom’s waist, the silver filigree scabbard sparkling in the yellow-white light of the summer sun.

Whether that wedding was simple or sublime, to me, it’s what makes the Bull City, and Duke Gardens, special.

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THE AUTHO R WA S N AME D TH E B E ST

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N ORTH CA RO L INA

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Finding Your Own NorthStar

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NENNA AND PHIL FREELON AND their son, Pierce, purchased an old church to fulfill a lingering dream.

They call it NorthStar Church of the Arts. There’s power in that name.

The slaves looked for the North Star to locate the direction to freedom. They more than likely sang freedom songs to inspire their escape. They probably danced once they crossed the Ohio River.

You can’t talk about black life in America without discussing the arts. They form a complex union with spirituality and the quest for freedom that shapes the collective identity of black people. That identity has influenced how Americans sing, dance and use other arts to express the joy of freedom.

“NorthStar Church of the Arts is a place where spirituality and the arts are commingled,” says Nnenna, a multi-Grammy nominated jazz singer. “Creativity is a gift of

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the spirit, and its expression is one of the ways that we can explore our connection to the arts and [to one another]. NorthStar celebrates human kinship, love and diversity. Those who gather at NorthStar for our services reflect what community really looks like, and it gives me great hope for our future.”

Nnenna’s journey as a jazz artist and the path of her husband, Phil (who led the architectural team in the design of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, among many other notable, local projects), have deep roots in Durham.

“We both had a strong desire to create a sustainable legacy of art and design in our beloved adopted hometown,” Nnenna says. “NorthStar is both a place and a grand idea that arts and spirituality are co-joined. … We are excited by the possibilities for NorthStar to be a place where [people of] all faiths, no faith and the spiritually curious can be in community and conversation.”

NorthStar is located at 220 W. Geer St. in the former Ephphatha Church, a Gothic Revival church constructed in 1930. The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. NorthStar represents a space where the past, present and future collide to tell stories expressed through the arts. There is monthly programming that coincides with Third Friday events, as well as special programs like movie screenings, live music, photography exhibits and poetry readings on any given day.

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NorthStar celebrates human kinship, love and diversity. Those who gather at NorthStar for our services reflect what community really looks like, and it gives me great hope for our future. – Nnenna Freelon

Pierce is the creative director at NorthStar.

He says his spirituality has been informed by the artistic, intellectual and loving people of the Durham community.

“We are blessed in this community to have a number of patron saints [who] are inspirations for NorthStar Church of the Arts,” Pierce says. “Folks who used art to transform, to heal, to build community and spread love. Folks like Baba Chuck Davis, Pauli Murray and Dr. Maya Angelou. We honor those ancestors by creating spaces for others to step into their creative spiritual energy and use it to transform.”

The leader of hip-hop band The Beast, Pierce was born and raised in Durham. His desire is for NorthStar to hold space for all the positive vibes that nurtured him.

“As a kid, I remember going to concerts at the Salaam Cultural Center, attending lectures with Black Panthers at B.N. Duke Auditorium, attending pancake suppers at St. Titus’ [Episcopal Church] and meeting interesting folks at the Know Bookstore,” he says.

Pierce, who ran an unsuccessful campaign to become Durham’s mayor in 2017, says that, while on the campaign trail, he connected with people from various communities and places of worship.

“I mentor hundreds of youth through Blackspace, [an Afrofuturism digital makerspace], and I’ve lectured at several of the area colleges and universities,” Pierce says. “I hope to leverage all of these experiences into curating artistic, political and community experiences at NorthStar Church of the Arts.”

NorthStar is a safe place to pray and play.

If you are in search of freedom, look up, find the NorthStar and find joy on the other side of limitations.

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LOSING ON HIS FIRST HOUSE – the one he designed with his wife and watched come to life over eight months – should have been Nestor Paonessa’s biggest concern on June 26, 2015.

But, plans change.

Nestor, who had been suffering from constant headaches and double vision, had an MRI that morning. He thought nothing of it.

That afternoon, his doctor called, revealing a golf ball-sized tumor growing in his brain.

“I just decided to leave it in the hands of the professionals,” Nestor says. “I had this problem, and I don't know how to fix it, but they do.”

It wasn’t just a brain tumor, it was among the deadliest types. In Nestor’s particular diagnosis – stage IV glioblastoma – only one in four patients survives a year post-prognosis, and the rates drop sharply over time. Just 5% of patients live more than five years, according to The Brain Tumour Charity, an international advocacy group.

A brain tumor’s physical toll, however, is only half the battle.

Elyssa and John Kivus’ wedding was two months away when Elyssa had a seizure on a car ride to Florida. The headband she wore was lovingly crafted by a friend to cover her surgical scar.

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“You’ve got the double whammy,” says Dr. David Ashley, director of the Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center. “Not only are you dealing with the cancer, but you’re dealing with the effects on the person,” he says, ”so many brain tumor patients have changes to their fundamental being – who they are, how they think, their ability to work.”

Take Elyssa Kivus, for example.

She had a seizure two months before her wedding in March 2014 and was diagnosed with a stage II astrocytoma, a malignant brain tumor, soon thereafter.

Within a week and a half, she had it removed and hasn’t had any recurrences.

But she’s terrified her cancer will return.

“We don't know enough to know whether or not it will ever come back,” Elyssa says. “So I'm really scared of that and whether it would come back as something else, like a glioblastoma this time.”

Even now, five years removed from her surgery, Elyssa’s experience will always be a part of her life. She still has a hole in her brain. She still has to go to Duke University Medical Center every six months for checkups.

Dr. Ashley says advancements in treating brain tumors has been a decades-long endeavor. One promising treatment, he says, involves transforming the polio virus – Dr. Ashley says the disease “loves to live in the brain and nervous system” naturally – and injecting patients with the altered vaccine. That serves to infect the brain like the virus normally would, only with helpful consequences.

Dr. Ashley says over the next five to 10 years, he anticipates more brain tumor treatments will follow that adapted-vaccine method instead of traditional radiation or chemotherapy.

For now, both Nestor and Elyssa have chosen to move on with their lives. They’re making the best of their situations.

After having her tumor removed, Elyssa realized an essential human maxim – life’s too short, so make the most of it. She did just that, quitting her job as a divorce attorney and pursuing a photography career, something she’d always dreamed of doing.

“When I started to feel like myself again, I realized how unhappy I was with the work,” Elyssa says. “At that point, a friend asked if I would take pictures at her wedding in August because that was my undergrad degree: photojournalism at UNC.” “I took her photos, and I really loved the experience,” she says, “and then I thought, ‘I guess I could make a business out of this.’ I had missed taking pictures a lot.”

For Nestor, life hasn’t changed so much; it just is what he had always hoped it would be.

He and his wife, Ashley Paonessa, are all settled into their home … and now, they have a baby boy, too.

“I just want people to be hopeful,” Nestor says. “They can bounce back and continue living life the way they want to and do things like have a baby, start a family, travel the world, that kind of thing.

“There's hope.”

CLOCKWISE FROM TOP Three and a half years after Nestor was diagnosed with a stage IV glioblastoma, he and his wife, Ashely, had their baby, Kai. The morning of Elyssa’s surgery. She gives “Dr. Bear” a quick squeeze for luck.

Nestor crosses the finish line of the 2017 Umstead 100-mile ENDURANCE Run, assisted by Ashley. He was still taking a daily oral chemotherapy during the 29-and-a-half hours it took to complete the race, stopping halfway to take a dose.

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WOMEN’S ISSUE We're proud to highlight these amazing women of Durham – who work in local government, in our schools, in health care, in the sciences and with many other organizations

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ecently I went to the DMV,” says Catherine Williamson-Hardy, the deputy director of Durham County Department of Social Services (DSS), as she and four colleagues sit around a conference table. Their phones buzz and chirp with issues that need addressing, but these five try their best not to look at them. A few fidget. They all seem eager to do their work, not to talk about it.

“A gentleman there, an employee,” Catherine continues, “asked me where I worked.” She told him.

The man’s mother had qualified last year for food and nutrition disaster benefits after Hurricane Florence. Thirteen thousand others qualified, too. DSS had a week to process everything, and these five worked all day, every day. So did their staff.

“He said, ‘My mother lost a lot during the storm, and we came up there and there were hundreds of people, and it was so organized and it went so well, and my mother was just so happy that she was able to restore what she had lost.’”

Restoring what’s lost: This is the work they do.

These five are all directors of DSS, responsible for one piece of a larger ideal: to help Durhamites, as its mission statement says, navigate the obstacles to “physical, social and financial well-being.”

When people seek the help of DSS, Catherine says, they are “in their most vulnerable state.” It takes all of them – along with Brandon Mitchell, the assistant director of business operations, and Ben Rose, the agency director – working together.

“An individual may come in with one need,” says Rhonda Stevens, the assistant director of family economic independence, “but in working with the family, it may be that we touch all those areas.”

Jovetta Whitfield, the assistant director for child and family services, agrees. Each person has

children and themselves,” Jovetta says, “that is what’s rewarding.”

She continues: “No matter what happened to them, children want to be with their families.”

And people want to be in their homes, do their work and keep what they love within arm’s reach.

These five have deep experience, and most of them have extensive ties to Durham and DSS. Across her career, Janeen Gordon, the assistant director of aging and adult services, has reduced medical errors, increased productivity and managed health at agencies for the homeless, for the uninsured and indigent, for people in crisis.

During her first stint at DSS in 2005, Krystal Harris, now an assistant director in charge of customer Clockwise from left Catherine Williamson-Hardy, Rhonda Stevens, Janeen Gordon, accountability, worked Krystal Harris and Jovetta Whitfield. days helping people facing substance abuse, domestic a specific department, she says, but need “crosses over into every last abuse and joblessness find the resources they needed. At night, she program sitting at this table.” pursued her master’s at N.C. State. They all have master’s degrees.

She continues: “We look at the family as a whole.”

And both Catherine and Krystal entered DSS in small And to keeping it whole. roles, worked their way up, left for other agencies in other towns, The agency has 320 children in foster care, Jovetta says, but “we and returned. serve at any one time 1,600 children.” But, “If we remove a child They’ve spent their lives helping people feel whole again. from a home,” she says, “we are still trying to work with the family to As they gathered their things at the table, they laughed easily reunite the children.” together as their phones buzzed and chirped. Then these five saints of And when parents prove they’ve put things back together and the lost stepped into the bright Durham day and went back to work. are thriving, and are ready to “take care of their family and their – Michael McElroy  m ay 2 0 1 9

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THE DREAMER

AFREEN ALLAM

FOUNDER & CEO OF SINON THERAPEUTICS Afreen was born in Canada and moved to Raleigh in 1999. She graduated from N.C. State with a degree in microbiology and biochemistry in 2010. Afreen then attended Duke’s business school in 2014, graduating with her master’s in 2016. She combined her business and scientific knowledge to spearhead her Durham-based company, SiNON Therapeutics. She lives in Sherron Farms.

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he letter begins, “I want to become …”

Afreen was positive she remembered what followed next. To become … a doctor, a career her parents had always encouraged.

But that isn’t actually what 12-year-old Afreen wrote. Her mother found this letter, written by Afreen 18 years ago, in a box in the garage last summer. In this note, Afreen discovered her younger self had wanted to accomplish something far different: “I want to become … the CEO of a company.”

Today, Afreen heads SiNON Therapeutics, a biotechnology company dedicated to helping people with debilitating neurological diseases.

Fittingly, it combines the passion she most wanted as a little girl with the one her father always wanted for her.

“My dad was always pushing us to build our own dreams,” Afreen says.

“He was like … ‘If you build your own dreams, you can create something that will have an impact – but also, do something for yourself.’”

To label Afreen solely as a business owner would be doing her a disservice. Afreen’s career trajectory has been on an upward slope since her high school days volunteering at Duke Cancer Center.

“Oncology was the department where you deal with people from different ages, different genders, ethnicities – all of it,” Afreen says. “It doesn’t matter what background they have. No one is safe from cancer.

Sometimes it’s just bad luck. Sometimes it’s the food that you eat or the environment you grow in. But that’s kind of where my passion for finding an alternative solution really came from.”

During her sophomore year at N.C. State, she spent a summer at the Indian Institute of Technology where she began to develop the Carbon Dot, the technology that’s now the face of her company.

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At the age of 20, she filed for a patent.

Hollow from the inside, the carbon dot, which is now in pre-clinical trials, is used to disguise drugs so they can pass through the bloodbrain barrier – kind of like a “Trojan horse.” It then delivers the drug to the target site, and the carbon dot gets excreted along the way.

“Right now when you think about chemotherapy, you’re essentially pumping in a toxin, hoping that the right amount gets to whichever organ you need to deal with,” Afreen says. “But in the long run, it’s killing your healthy cells and the tumor cells. It’s not very targeted, and it kills your immune system along the way. So our goal is, how do you only get it into the brain without it affecting the rest of the organs?”

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The success has not come without struggle. When Afreen graduated from the Fuqua School of Business in 2016, she got married, but soon divorced.

“That really taught me to stand up for myself because during that time, there was so much negative feedback that I actually started to believe I was never gonna make it,” Afreen says. “And I smile a lot.

In general, anybody that knows me, that’s what they point out first.

During that year, I forgot how to smile.”

Now, Afreen is more confident than ever. She travels between India and Durham once or twice a year to meet with her four-person research team four to eight weeks at a time. They have already begun

testing on mice, hoping in the next two years they can form strategic partnerships with pharmaceutical companies.

She has also presented at numerous biomedical conferences, and in 2018, she was a Bustle Upstart Award winner and a finalist for Forbes 30 Under 30. And this year, she was honored at the 2019 Women in Business Awards for the Triangle.

“Don’t listen to what other people tell you,” she advises. “There are always going to be people telling you you’re never going to be good enough. You’re never going to make it,” she says. “... But it’s all about if you have the passion for it. You can achieve anything if you dedicate your time and your life to it.” – Hannah Lee  m ay 2 0 1 9

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THE HEALTH CARE CHAMPION

KATIE GALBRAITH

PRESIDENT, DUKE REGIONAL HOSPITAL Born in Washington, D.C., and raised in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, Katie has lived in the area since 1996. Her husband, Mike, is a stayat-home dad, and son Jacob, 16, and daughter Lauren, 14, attend Voyager Academy.

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moved to Duke Regional Hospital as director of marketing and corporate communications. “After getting my MBA, I moved into hospital operations, and served as COO prior to being appointed president in 2014.”

Though her path to leading the hospital was somewhat unconventional, Katie is thankful for it, and says zoning in on the issues in front of her has helped her set attainable goals. “It’s OK to have an end goal in mind, but spend your time and energy focusing on the here and now,” she advises.

“I know a lot of people who have five-year plans to try to make it to the C-suite, and I think they sometimes miss out on the important learning and opportunities along the way.”

Katie loves the pace of her job, too: “On any given day, I may be meeting with physicians, coaching our leaders, learning from our team in the hospital, welcoming new team members at orientation or participating in a 2 a.m. night-shift council,” she says. “I’m always learning something new, which keeps me on my toes.”

Duke Regional’s vision is to be the best community hospital, leading in quality, patient-centered care. Her personal philosophy aligns well with this mission: Treat everyone with respect, every time.

Katie is most inspired by the hospital’s frontline caregivers. “I’ve had the privilege of learning from so many amazing women over the years,” she says, but most admires the housekeepers, nurses, techs, volunteers and everyone who goes to work committed to making a difference in the lives of others.

Katie is also proud of Duke Regional Hospital’s recent recognition of a five-star rating – the highest possible – through the Overall Hospital Star Ratings program by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). “We were the only hospital in the Triangle and one of only seven in North Carolina to achieve this,” she says.

And at the end of March, the hospital broke ground on a major construction project, the largest on the Duke Regional campus since 1976. The project will expand the emergency department and build a behavioral health addition. “Both of these exciting projects will help us better serve our community in a state-of-the-art facility,” Katie says.

Katie also serves as vice chair of the Greater Durham Chamber of Commerce board, chair of the N.C. Center for Nonprofits board, and as a board member of Caring House and N.C. Healthcare Association.

For those who want to pursue a career in health care, Katie’s advice is simple: “Be true to yourself,” she says. “If the job requires you to be someone other than your authentic self, it will quickly wear you down.

“And be sure to find time for balance. Taking time off makes us better partners, better parents, better leaders.” – Morgan Cartier Weston

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THE RESEARCHER

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ERICA FIELD

PROFESSOR OF ECONOMICS AND GLOBAL HEALTH AT DUKE UNIVERSITY

hat are the barriers preventing women from working in Pakistan? How do we reduce the number of child marriages? These are some of the questions Erica looks to answer with her research at Duke. “I really love developing and testing new ideas, and then hopefully getting an answer!” she says. But often, Erica explains, the answer is not always easy to interpret. “We try to approach it like laboratory science, but social science is inherently messy.”

Over seven years, she has worked in a role that combines research on international development policy, training graduate students and research assistants, and teaching undergraduate classes.

More recently, Erica has served as co-director of a group called DevLab@Duke, a weekly gathering of Duke students and faculty from several different schools and departments. The group discusses their research on development policy, its impact and new ideas. “My own research focuses largely on questions pertaining to gender and development,” she explains. “For instance, how to design effective policies to improve outcomes for women in developing countries – and how that feeds into economic development more broadly.”

The Chapel Hill native returned to North Carolina in 2012 after 20 years away to take on her current role at Duke.

Erica lives in Trinity Park with her partner, Grant Tennille, and her three sons, Oliver, 10, Julius, 8, and Vince, 5, who attend Duke School, and their dog, Giacomo.

Erica’s work also includes acting as principal investigator on a number of diverse research projects. This can require anything from troubleshooting issues in the field to brainstorming new project ideas or approaches to measuring results. She spends a lot of time developing grant proposals and serving on committees, such as the American Economic Association Executive Committee. “They are working hard to address gender bias and improve diversity in the profession at large,” she says.

She advises young women entering the field to be proactive in building networks with colleagues early on. “Also, as a female mentor once advised me, ‘Just put yourself out there.’ Women especially have a lot to gain from pushing themselves to voice their ideas more loudly, and we’re often not in the habit of doing that.”

Erica’s colleagues and family help her maintain a sense of curiosity and a desire to make the world better. “I really love the people I work with, and am driven to learn more from collaborating with such smart and creative people,” she says. “But really, it’s my kids and my dog and a great cup of coffee that get me going each morning.” – Morgan Cartier Weston  m ay 2 0 1 9

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THE BUILDER

VANDANA DAKE

PRINCIPAL ARCHITECT AT ALLIANCE ARCHITECTURE Vandana was born in India, where she was one of three women in her class to graduate from an architectural college in Pune, a city about two hours outside Mumbai. She worked as an architect in Dubai for many years before moving to our area 20 years ago. She and her husband, John Warasila, who founded Alliance in 1995, live downtown – “I love it!”– and they have two adult children. Her highprofile projects include the American Tobacco Campus and the Family Health International 360 offices, which is one of her favorites. She’s also “addicted” to mountain climbing, she says, and plans to climb Machu Picchu later this year.

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andana wishes she could describe the view at the end of a climb. She has reached the summit of Kilimanjaro. She’s been to the base camp of Everest. And she doesn’t have the words for those moments. But maybe, shes says, whether with a building or a mountain, the end is not as important as the climb itself. “The art of architecture is so powerful, we can completely change a person’s lifestyle,” she says. “It’s about asking the right questions: How do people get to work? Where do they enter the building?

How long will they work for? Do they come and get a cup of coffee? All these very detailed questions. And then we design the space. It’s all about transformation.”

Like many people who’ve found success here, Vandana has seen the city change.

“It’s amazing, you see people walking around on the streets in the evening. We can’t even get reservations in the same restaurants we designed.”

While she loves the physical design, much of the reward, Vandana says, is about people.

“This is all about human behavior,” she says. “Human beings are social animals. They want to be seen, they want to be together.”

She loves to travel and in 2016, a friend asked her to climb Kilimanjaro. “Without thinking, I said, ‘Yes.’” She continues: “It was one of the hardest things I’ve ever done in my life. I’m not a climber, I’m not an outdoor person, I’d never camped before.”

But she started training, and some six months later she began her climb. “One step at a time, one day at a time, one breath at a time,” she says. “At that point I realized, all of us are so alone, in a way. The only thing we have for ourselves is our bodies.

“I’ve been talking to people, especially girls, especially women, from India and even here, and all their life they’ve been told, ‘You can’t do this, are you crazy?’, and I tell them, ‘Don’t let anyone tell you you can’t.’”

But some lessons you can’t learn beforehand.

Sometimes you just have to make the climb.

“It was like a perfect harmony when you get up there and you see the entire world. The world is so large, and it’s like you’re the only one, and you’re so small, you know, and each of our insecurities,” she trails off.

“I wish I could explain it … ” she trails off.

“It’s just the journey,” she says. “The journey is amazing.” – Michael McElroy

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THE SMALL BUSINESS OWNER

ELISABETH CHADBOURNE FOUNDER AND CEO, LO & BEHOLD NATURALS

Elisabeth was raised in Greensboro. She graduated from

Goucher College with her bachelor’s in peace studies.

She moved to Durham seven years ago, right around the time she began thinking about starting her business, which she’s been building for the past five years. She lives in Huckleberry Heights with her boyfriend, Russell Johnson, dog, Vivian, and cat, Sirius.

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ver since childhood, Lizzie has always loved being outdoors. In high school, she worked on an organic vegetable farm – she actually bartered her work for her family’s CSA – and the farmer was an herbalist. “She would tell me about the plants and show me different tincture, and I started taking them,” Lizzie says. “A lot of herbal medicine really helped me get through college and get through the stress and even helped me with allergies I developed.

So, I wanted to start making my own.

“This has actually been a lifelong interest that I never really realized would turn into my profession.”

But it has, in a major way. Today, Lo & Behold Naturals has nine categories of products – from lip balms and facial masks to body scrubs and beard oil – 48 products total, in 10 stores in Durham, 40 more stores in the state and 10 out of state. “I got my first international wholesale order, so we’re now in Australia,” Lizzie says.

You can find their full line at the Durham Co-op Market and Bungalow & Co., as well as smaller selections at Bulldega, Indio, Pine State Flowers and Museum of Life and Science, among others. “[The museum] is one of my favorite places in Durham, and just knowing the kids are wearing our bug spray in the butterfly house,” Lizzie says. … I mean, [I feel like] I’ve succeeded.”

A part of that success she credits to the interns she’s hired over the years from Partners for Youth Opportunity, a nonprofit that assists students from eighth grade through college who are affected by immigration, incarceration and poverty. “Everything about PYO

checks all my boxes of the kind of organization I want to support.”

She has big goals and would potentially like to double in size, but she doesn’t “want to have some huge warehouse where I’m just managing people,” she says. “I’m hoping I can have that sweet spot where we are a little bigger than we are now. I still want to be rooted in my community.

I still want to be making stuff, and I still want to be out meeting people at the markets.”

Regardless of what the future ends up looking like, Lizzie maintains one constant, based on advice she received when just starting her business from Slingshot Coffee Co. Founder Jenny Bonchak. “She told me to just make the best product I could, and if I kept focusing on that, everything else would work out,” Lizzie says. “It’s funny, I’ve gotten a lot of good advice, but that’s just the center of everything, you know?” – Amanda MacLaren  m ay 2 0 1 9

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THE EDUCATOR

DR. KIMBERLY FERRELL PRINCIPAL, BURTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Named Durham Public Schools 2019 Principal of the Year, Kimberly has held the position at Burton for the past five years. She received her bachelor’s in early childhood education from Fayetteville State University; her master’s in school administration and doctorate in educational leadership from N.C. State University. Boasting more than 25 years of experience in education, she began her career as an elementary school teacher for Franklin County Schools. Kimberly has one daughter, Marissa, 19, who attends East Carolina University.

As principal, how do you ensure your students are performing to the best of their capabilities?

Our students, family and community are our No. 1 customers. It is crucial that we provide stellar customer service so that they will always want to return. People will not remember what you say to them, but they remember how you make them feel. We are a Capturing Kids’ Hearts National Showcase School where building positive relationships with all stakeholders and nurturing the whole child is the focus of our work.

Can you explain further what it means to be a Capturing Kids’ Hearts National Showcase School?

Kimberly with several of her second-grade students at Burton.

It’s just a framework for building positive relationships with students, making sure that we embrace them and meet them where they are. Make sure we embrace their families, make sure we embrace the community. [We had to] increase our student achievement, increase attendance, make sure we increased our teacher capacity to be able to work with all types of kids.

The call to be a servant leader. I take my role as an instructional leader seriously. I set the tone for the school culture and student achievement. My challenge is to make Burton a better place for students, families and staff. My service is that of commitment and dedication to improving outcomes.

What gets you out of bed in the morning?

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At my last school, I tutored a young man who struggled in reading. When he took the end-ofgrade testing for reading, he made a level 4 for the first time. His family was so excited about his progress on the test. At the beginning of our tutoring sessions, I would encourage him to be confident in his ability to pass the assessment. I helped build his confidence through believing that he would work hard to earn a level 4 or 5. This young man now enjoys reading, and he is graduating from high school with honors.

Talk about one of your proudest moments.

My dad always says, “Let what work you do speak for you.” – Adam Phan What’s a philosophy you live by?

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THE CURATOR

TESS MANGUM OCAÑA OWNER OF SONIC PIE PRODUCTIONS

Tess grew up in Locust, North Carolina, and graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill in 1996 with a bachelor’s in public relations and a minor in costume design. She moved to Durham in 1998, but left in 1999 for a year to get her master’s in Ireland. She lives in Tuscaloosa-Lakewood with her husband, José Ocaña, who works as a translator for Duke University Hospital, and their two sons, Nico, 10, and Yago, 8.

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andolins, yodeling and evenings watching “Hee Haw” in rural North Carolina – let that be a glimpse into Tess’ adolescent years. Music is just her thing.

And her family’s, too, all seven generations of North Carolinians. Doc Watson, a country/folk artist and seven-time Grammy winner, was a fan of Tess’ great-uncle, Homer Briarhopper. Then there’s her grandmother, who taught Randy Travis to play guitar.

“Randy sent her a bouquet of flowers” before she died, Tess says, “and the note card said, ‘Ms. Kate, if it hadn’t been for you, I would have never written “Forever and Ever, Amen.”’”

Tess tinkered with instruments in her youth – she played flute, mostly – but found that music manifested itself differently in her. She didn’t yearn for the spotlight, or to pluck guitar strings herself; rather, she wanted to enable other musicians to reach their potential.

“I always felt like my place was more behind the scenes as opposed to my grandma and my dad,” Tess says. “And so I guess with my generation, [that] took the shape of doing curation and production.”

Tess’ experience at UNC was “nothing short of life changing,” thanks to a travel scholarship. It gave her the opportunity to study abroad in Ireland doing fieldwork in the music industry. That led to an internship at Sugar Hill Records and part-time jobs in Chapel Hill at music label Music of the World and Hi Frequency Music Marketing.

Her first full-time job out of college was at the former Durham record label, Alula Records. After that shut down, she had to decide between moving to a bigger city for work or moving to Ireland for grad school at the University of Limerick. She ended up in Ireland for a year and earned a master’s in musicology and ethnomusicology.

For a decade, she was the concert director at The ArtsCenter

in Carrboro, booking artists like The Avett Brothers and Carolina Chocolate Drops.

But eventually, she was ready for something of her own. In 2013, she founded Sonic Pie Productions, a concert and festival production company, which celebrated its sixth anniversary in February.

Starting her own business was daunting.

“I’d say you always have in the back of your mind the fear that the faucet is going to turn off,” Tess says. “Nobody is spoon feeding you your salary [or] a job. So in the back of your mind, you wonder, ‘Is the faucet going to slow down to a drip or maybe stop altogether?’ But so far the faucet is very strong, the water’s flowing very strong.”

Indeed it is. In 2015, Tess was brought on as the Art of Cool Festival’s hospitality manager and then became the production manager for the next three years. Now she’s booking festivals from North Carolina to Ohio, from spring to fall, six days a week. The grind really never stops.

“I think we’re all striving towards that work-life balance,” Tess says.

“It’s easier said than done, but you have to carve out some time for you yourself as a community member, a sister, a daughter, a mother, an activist, a voter. You know, we’re a lot of other things other than entrepreneurs.” – Hannah Lee  m ay 2 0 1 9

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THE WOMEN OF WEST CHAPEL HILL STREET

SIX LEADERS OF THE REVITALIZATION, THE FOOD AND CULTURE, THE LIVELY WORK ENVIRONMENT AND THE GROWING COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT ON THIS STRIP IN DURHAM’S WEST END

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CYNTHIA HILL

DIRECTOR OF MARKAY MEDIA SINCE 1996

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hen I partnered originally with Leah Bergman to purchase a very large empty building on the edge of downtown, I didn’t have enough capital to get to the closing table on my own. I put together a plan I felt pretty good about and presented it to a potential group of investors – all people I knew fairly well.

They were all men except for Leah, and she was the only one who agreed to come on board. It wasn’t that I was an inexperienced developer, but it was the first time I’d tackled a project of that scale.

Leah was willing to risk her personal capital to take that journey with me. We ended up selling that building and doubled our capital investment to buy the properties on West Chapel Hill Street. We make a great team. Leah’s got such depth of experience and has really taught me a lot.

It’s important that women support other women in ways that count.

We don’t always get those chances, as long as men are the primary gatekeepers to capital.

SELINA MACK

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE DURHAM COMMUNITY LAND TRUSTEES (DCLT) SINCE 1996

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three commercial revitalizations on [the street] in an effort to attract outside private investment. So it is extremely satisfying to see the West End aggressively attracting private investment in a form that provides goods and services to the local residents and surrounding neighborhoods. The fact that most of this investment is led by women is awesome.

LEAH BERGMAN

OWNER OF LOCAL YOGURT SINCE 2009

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eing on West Chapel Hill Street with so many of the original buildings being renovated and repurposed gives me a great feeling and connection to my loved ones who are no longer here.

West Chapel Hill Street was previously an underserved area in Durham. It is a major artery into downtown and easily accessible to Duke University and Hwy. 147. I enjoy seeing all of our visions come together to develop an amazing neighborhood that we are all so proud of today.

After all the efforts that have been spent to develop a strong sense of community, we will be here for the long haul.

WENDY WOODS

OWNER OF PIPER’S IN THE PARK SINCE 1999, NOSH SINCE 2006, GRUB SINCE 2017

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his little neighborhood is truly the best. GRUB is located two blocks away from my home, where I have lived for some 20 years. I shuffle between home and the restaurant multiple times every day.

I chat with my neighbors daily, I watch their kids grow up, I hear them cheering for their favorite teams on the front porch, and then they roll over to GRUB to grab a bite. I feel like one of the luckiest people on

the planet to live and serve such a diverse group on West Chapel Hill Street. I love this place!

One of my favorite ways we support one another is being a patron of one another’s businesses. I think it’s more of an unspoken kinship that we West Chapel Hill Street business owners have, but I know that, on any given day, each of us are ready, willing and able to help one another out. There is strength in all of our businesses prospering and succeeding, collectively. We want this business corridor to be a destination for people from all over the city – and we believe we’re on our way.

ROCHELLE JOHNSON PARTNER OF THE CAST IRON GROUP (THE COOKERY, DASHI, PONYSAURUS BREWING CO., SOOMSOOM PITA POCKETS) SINCE 2011

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ore than the fact that my neighbors are female, it’s the businesses that represent their values that mean the most to me. The West End is stronger and more vibrant because its business owners support diversity, creativity and community-driven goals.

I have been living in the West End/Burch Avenue neighborhood for 13 years now and have loved being just around the corner from The Cookery as we built our business. It is not just my place of work, but an extension of my home. Our West End community has transformed along with the rest of Durham, and I’m excited to see how our neighborhood will continue to grow in the upcoming years.

LEILA WOLFRUM

GENERAL MANAGER OF THE DURHAM CO-OP SINCE 2014

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he co-op loves local business, and we are proud to be embedded in an area that reflects that. The addition of all of these women-led businesses has brought new energy, opportunity and balance to the existing business landscape on West Chapel Hill Street.

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THE ADVOCATES

SUSAN CRANFORD ROSS PARTNER, MOSS+ROSS

Susan has lived in Durham her whole life. A Hillside High School and UNC-Chapel Hill grad, Susan spent 29 years as a senior fundraiser at Duke University, leading teams responsible for raising more than $500 million for endowment, facilities, athletics and annual giving during her professional career. She co-founded moss+ross, which provides a full range of fundraising, strategic planning and executive search services to nonprofits, with her grade-school friend, Mary, in fall 2008. She grew up in Forest Hills, owned her first home in Morehead Hills and has lived in American Village for 32 years with her husband, Tom Hadzor. The couple has six kids between them – Andy Ross, Sarah Ross, Sarah Hadzor Worley, Becca Hadzor Wildsmith, Bobby Hadzor and Tommy Hadzor – and three grandchildren.

MARY M C GRANAHAN MOSS PARTNER, MOSS+ROSS

Talk about the inception of Moss + Ross – how did this idea come about?

Mary Susan and I were not only best friends since the first grade at

Morehead Elementary, but we had become compatriots in the development

field for decades. We often talked about our desire to strike out on our own some day, and 2008 turned out to be that year. We had no idea what the fall of 2008 would bring in terms of the economy, but there we were, ready to take on a new business as well as the worst economy in nearly 80 years.

Susan We were both active in the community and saw the need for a full-

service nonprofit consulting firm based here; one that had the experience and knowledge to meet the community’s needs whether for campaigns or just managing the important work these nonprofits are doing every day.

Tell us about your work life. What’s your day-to-day like, and what gets you out of bed in the morning?

Susan About half my time is client-based interactions and meetings off-

site, sometimes in my “field offices” around town at Refectory Café or Mad Hatter. The rest of my time is at the computer or on the phone in my home office. We all work remotely, and I love that, but that means there is never a “time-to-go-home-now” moment. There is always more work than can be done during a normal amount of time, and Mary and I both have to resist the temptation to work all the time.

Mary I do not stay in bed [for] long, ever. My days begin early, and my

Mary grew up in Forest Hills, graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill and then became a paralegal. She began working at Duke University in 1981 in development – Susan actually helped her get the job by introducing Mary to the then-director of development – where she worked for nearly six years before moving on to Durham Academy (where she had attended briefly), then to Ravenscroft School and finally to her high school alma mater, Saint Mary’s School in Raleigh. Mary cofounded moss+ross 10 years ago. She and husband, Bill, have three sons, William, John and Alex, and one granddaughter.

nights are late. Insomnia works in my favor! Susan and I spend a lot of our days at client meetings. Our nights are spent catching up on email and planning for the next day. We value strong internal and external communications, and we are in touch with our associates during the evening as we all prepare strategies for our clients. Our clients know that we are always there for them.

While moss+ross is not a nonprofit, Susan and I have a strong desire to give back and have an impact in the nonprofit sector. This motivation to strengthen nonprofits is the same one that drove us to spend the bulk of our careers in nonprofit institutions. Our business is about our clients, and the joy is palpable when we feel we have made a difference and empowered them to live more fully into their mission.

What are some projects you are working on with your Durham clients, currently, that you’re really proud of?

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proud of.] Right now in Durham, we are also doing the campaigns for Durham Technical Community College, the Emily Krzyzewski Center and the N.C. School of Science and Math, and we have been working hard for several years on multiple parts of the big $4.2 billion UNC campaign. We have just completed campaigns – both around $6 million – for Beth El Synagogue and the Forest History Society, which is just getting ready to dedicate their new space in May.

Susan Gate C at Duke Forest, a wonderful little hiking, picnic, solitude

What’s a “Worth-It Moment” for you, a time when all your hard work

Susan My husband would say it’s that I believe we can always squeeze

really paid off?

moss+ross. I could not believe I left a great job, terrific people, a good salary and benefits, to take a risk like founding a company (especially in 2008!). I have lived “in the lines” for most of my life, and this felt scary and exhilarating all at the same time. It’s most definitely been worth it to go “outside the lines” to do what matters to Susan and me, and moss+ross, which is to strengthen the nonprofit community, a community where we were born, went to college and live. I wake up every day in awe of our talented team of 18 associates, and with a deep level of love, respect and appreciation for front-line nonprofits, educational institutions and faith communities.

I remember many years ago chairing a campaign for Durham’s domestic violence shelter, on whose board I served. We raised the money, and then we sowed the grass seed and painted the walls. It was hard money to raise, but seeing it in action at the end was a great feeling.

Susan

Tell us about your Durham life.

Susan I play tennis at Duke Faculty Club, my husband and I play

golf at the Duke University Golf Club, we are active at Trinity Avenue Presbyterian Church, I am a past president of Durham Rotary Club and the Junior League of Durham and Orange Counties. I tutor reading weekly at Y.E. Smith Elementary, this is my sixth year.

Mary I am a huge fan of the downtown area, which has completely

changed from when I was a child, when I left Durham in the 1980s, until now. It is vibrant and addictive.

What’s your “Durham place,” a spot where you feel most at home and at one with the city?

Mary Forest Hills Park and the surrounding neighborhood; and Duke’s

beautiful campus, including the Sarah P. Duke Gardens.

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Mary Value relationships. Period. Relationships matter, all through life.

Even those that begin in the first grade.

What do you believe are the biggest obstacles that women in the workforce today still have to overcome?

Susan I combined motherhood and career all the way through, and

it was never easy, but it was right for me. I watch my daughters and daughters-in-law navigate the same waters, and it still isn’t easy. Great husbands, great parents and great bosses help a lot.

I went to an all-girls’ boarding school for high school, and I am extremely grateful for those years. I learned to focus academically, the value of girlfriends and how to live independently.

I have always worked, in high school and college, through raising my children, until now. I was driven to give my children and family all I could. When I entered the professional working world in 1978, I had no idea that any doors would be closed to me – blissful ignorance.

The women’s movement was going strong. I soon learned that was not true, and it has not always been easy. My formula for getting around obstacles has been a combination of valuing relationships, hard work, having a very supportive husband and family, risk-taking, and picking a great business partner and friend. I have also been lucky, but any combination of those few things can help.

Mary

What impresses you about your partner?

Mary She’s absolutely one of the smartest people I’ve ever met, and I

trust her judgment. [She’s] very caring, very inspirational to me since first grade. I mean, this is a woman you want to follow. That’s the truth.

Susan I want to talk about Mary’s emotional intelligence because I

think that’s where she really shines. She manages and maintains an unbelievable number of good relationships, and with every single person, there is never a step that should be taken that doesn’t get taken. And there’s always real heart, real kindness, real absolute commitment to seeing it through and doing it the right way so that that person feels supported.

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Special Advertising Section Our local nonprofits, how they support the community and how you can get involved

Our Mission

Upcoming Event

Caring House provides patients at Duke Cancer Institute with peace of mind by providing affordable housing, a healing environment, and a positive and supportive community.

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Guest Meal Program: Volunteers are needed to provide weeknight evening meals for guests.

Individuals or groups of 10 people or less are asked to plan well-balanced meals for approximately 25-30 people.

Meals can be prepared by volunteers on-site or delivered in advance.

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Laundry Volunteers: Caring House is actively seeking laundry volunteers on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays for 3-hour shifts starting at 9am.

A minimum 1-day-a-week commitment is preferred.

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Young Professional Advisory Board: If you are under 30 and looking to get involved in the community, then the Caring House Young Professional Advisory Board may be the place for you. The Young Professional Advisory Board helps support the Caring House mission while bringing awareness of our work to a younger generation.

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Wish List Paper towels Toilet paper Dishwasher detergent Coffee (ground, regular & decaf) Coffee creamer Kitchen size (30-gallon) trash bags

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Founded in 1992, Caring House provides

Caring House has provided a home for

comfortable, supportive and affordable housing

more than 13,000 patients and their

to Duke Cancer Institute patients and caregivers.

caregivers. Caring for cancer patients

Caring House is a 12,900-square-foot home with

goes beyond the latest technology and

18 private rooms, each with private bath, television

treatments. The mind, heart and soul

and more. A fully-equipped kitchen is shared by

need attention, too. Caring House offers

guests. Common areas include a great room,

programs and activities designed to

sunroom, dining room, screened porch and healing

reduce anxiety and promote healing,

garden. All of these amenities are available to our

such as pet and art therapy, oncological

guests at a nightly rate of $40.

massages, musical performances, etc.

These programs set Caring House apart from the hotel experience—they make Caring House “a home away from home.”

Get in Touch!

Phone: 919-490-5449 2625 Pickett Rd. Durham, NC 27705 Website: caringhouse.org

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Our Mission Duke Children’s is committed to achieving and maintaining a standard of excellence in all we do. Most importantly, we consistently strive to make the patient experience a model of quality care through advanced treatment, compassionate support and full family participation and communication.

Your options for supporting Duke Children’s are as varied as the children we treat. You can give a gift today. Or, you can plan a transformational gift to underwrite research that could lead to a cure, fund a program to enhance patient quality-of-life or lay the foundation for future endeavors. No matter which route you take, we will work with you to ensure that your generosity makes a difference in the lives of our young patients and their families.

For more information on making a gift to Duke Children’s, please visit giving.dukechildrens.org/ ways-to-give.

Our mission is to provide: •

Excellence in the clinical care of infants and children

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Innovation in basic and applied research

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Leadership in the education of health care professionals

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Advocacy for children’s health

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Patient and family centered care

Upcoming Events •

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Duke Children’s serves patients in the Triangle and

As a major pediatric teaching hospital, Duke

beyond and strives to provide the highest quality

Children’s educates tomorrow’s leading physicians

care through advanced treatment, compassionate

and researchers. As one of the largest southeastern

support, and full family participation. Duke

pediatric providers, Duke Children’s addresses health

Children’s is recognized for its clinical programs,

equity through clinical service, research, education

research initiatives, educational opportunities

and community engagement. Duke Children’s

for medical students, residents, and fellows,

researchers and physicians are internationally

and strong advocacy efforts for children. Duke

recognized for ground-breaking discoveries, and

Children’s is affiliated with the Department of

remarkable advances have emerged from both

Pediatrics at Duke University School of Medicine.

laboratory studies and the investigation of new therapies in patients. Discoveries made here impact children around the world.

Jim Valvano Kids Klassic July 12-13 Washington Duke Inn & Golf Club

uke Children’s Gala D Saturday September 21 Washington Duke Inn & Golf Club giving.dukechildrens.org/ events/duke-childrensgala

Get in Touch!

Websites: giving.dukechildrens.org dukehealth.org/dukechildrens

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Our Mission

Wish List

Durham Parks and Recreation provides opportunities for the Durham community to play more by connecting the whole community to wellness, the outdoors, and lifelong learning.

Donate to the Durham Parks Foundation. Help strengthen, preserve and expand parks, trails, open space and recreational opportunities, including: •

Cultural events

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Dog parks

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Environmental education

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Natural habitat restoration

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Public art in parks

Upcoming Events •

Canine Field Day: Saturday, May 4 at 10 a.m.

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Bimbé Cultural Arts Festival Weekday Events: – May 12-17

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50th Annual National Award-Winning Bimbé Cultural Arts Festival presented by Blue Cross NC: Saturday, May 18 from 12 – 8 p.m.

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Rock the Park Movie and Concert Series: June – August, various dates, times and locations.

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Celebrating 95 years of service, Durham Parks

DPR knows how to repurpose resources for the

and Recreation (DPR) is one of 12 nationally

community. Staff members saved and reused

accredited agencies in North Carolina and a leading

outdated playground equipment to install in one of

resource for recreation and play in Durham. Guided

Durham’s newest dog parks, – PetSafe® Dog Park at

by the city’s strategic plan, DPR strives to help

Duke Park, as decorative art structures. Additionally,

residents, discover, explore and enjoy life through

the U.S. Soccer Foundation and Blue Cross Blue Shield

creative and challenging recreational choices that

of North Carolina partnered with DPR to repurpose

400 Cleveland St. Durham, NC 27701

contribute to their physical, emotional and social

underutilized tennis courts into futsal courts. Finally,

Phone: 919-560-4355

health. We are always looking for volunteers to help

the national award winning Bimbé Cultural Arts

Website: DPRPlayMore.org

us provide opportunities for the community to play

Festival, a family tradition in Durham, will celebrate its

Email: DPRinfo@durhamnc.gov

more.

50th anniversary this year.

@DPRPlayMore

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Our Mission

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The Emily K Center serves as a college access hub in Durham, providing students with the support they need to chart their own path to college. Its mission is to inspire students to dream big, act with character and purpose, and reach their potential as leaders in the community.

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Volunteers

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Financial support

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Sponsors for upcoming events

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Corporate support

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School supplies

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Gift cards

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Advocates for the Center and its mission

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The Emily Krzyzewski Center serves as a college

The Emily K Center has grown from an

access hub propelling academically-focused,

organization with one program serving 38

low-income K-12 students and graduates

students in 2006 to a vibrant organization with

toward success in college through its K to

four programs that will serve more than 1,000

College programs while also offering college

students this year. With a goal to make college

information and advising support to any local

attainable for all Durham students, the Center

high school student through the Game Plan:

is proud that 100 percent of the students who

College program. The Center was founded by

complete the Scholars to College program have

Coach Mike Krzyzewski who was the first in

been accepted to college.

his family to go to college, an achievement he credits to his mother, Emily.

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Mother’s Day Ball May 4, 2019

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May March – May 22, 2019

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Basketball Camp – July 22-26, 2019

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Drama Camp – July 29 – August 9, 2019

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Inside Duke Basketball – Fall 2019

Get in Touch!

Phone: 919-680-0308 904 W. Chapel Hill St. Durham, NC 27701 Website: emilyk.org Email: connect@emilyk.org

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Our Mission

Wish List

Providing hope through emotional support and financial assistance to families whose children are receiving care at North Carolina partner hospitals.

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Monthly sustainers

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Invitations to speak at workplaces and professional groups

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Host a “program drive” for in-kind donations of gas cards, grocery cards, teen supplies and toiletries

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Volunteer at one of Me Fine’s signature events

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Host a “thrift drive” to donate new and gently-used clothing, household items, decor and more for our Second Hope Shop

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Join a board committee

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In-kind donations for silent and live auctions

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Partnerships within the Triangle business community

Upcoming Events •

Gala VIP reception: September

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2020 Board Recruitment: Fall 2019

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Me Fine Gala 2019 at The Cotton Room in Durham: October 26

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Hope for the Holidays: November and December

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Music for Me Fine: April 2020

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No parent imagines their child receiving a life-

Since 2004, Me Fine has provided financial

changing medical diagnosis. Sadly, that’s the

assistance to nearly 2,000 families and touched

reality for countless parents, including Me Fine

thousands more through our hospital-based

Foundation’s founder, Lori Lee. She started the

emotional and psychosocial support programs.

nonprofit in 2004 after witnessing families with

Duke Children’s has partnered with Me Fine since

whom she spent time in the hospital struggling to

its inception to offer hope to families in its care,

pay expenses such as utility bills, vehicle repairs

resulting in more than $650,000 in financial

and daily hospital parking. In her son’s memory,

assistance allocated in the last nine years. Last

318 Blackwell St., Ste. 130 Durham, NC 27701

she created Me Fine to relieve financial burdens so

year, of the 286 total families who received

Phone: 919-202-0086

parents could focus on their children.

assistance across our three partner hospitals,

Website: mefinefoundation.org

nearly 10 percent call Durham home.

Email: info@mefinefoundation.org

Get in Touch!

Special Advertising Section Our local nonprofits, how they support the community and how you can get involved

Our Mission Inspiring people to develop a positive lifelong connection with nature and encouraging active engagement in conservation. We accomplish this mission through a community-oriented approach to nature education, leadership development and conservation science.

Upcoming Events Fees vary, visit our website to register.

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Herpetology Class – Learn all about turtles, frogs, lizards, snakes and salamanders; for adults and ages 15 and up; May 5, 2019, 12:30 – 3:00 p.m.

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Plant Field Study - Join us as we explore unique parcels of land with great plants in our region; for adults and ages 15 and up; May 5, 2019, 9 am – noon

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Plant Guild - Journey into the world of wild edible and medicinal plants; for adults and ages 15 and up; May 8, 2019, 6 – 8 p.m.

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Spring Renewal Yoga – For adults and ages 15 and up; May 12, 2019, 1 – 3 p.m.

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Mother’s Day Art in Nature – Instructors on-hand to guide you in creating art out of nature; for adults and ages 15 and up; May 12, 2019, 1 – 3 p.m.

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Woodland Games Camp – Durham location; for ages 5 and up; June 10 - 14, 2019, 7:45 a.m.

- 3 p.m.

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Plant Guild – Adult class; June 12, 2019, 6 – 8 p.m.

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Wild for a Day Camp – Orange County location; for ages 7 to 12 years; June 14, 2019, 7:45 a.m. – 3 p.m.

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Teen Outdoor Leadership Camp – Durham location; for ages 13 and up; June 17 - 21, 2019, 7:45 a.m. – 3 p.m.

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More Camps – Children and teens, day and backpacking all outdoor camps – three locations Durham, Orange, and Wake counties; June 17 - August 23, 7:45 a.m. – 3 p.m.

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All sizes Ziploc bags

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Art supplies: colored pencils, drawing paper, yarn

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Tall kitchen and 55-gallon trash bags

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Latex gloves

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Grocery store gift cards

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Gift cards to: PetSmart, Lowe’s or Home Depot, Food Lion and Staples

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Fire wood

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Assorted sizes of band aids

Get in Touch!

364 Leigh Farm Rd. Durham, NC 27707

Phone: 919-489-0900 Website: piedmontwildlifecenter.org

@piedmontwildlifecenter

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Piedmont Wildlife Center was founded in

The Center provides award-winning camps and

2002. Starting as a wildlife rehabilitation

programs connecting people of all ages to nature,

hospital, the Center began to offer educational

making a happier, healthier and more sustainable

programs to inspire people to develop a

community. Scholarships are provided for low-

positive lifelong connection with nature

income families so everyone has an opportunity

and to encourage active engagement in

to participate. Captive wildlife ambassadors

conservation. While the hospital no longer

assist educators in offering a community-

operates, Piedmont Wildlife Center continues to

oriented approach to nature education. The

deliver award-winning educational programs

Center is a state leader in Eastern Box Turtle

and conservation science programs to both

research. Through their Turtle Trekker program,

youth and adults, getting people outside and

they collaborate with experts to gain a better

teaching them how to coexist with wildlife.

understanding of the state’s official reptile.

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Our Mission The mission of The Scrap Exchange is to promote creativity, environmental awareness and community through reuse.

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A new roof

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Heavy-duty free-standing basketball hoop

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Picnic tables

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Perennial plants/trees

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Serger machines (working)

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Sewing machines (working)

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Cargo van

Upcoming Events •

Backyard by Ellie Brenner in the Cameron Gallery – Friday, May 17th

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Friends & Family Show in the Cameron Gallery –Friday, June 21st

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DIY Fest –Saturday, June 22nd

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Solo Show by Robert Anderson in the Cameron Gallery – Friday, July 19th

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Solo Show by Evee Erb in the Cameron Gallery – Friday, September 20th

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Holiday Art Show in the Cameron Gallery – Friday, November 22nd

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Smashfest – Friday, November 29th

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There is “no place like home,” whether home is

Last year, The Scrap Exchange presented 12

Durham or the earth that we are bound to protect.

exhibits in the Cameron Gallery, featuring artists

Our vision is to create a circular economy that

who incorporate reused materials in their work;

economically, environmentally and creatively

served 364,300 community members through our

provides for everyone. Creative reuse is more than

famous Make N Take program and creative classes

diverting materials from the landfill; reuse adds joy

in our Design Center; partnered with more than 52

and function to items, giving them new purpose.

community organizations providing community

We believe in creating opportunities for imagination

service, internships, job training and volunteer

and innovation, the cornerstones to all great

opportunities; and diverted more than 250 tons

Lakewood Shopping Center 2050 Chapel Hill Rd. Durham, NC 27707

human achievement.

of materials from the landfill and into the hands of

Phone: 919-688-6960

artists, educators and creative people.

Website: scrapexchange.org

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Our Mission

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To enhance the quality of life for seniors, people with disabilities and other eligible citizens in our community who are unable to provide proper nutrition for themselves.

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Delivery volunteers

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Food items for weekend meals, including, but not limited to: Unsweetened fruits cups and applesauce Low-sodium soups Tuna and cracker packages Canned meals, such as spaghetti or chicken and dumplings Granola, breakfast, and nutrition bars Juice boxes and ensure

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Monetary donations for food purchase

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Sponsors for Feed the Need Gala

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In-Kind donations for the Gala Silent Auction

Upcoming Events

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In 1969, the Center City Church Council

Meals on Wheels serves more than 500 Durham

(now, Durham Congregations in Action)

county residents each weekday. Our service to

commissioned studies to determine the most

clients is often more than food; we bring comfort,

pressing needs of the community. Their findings

dignity, and the knowledge that someone cares.

indicated that a meal program for those

Many of our clients live alone, and the daily

unable to meet their nutritional requirements

visit is just as important as the food. Giving

was urgently needed, and Meals on Wheels

seniors the opportunity to remain safely in their

of Durham was established in 1975. The first

homes allows them to stay connected to their

volunteers served about 12 elderly, disabled,

communities. Behind each of our clients is a

blind, convalescing or undernourished clients

compassionate person dedicated to supporting

who were homebound or living along. In the

their independence. Join us, and change your life,

years since, Meals on Wheels has grown

too.

dramatically.

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Daily delivery: Meals are delivered Monday – Friday from 10:00 a.m – 12:30 p.m.

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Feed the Need Gala in 2020

Get in Touch!

Phone: 919-667-9424 2522 Ross Rd. Durham, NC 27703 Website: mowdurham.org

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Our Mission The mission of Durham Technical Community College is to champion learning and success, to deliver outstanding teaching and service, and to develop career skills for today and tomorrow. That mission is the driving force behind the College’s Forge Great Futures campaign.

More About The Campaign Through its Forge Great Futures Campaign, Durham Tech is aiming to raise $5 million to meet the needs of our growing region.

Funds will be used towards developing talent for tomorrow’s workforce and providing economic opportunity for students. This will be achieved through upgrading learning spaces to meet today’s industry standards and expanding scholarships and student aid.

To learn more about the campaign, visit campaign.durhamtech.edu.

To make a contribution or to request information, contact:

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Durham Tech serves more than 18,000 students

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Durham Tech is the only college in North

annually in Durham and Orange counties. It has

Carolina to have accredited programs in

been a presence in the community since 1961,

opticianry, dental laboratory technology, and

when it opened as the Durham Industrial Education

anesthesia technology.

Center. It wasn’t until 1986 that the institution become Durham Technical Community College.

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100 degree, diploma, and certificate programs

countries.

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guarantee enrollment to eligible transfer

an aspirational career goal, be it through an Arts, based learning opportunity, or career and technical

students.

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by staying for work or further education in

and ways for students to attain their high school Funds raised through the College’s Forge Great

North Carolina.

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The new Durham Tech Promise scholarship helps cover tuition and fees for eligible

Futures Campaign will significantly advance the

students, effectively lowering the cost of

people, programs, and aspirations of Durham Tech as the College delivers students an accessible pathway to a substantial, fulfilling career.

About 89-percent of our students continue to support our local economy after graduating

education program. We also offer dual enrollment credential while earning college credit.

We have partnerships with UNC-Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University that will

designed to help students begin their pathway to Sciences, and University Transfer program, work-

Our students not only come from the Triangle but also hail from more than 100 different

Today, Durham Tech has campuses throughout Durham and Orange counties and offers more than

Melissa Chappell Executive Director Durham Tech Foundation 919-536-7251 chappellm@durhamtech.edu

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in-state tuition by half over the course of two

1637 East Lawson Street Durham, NC 27703

years.

Phone: 919-536-7200

Representatives from the college logged more

Website: durhamtech.edu

than 6,500 volunteer hours in the 2017-18 academic year.

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Learn about the value of investing in young children – the return is incredible and lasts for generations (first2000days.org)

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Sponsor Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library – $35/ year provides 12 new books mailed directly to a young child

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Support Durham PreK — distribute Pre-K registration materials

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Join us on a bus tour to see your early childhood system in action

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Make your voice heard — get involved in our community awareness campaigns

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Invest financial resources and intellectual capital through a board committee or task force

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Subscribe to our blog and follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram

Our Mission To ensure every child in Durham enters school ready to succeed, we lead community strategies for children birth to five and their families that promote healthy development and learning and enhance access to highquality care.

Get in Touch!

1201 S. Briggs Ave. Ste. 210 Durham, NC 27703 Phone: 919-403-6960 Website: dpfc.net

Upcoming Events

Email: mail@dpfc.net

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Since 1994, Durham’s Partnership for Children, a

High-quality early education experiences lay

partner in the Smart Start network, has served our

the foundation for school readiness by providing

community by identifying needs and mobilizing

children with dependable, nurturing relationships

partners to benefit the 23,000 young children in

and safe, stimulating environments that

Durham. We invest more than $10 million annually

support healthy development. The Partnership

through Smart Start, Durham PreK/NC Pre-K,

engages families, expands access to early

Early Head Start, multiple literacy initiatives,

education, improves childcare, supports teacher

Touchpoints Training, and other collaboratives,

compensation, and mobilizes community partners.

including Campaign for Grade-Level Reading,

DPfC is the only Partnership in the state with an

Ending Family Homelessness, Early Childhood

apostrophe in its name. We don’t just operate in

Mental Health Task Force, and Durham Children’s

Durham, we belong to Durham.

Data Center.

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Apply for Durham PreK programs for children who turn 4 by August 31

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Join a Transition to Kindergarten Event with a rising kindergartner at your local elementary school

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free-range family The Mills did their homework, and then got on a school bus

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In the small space, everyone is part of one another’s regimens, even simple ones like personal grooming or prepping dinner. But there’s no regret – just gratitude for the increased time together.

At least, no more than the three Mills kids – Kaitlyn, 6, Seth, 4, and Elyse, 2.

This bus is home to Jon and Katie Mills. The couple made the decision last year to convert it into a house on wheels. With less “stuff ” to worry about, the family spends more time focused on one another and has the freedom to pick up and travel in their own home.

Their journey began as they were thinking about moving from their home, just off Holt School Road. With three young children and Jon traveling for work, it seemed like the perfect time to do more with less.

“We really liked the idea of simplifying our lives,” Katie says.

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All the Mills children have taken to rock climbing, encouraged

by Katie, who has been bouldering for many years. Katie and Seth often play a game of “who can hang on the longest.”

“He always wins,” Katie says.

They explored the idea, eventually deciding to put their home up for rent, and selling off most of their belongings.

The Mills purchased their bus from Florida and did some of the up-fit themselves, while contracting out for big items like electrical and plumbing systems.

By fall, they’d rented their home and knew they needed to move out, but the bus wasn’t finished. So they sent it to the professionals at Skoolie.com. Luke Davis and his team in Asheville are in the business of converting school buses into homes. The Mills set a goal to move in by Christmas. They made it with a day to spare, moving in on Christmas Eve. Their school bus home, or “skoolie” as it’s called, measures roughly 300 square feet or just over it – the Mills don’t have the exact measurement. It has a turbo diesel engine – something the Mills sought out to ensure it could handle interstate travel; it can hit just over 70 miles per hour.

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an electrical source for power, but thanks to a propane tank and an People are curious to understand and to see their skoolie. A inverter to convert solar energy to electricity, they can also be off recent neighborhood party led to a parade of people coming the grid and power the bus, Katie says. through the bus, and even the grocery delivery person tries to sneak The front entrance to the bus leads to a surprisingly spacious a peek of the interior. living room/kitchen area, including a sink, stove and full-sized “It may not make sense to a lot of people because it’s definitely refrigerator. A short hallway next to the kitchen takes you through different from the American way,” Katie says. to the back of the bus, which features a full bath with shower, a To them, it’s time spent thinking about one another, rather than stacked washer and dryer, three bunk beds for the kids and a small taking care of infrastructure, Jon says. As their former traditional bedroom for Jon and Katie.

The Mills say this isn’t forever. They concede it would be tough to raise teenagers in the space.

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ABOVE LEFT No space is wasted in the Mills’ small space; even the globe has found a home on the bus’ dashboard. ABOVE RIGHT Elyse gives her dad a hug. Jon and Katie are excited for the opportunities to spend more time together as a family in their new home.

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home brings in rental income, the family believes it makes long-term financial sense as well, Jon adds. And, it’s a way to have some adventure over the next few years while their kids are still young.

The Mills are active with Summit Church, which meets at The Carolina Theatre, and the bus will also afford them more time to serve others.

“It’s about how we can use our time, not just for ourselves, but also to help others – which is a big thing that we want our kids to learn,” Katie says.

Katie homeschools their three children.

Mornings are spent doing schoolwork on the bus. They’re done by lunch, and usually spend much of the afternoon outdoors.

The kids help with dinner and tasks like folding the laundry. By the time Jon gets home, they’re having dinner and spending time together before getting ready for bed.

Their routine will change as they travel more. Katie envisions some of the teaching and learning with the kids will involve seeing the sights on the road. In March, they traveled to Arapahoe, North Carolina, and they made plans to head west to Asheville and Knoxville, Tennessee, in April.

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All of the porch furniture was found at thrift and consignment shops. “It just so happens I was able to find green!� Ashlyn, here reading with her sons, says of her well-coordinated pieces.

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OLLECTED, RELAXED, timeless. “This home is a source of joy for us,” says Ashlyn Goldberg of the house in South Durham she shares with her husband, Rafi, and their sons, Julian, 11, and Solomon, 4. With patience and a

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ABOVE Both Julian and Solomon have beds that began as cribs and were gradually upgraded into full-size beds – more room for Solomon to jump! BELOW The trunk-turned-coffee-table in Ashlyn’s sitting room was a surprise find from her parents. It was stashed away in the attic of a home they purchased many years ago.

keen eye, Ashlyn has infused her family’s new build with old soul through antiques and family heirlooms beautifully restored. “There’s something about old stuff that speaks to me,” she says, and years of collecting have paid off. “I think I’ve created a nice backdrop for our lives.” Along the way, she’s found a community of thrifters – in Durham and across the world – and a beloved creative outlet. “It’s really an enjoyable, fun thing to create a beautiful home.”

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Ashlyn’s mother is an interior decorator, so Ashlyn always had an interest in design; but for many years, she “didn’t have the mental space” to pursue it. She worked in executive development and MBA program management before focusing on raising Julian and Solomon full time. Once both boys were out of toddlerhood, Ashlyn’s mental space rearranged – and so did her furniture. “I got the bug,” Ashlyn says, in 2016, when the Goldbergs moved into this house (from just down the road). “This is our third home … with 74

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AT LEFT AND BELOW The neutral palette found in many rooms throughout the house creates a cool and calm base for pops of color and pattern as well as unique furniture pieces.

ABOVE The rattan chairs in the sitting room are family pieces from South Africa (where Ashlyn’s husband, Rafi, grew up), and the blue painting on the wall is by her sister-in-law, Nina Green, who lives in Greensboro.

each home you want to enjoy it a little bit more.” This is the one that inspired her to decorate.

Ashlyn is a new traditionalist, which means “we have roots of a traditional home, but with modern touches. I’m not really going by any playbook.” Bamboo and rattan finds live happily alongside oak antiques; armchairs passed down through generations find new life in a layer of durable linen; thrifted pillows and brass planters and lamps pull it all together.

Her take on new traditionalism is realized in shopping at thrift and consignment stores. “If it’s not handed down, almost everything is thrifted.

The table, the vase, the chairs, the artwork, the lamps. It’s all from thrift stores.”

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THRIFTING 101 “Thrifting requires a lot of patience and a lot of managing your expectations,” Ashlyn says. Persistence pays off. “It’s a thrill! The feeling of pulling up in the parking lot and not knowing: There could be something in there that’s rare, or that’s the most beautiful thing you’ve ever seen, and it could cost $5.” Here are a few pointers from the Durhamite who’s practically a pro.

Just go. ”The key with thrifting is to go early and to go often.”

Ditch the cart. “I never get a cart. It’s a mindset thing: I can’t expect to find anything. I tell myself, ‘I’m just walking in, and I’m not actually going to find anything, so I don’t need a cart.’ Then I’m always pleased when I find something, and it’s not a big deal if I don’t.”

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Know your limits. “I don’t do any DIY. I just clean. So, I make sure I buy stuff that doesn’t have to be fixed.”

Don’t be afraid to ask. “I’m not afraid to say, ‘Is this the best deal you can do?’” And get to know your fellow shoppers. Ashlyn once stopped a woman on the way out of a store carrying a beautiful lamp. The two women were friendly among the local thrifting scene, so Ashlyn asked if she could buy the lamp right out of her arms. The woman said yes.

Lighten up. “It’s only stuff. This isn’t rocket science. Changing things [in your home] over time and getting closer to what you want is a process. Let it be, trust your instincts, and enjoy the process.”

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FAR LEFT The foyer bureau was a lucky antique find for a steal (closer to $100 than $200!). “It’s a nice piece to decorate around.”

ABOVE The big table behind the couch is from England, built in the 1700s/1800s. It belonged to Ashlyn’s in-laws in South Africa. Eventually it was shipped to the States and given to the Goldbergs. “I’m just shepherding it through its days,” Ashlyn says. “With any of these family pieces, I see it as us holding on to them and using them, but I don’t think of them as mine.”

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interior spaces. “It’s a luxury to thrift, because you have to have the time to walk into these stores and walk out empty-handed over and over and over again.”

You also have to have the patience to wait for what you love, and the knowledge of what exactly that is. “Collect what you love,” Ashlyn says. It is her guiding principle and her wisest advice. “If you see something you love but you’re not sure it will work – if you love it, it will work. Just take your time.”

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To create layered spaces that are cohesive rather than distracting and welcoming rather than overdone, Ashlyn does her homework. “I study photographs like it’s my job.” Coffee table books at the Goldberg house aren’t just for show, they’re for inspiration. And there’s also Instagram. Ashlyn’s account focuses on her home, and she’s organically grown a sizeable following. “I have found my group of people on there, people like myself who don’t do this as a profession, RIGHT The pair of upholstered armchairs in the living room were Ashlyn’s parents from Mobile, Alabama. Ashlyn recovered them. She found the heron painting at Classic Treasures consignment shop. LEFT The Goldbergs love where they live. “My husband doesn’t have to get in the car to go running on the American Tobacco Trail, and we can ride bikes there,” Ashlyn says. “My parents and my in-laws live about 12 minutes from us. We won’t move unless – well, I can’t see why we would.”

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We enjoy it as a creative outlet.” She’s a co-host of the #thriftwithus hashtag, in which Instagrammers post vignettes of their homes. “It’s about connection … Instagram has been really great for encouraging the creative spirit in people.

Cheering one another on.” Two years ago, when Ashlyn first posted photos of her then-brand-new home online, it was followers’ support that bolstered her. That support coupled with the local Durham thrifting community – “You see a lot of the same faces, and everyone is super friendly” – have guided her signature style.

Each and every piece in the Goldberg home is a meaningful one that has been thoughtfully placed; but at the end of the day, it’s simply – happily – a house full of stuff. “I don’t want anything too precious,” Ashlyn says. “We live here.

The kids jump on the sofa and it’s fine. … We love our home, and it’s the people in it that matter the most. I really believe that.”

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Levin Endodontics 3624 Shannon Rd., Ste. D10 106 919-401-4827 levinendodontics.com

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Continuing education is important to Dr. Blaylock, and he has completed many courses in the principles of complete dentistry. His focus has been identifying and treating problems with the TMJ and occlusion, and the impact of oral inflammation and disease on the heart and rest of the body.

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Dr. Nelson and his team of caring dental professionals keep the patient first by administering comprehensive treatment focusing on each patient’s overall health. They give the best of themselves and the best that dentistry has to offer by continually furthering their

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317 Highgate Dr., Ste. 118 919-361-0500 drjenkins-dds.com

Michael A. Tapper

Croasdaile Smiles 2900 Croasdaile Dr., Ste. 2 919-383-8619 croasdailesmiles.com

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Croasdaile Dental Arts 2900 Croasdaile Dr., Ste. 5 919-383-7402 croasdailedentalarts.com ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY Aaron Park

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Barbara T. Hershey

Hershey & Heymann Orthodontics 3206 Old Chapel Hill Rd. 919-493-7554 hersheyandheymann.com Gavin C. Heymann

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John R. Christensen

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Sindhura “Jenny” Citineni

Durham Pediatric Dentistry & Orthodontics 121 W. Woodcroft Pkwy.

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James P. Furgurson, DDS, FAGD Nathan O. White, DDS

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Mol Orthodontics 5726 Fayetteville Rd., Ste. 104 919-405-7111 molorthodontics.com Michael J. Wilson

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Arnold T. McClain

5015 Southpark Dr., Ste. 130 919-484-8338 gumsandimplants.org Liliana Gandini

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Bill D. Gates

3622 Shannon Rd., Ste. 101 919-493-1402 hldentistry.com Geoffrey R. Cunningham

Durham Prosthodontics 3709 University Dr., Ste. D 919-489-8661 mydurhamdentist.com Mark S. Scurria

Triangle Restoration Dentistry 1920 E. Hwy. 54, Ste. 410 919-544-8106 trianglerestorationdentistry.com Rosanna V. Marquez

2919 Colony Road . Durham, NC 919-493-4911 . DurhamOrthodontics.com

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Highlights from our robust business community

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HOT SHOT: GRETCHEN WALSH

The new managing director of McKinney’s Durham office sees her duties toward her clients and to the city as both a marathon and a sprint

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CKINNEY, THE DURHAM-

based advertising giant founded in Raleigh in 1969, announced an extension of sorts to its downtown presence in January. It had created a new role: managing director of its Durham office. And it had just one person in mind: Gretchen Walsh.

“Gretchen,” CEO Joe Maglio, who is based in the agency’s New York office, said in the company announcement, “was the obvious choice for the job.”

McKinney, in fact, created the role for her. She had been in Durham since 2004, the year McKinney moved there, and had her hand in many successes over the years. Now she has the wide-reaching job description that comes with them.

“I grew up at McKinney,” Walsh said in McKinney’s office at American Tobacco Campus. “I started in media planning, then I worked in strategy and led strategy for our largest client at the time, then went to account management, heading up some of our biggest clients.”

The new role was not about changing jobs as much as it was

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about doing more.

“I still lead those businesses, and I spend a lot of my time pitching business,” she said, having recently added, among others, Choice Hotels and the jewelry stores, Jared.

She politely declined to give revenue figures, but the agency counts Sony, Audi, Sherwin Williams and many other large companies as clients.

“One of the things that is incredibly important to us,” she said, “is our culture and our relevance and our creativity, and that becomes top of mind every day” for the whole team, which in the

Durham office is 122 strong.

This role “allows me to continue to work in the business, and also help shape and guide where we want to go for the future. I think that was important for us to have that role down here in Durham.”

So, what is her strategy to managing the many competing priorities?

“I’m an avid runner,” Walsh said.

“I’m actually getting ready to run the Boston Marathon in a couple of weeks (April 15), so just add that to the list,” she said, laughing.

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Training for a marathon, she said, is “a good metaphor for how it all works.”

“I go from a 22-mile run,” on one day, she said, to running “short hills,” then “come back to do track work.” She continued, “I think that’s how I work at the office. Some of it is longhaul, keep-it-going and getting better incrementally. Other days it’s these sprints that you have to get done and prioritize.

“It’s how my mind runs, it’s how my body runs, it’s kind of how I think about running an office as well.”

Boston will be her eighth marathon, so she knows how to pace a grueling course, and how having a familiarity with the terrain can be an advantage.

The agency bills itself as, “One agency, two doors,” and

though McKinney has an office in New York - 15 employees Durham is in its bones.

“New York is by many measures the greatest city in the world,” the agency writes in a brochure explaining its footprint here. “But only 6% of Americans live in New York.”

Durham “puts us squarely in a place where regular people live ‘real life.’”

Employees who have moved from big cities love it here, she said.

“We couldn’t exist today without Durham.”

So they give back.

McKinney raised $1 million for local charities from 2006-2015 during the company’s Triangle Corporate Battle of the Bands. It handles communications for Urban Ministries of

Durham, the nonprofit providing food and shelter to homeless individuals, and has a partnership with the startup incubator American Underground. Forty three percent of McKinney’s employees live in Durham.

And the character of the employees is as important as that of the city.

It’s something that came to mind as she filled in to teach an advertising class at UNC this semester.

“It’s funny, the professor who I was substituting for last week was talking about doing this team activity with his students, and it was actually hard for them to get that team concept,” she said. “You have one person not doing anything and one person trying to do everything, and I said, ‘That is so important

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She continued: “Understanding human behavior is so much what advertising is about.”

It is a virtue they expect even from their interns.

“For me,” she said when asked what she would say to those just starting out in the industry, “they need to have an innate curiosity about a lot of different things. I was not an advertising major, but I look for people who want to understand how people think,” and “who are not just interested in Googling the next piece of research but are actually out in the real world.

“Be interesting and be interested,” she said, “and you’ll have a much better advertising career.”

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he Greater Durham Chamber of Commerce extends a heartfelt THANKS to all our incredible speakers, volunteers, vendors, and attendees who made this year’s TAKE NO BULL Women’s Conference on International Women’s Day 2019 a tremendous success!

We look forward to #NoBullCon20!

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TALENT POOL

Lenovo hired Paul J. Walsh as its new chief digital officer.

Walsh will be responsible for leading and accelerating digital transformation as part of the company’s growth strategy.

NEW ON THE SCENE

Also in March, the Food and Drug Administration approved Rocklatan, a drug developed by Durham-based Aerie Pharmaceuticals, which specializes in treatments for eye diseases. Rocklatan is a once-daily eye drop that helps treat glaucoma.

MILESTONES

The Research Triangle Foundation is bringing a food and beverage complex called Boxyard RTP to the Frontier Campus. The facility will be designed to accommodate as many as nine food and beverage outlets plus other retailers and service providers.

It is expected to open in 2020.

In February, workers broke ground on Wetrock Farm, a planned neighborhood in Bahama that will abutt a 15acre organic farm.

The “agrihood” development, designed by Duke graduate Rick Bagel, is expected to cover 230 acres and include 141 homes and a greenhouse.

Alexandria Real Estate Equities opened its Center for AgTech in Research Triangle Park on April 1 and has six tenants. A second phase of development is underway, covering 160,000 square feet, with an opening set for 2020.

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Precision BioSciences Inc., a genome editing company, raised $126.4 million in its initial public offering in March.

Its stock jumped more than 16% on the first day of trading before settling a bit.

In March, Humacyte, a regenerative medicine company off N.C. 54, published an article in the medical journal “Science Translational Medicine” detailing its work with bioengineering human acellular vessels that could replace a patient’s blood vessels and provide new vascular access to patients requiring dialysis.

month, hosted by the RTPbased Fidelity Investments.

The training, in partnership with the North Carolina Council on Economic Education, is part of the company’s national effort to help teachers pass these skills to their students.

The Boys and Girls Clubs of Durham and Orange County will move to a new 31,000-square-foot facility on Martin Luther King Boulevard (a former Planet Fitness location). The facility will allow the organization to nearly double its daily attendance and is expected to open this fall.

MOVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT

Code the Dream, an American Underground nonprofit that hopes to at least double its size this year, opened a second, larger space at The Frontier in March.

Durham Public Schools teachers were among 50 North Carolina educators to attend financial literacy training this

MERGERS, ACQUISITIONS, PARTNERSHIPS

Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina and Cambia Health Solutions, based in Portland, Oregon, have announced a long-term agreement to invest jointly in

In March, Duke’s Pratt School of Engineering selected Vamsee Pamula, a 2001 electrical and engineering Ph.D. graduate, as the first Entrepreneur-in-Residence of its Entrepreneurship @ Duke Engineering program. Pamula wants to help students and faculty members develop ideas that benefit society, and to advise them on how to avoid the kind of roadblocks he faced with his first startup.

bluebird bio, a gene therapy company, opened a manufacturing facility in March at 1733 T.W. Alexander Dr., where it says it expects to add 20 workers. The company acquired the building in November 2017 and has invested $80 million in it so far.

BIZBRIEFS

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FORECASTING management technology and share insights in improving health care. They will share top executives, but will keep separate assets and insurance policies. Durham will maintain one of two headquarters.

In March, Veteran Capital, a military transition company at American Underground, partnered with Google for Startups, a mentorship program launched by Google in 2011. Under the 12-month pilot program, Veteran Capital will connect service members and their spouses with startups at other Google for Startups hubs across the country.

Cubic Corporation, a San Diego-based transportation and defense market services company, acquired Nuvotronics, a microelectronics hardware company, for $64 million. The deal, which closed in March, includes additional earn-out payments of up to $8 million based on Nuvotronics’ future performance.

AWARDS AND HONORS

Duke Regional Hospital is one of seven hospitals in North Carolina – and the only one in the Triangle – to receive five stars in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ ratings program released in March.

CBRE Group, the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, has named our region as one of the top five life science centers in the country.

At the 2019 Women in Business Awards on March 28, the Triangle Business Journal gave the Inspiration Award to Margo Dunnigan, vice president of operations at All American Entertainment, a talent agency.

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Also in March, Pairwise, an agriculture and food biotech company, reached licensing agreements with Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard (Broad Institute) to use the groups’ CRISPR genome editing technologies, which among other things, could allow researchers to process DNA in a more targeted and efficient way.

The NC IDEA Foundation has selected Optimal Solar as one of five startups across the state to receive $5,000 grants to help the company set up crowdfunding campaigns. Separately, the NC IDEA Foundation has named three Durham startups as semifinalists for a $50,000 grant: Security Camera Maintenance Company, Ungraded Produce and Zogo Finance.

The fifth annual Create Good conference dedicated to elevating and inspiring nonprofit communicators will be held at the Durham Arts Council May 9-10. The schedule includes keynotes, seminars on email marketing and communications planning, workshops on video storytelling and WordPress, and more. creategoodconference.com Leadership Triangle will conduct its 2019 Thrive Leadership Summit on May 15 from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at American Tobacco Campus. The summit will include several presentations, speeches and networking opportunities. leadershiptriangle.com/25-for-25 The Research Triangle Foundation will host its second annual Picnic in the Park, an outdoor party with live music, six food trucks, and complimentary beer and ice cream, at The Frontier on Friday, May 10. The event will run from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and will include hands-on STEM activities for children, giveaways like Fidelity Investments water bottles, and plenty of games. rtp.org/event/picnic-in-the-park-2019 Central Carolina Women in Business is producing a “Shark Tank”-type Women’s Entrepreneur (WE) Pitch event June 20, 6:30 p.m., at The Carolina Theatre. Five contestants will compete for up to $10,000 to help grow their businesses. carolinawepitch.com

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According to a 2019 report by Brand Finance, two Durham brands ranked among the nation’s 500 most valuable: IQVIA, a health information technology and clinical research company, and Lucky Strike, a tobacco brand rooted in Durham through the American Tobacco Company.

LOSSES

AsteelFlash USA, an electronic services manufacturer, is closing its Morrisville plant and will lay off 204 workers.

The Durham-based magazine All About Beer LLC filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy after citing millions of dollars in debt.

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NETWORKING TAKE NO BULL WOMEN’S CONFERENCE

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The day ended with lunch and an afterparty at WeWork.

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1 Duke Energy District Manager for Durham, Orange, Chatham and Lee Counties Indira Everett, Durham Magazine COO Rory Gillis and ABC-11 President and General Manager Caroline Welch. 2 Sally Afia Nuamah, opening keynote speaker.

3 Momentum Learning CEO Jessica Mitsch and PNC Bank SVP of Community Development Banking Lori Jones-Gibbs.

4 Nugget Comfort Owner/Director of Marketing Hannah Fussell, Closing Keynote Speaker Leigh-Kathryn Bonner and Bee Downtown Regional Account Manager Scottie McLeod. 5 Emcee Leslie Walden.

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1 JLDOC President Cat Lunger, JLDOC President-Elect Jane Yarbrough and Durham Public Schools Middle School Specialist Jarome Gripper. 2 Community activist Brenda Pollard and Durham County Commissioner Brenda Howerton.

3 East Durham Children’s Initiative President and CEO David Reese, Durham County Commissioner Heidi Carter and Durham City Council Member DeDreana Freeman.

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Mobile innovation agency WillowTree celebrated the opening of its new office at 800 Taylor St. on the third floor in Golden Belt Mill One in March.

WillowTree outfitted nearly 28,400 of Mill One’s 187,000-square-foot space for its 100 Durhambased employees. WillowTree CEO Tobias Dengel, Durham Mayor Steve Schewel, Greater Durham Chamber of Commerce President & CEO Geoff Durham and Preservation Durham’s Rob Emerson all gave remarks at the event, and guests had the opportunity to get a sneak peek of the space, which features project manager and engineer lounges, sleep pods, shower rooms, a wellness space for movement and stretching, studios to test apps, an innovation lab, a library and more.

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AN EVERGREEN BUSINESS MODEL

Defying time, national chain stores and the 2008 financial crisis, local garden centers have thrived by offering the right mix of expertise and customer service

BY BRANDEE GRUENER | P H O T O G R A P H Y BY B E T H M A N N

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n April, a man in a sun hat walked up to the old wood counter at Stone Brothers & Byrd carrying marigolds, impatiens and trays of seed starts. He talked with cashier Fuller Sasser about the recent cold snap. Then Sasser examined the man’s gift certificate, which was less than the cost of the items, and waved away a $20 bill he’d offered to make up the difference.

“That’s close enough, we can call it even on that,” Sasser said. “Keep that in your pocket and spend the rest of it next time.”

For Stone Brothers, which started as a farm supply store 109 years ago, the kind of personal attention and classic feel that encourages customers to return “next time” is a key part of its business plan.

“People come in and are like, ‘Wow, this is old-time.

Nothing’s changed here,’” said Sasser, who would come into

the store as a child with his grandfather. The employees, all five of them, still scoop seeds from behind the counter, and you’ll still find country hams, canning supplies and 1950s songs playing over the loudspeakers. But plenty has “evolved over the decades,” too, Sasser said.

They sell Meyer lemon trees, kumquat trees and cactuses to the condo residents who recently arrived near their Washington Street location downtown. About a decade ago, the company added online sales to supplement retail, and they also have a landscaping division, Byrd’s the Word.

Last year, they converted a room into a potting bar so that customers could fill seed trays with soil or transfer a houseplant to a planter before bringing it home.

Stone Brothers & Byrd, which opened as a farm supply store in 1910, has “evolved,” staff says.

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“That’s what’s kept us in business for 109 years is being able to change,” said the owner, George Davis, who took over in 1976 from the original owners.

“This influx of new folks in Durham is creating changes in inventory and more of it.”

Durham has several family-owned garden centers that have lasted over the decades, even amid the arrival of big box stores and the 2008 financial crisis that hammered garden centers nationwide. But as Durham grew and evolved, these centers prospered, their owners say, because of an expert knowledge of their products and by evolving along with their customers.

Chain Stores Force New Strategies

Barnes Supply Company on Ninth Street, founded in 1946 by Lee Barnes, also started as a feed and seed store. Gary and Patricia George have owned the store since 1991, and their sons, Jason and Jonathan, handle the day-to-day operations. They will eventually take over.

Jason George said he remembers when the store focused on hardware and lawn and garden supplies. His father watched Home Depot arrive more than a decade ago, and within the year knew the company would have to change. Barnes no longer sells hardware, but the lawn and garden

section makes up about 30% of sales.

The store has 12 employees and continues to offer bulk

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seed sold out of mason jars, vegetables, soils and insecticides, herbs and hanging baskets. But because lawn and garden sales are seasonal, the Georges shifted to specializing in pet nutrition and agricultural feed.

Barnes now sees customers in pet-loving Durham return every week with their dogs, pot-bellied pigs and, once, even a monkey in tow. (Barnes provides monkey food for the Duke Lemur Center and the Museum of Life and Science, as well as to a regular monkey customer. They’ve even ordered zebra food by request.) Other customers drive from outside the city to pick up feed for horses, goats, llamas and emus. Veterinarians occasionally send clients in for a lesson on pet nutrition.

“We don’t really look at your pet as a pet. It’s more or less a family member,” George said.

The 4,000-square-foot store has a room dedicated to wild birdseed and feeders, a leading hobby for older customers. They offer a selection of succulents and houseplants for the younger apartment residents and students living nearby.

Barnes also transformed an

outbuilding into a chicken shed after urban chickens began to pop up in yards across Durham.

Hundreds of peeping, multicolored chicks arrived there in early April, and the first group of customers who wanted to hold them and “aww” showed up within the hour.

“You wouldn’t believe the number of chickens that are in this town,” George said, adding that they often can sell 10,000 pounds of chicken feed in a week.

Other than the competition from big box stores, George said, limited parking is their greatest drag on growth.

George strives to grow 15% per year, he said, and believes their most profitable investment was adding central heat and air conditioning in summer 2018.

This improvement allowed customers to shop at leisure without breaking a sweat.

Barnes also did an interior remodel a few years ago, replacing wood paneling and upgrading signs.

“A well-lit and comfortable environment, in my opinion, will make you want to splurge more,” he said.

New Housing Boosts Sales The development of condos, apartment complexes and housing can boost the sales for nearby garden centers.

According to Durham’s Planning Commission, the county’s population has grown 15% in eight years. About 20 people move to the city a day.

Stone Brothers says they’ve come to recognize the residents from a new condo complex nearby, and Barnes said business increased when a pet-friendly apartment building opened on Ninth Street.

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sometimes knows when a family is stopping by long before they arrive. Recently, a couple from Miami called looking to book a landscaping job at their new home in June.

Janet’s husband, Mark Kiefer, founded the landscaping company in 1984 and added the nursery for retail sales and to supply landscaping jobs in 1995. Though their 12-acre property on Alston Avenue features specimen shrubs and trees, perennials,

its dwarf shrubs and trees, and customers often ask for help creating a hedge or line of trees for privacy. Others drive in looking for a specific plant they saw online. While meandering around a koi pond and babbling waterfall, customers can pick up unusual specimen conifers from Oregon, reblooming irises or “unique” yellow rhododendrons. Mark Kiefer continues to expand the species grown on the property, which make up about 80%

Weathering the Weather

“Weather will drive everything in this business,” said Kevin Whitten, who along with his wife, Melanie Gunter Whitten, owns Gunters Greenhouse, a wholesale and retail nursery on Angier Avenue. The couple have a third employee on site, he said, and his mother and Melanie’s mother pitch in.

Hurricane Florence and increased rain levels overall last year caused sales to drop a bit, Whitten said. This is on top of the standard 60% drop-off in the fall.

But spring is huge.

Whitten and family work in seven greenhouses on the 4-acre property, and supply most of the region’s garden centers, including Barnes, Southern States George Davis took over Stone Brothers in 1976. Durham’s population boom, he and Ace says, has led him to both diversify and increase his inventory.

Hardware.

They grow pretty much everything they pots, a garden center and a of their offerings. Most years sell, and about 70% of sales gift shop, landscaping still he takes on projects, and is are wholesale. makes up about 70% of the building a pottery barn on the The Whittens took over business. Kiefer has 21 full-time property.

Gunters in 2002 after the employees, five of whom work “My husband just loves to death of founder Burt Gunter, in the nursery. do something different all the Melanie’s father. Burt began in Kiefer’s retail manager, time,” Janet said.

1982 selling vegetables, and Shawn Priggel, said he has Housing markets and air at some point added flowers. seen a growing interest in conditioning, however, have Melanie and Kevin later added landscaping for small lots. nothing on the sales impact of The nursery has expanded houseplants and shrubs to a sunny day.

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the inventory, and about six years ago, they were one of the first nurseries in the area to begin growing succulents.

They now grow 150 varieties.

Kevin says he tries to continue adding new plants, about 100 this year, because it keeps the work interesting.

This spring he sees potential in the Gerbera daisy “Garvinea,” which grows twice as fast and twice as big as other Gerbera daisies, and “Constellation” petunias, inky purple, white-speckled flowers that nearly sold out the first weekend.

“I like the odd stuff,” he said, “the stuff no one else wants to grow.”

Though a new housing development off Leesville Road increased some business, he said garden centers can’t rely on a booming housing market because it doesn’t always translate into new gardeners. Rather, it is vital to adapt to the changing tastes of existing gardners. For 10 years, he said, you could hardly give away a houseplant.

Now people younger than 30 regularly seek out houseplants and succulents.

“If you stay in business, you have to change,” he said.

Green Gardening As a Growing Trend Environmental concerns are common among Durham patrons, the owners say, playing an outsized role in how they shop. The overuse of pesticides nationwide has been linked to illnesses – and even a deadly drug-resistant fungus in the Northeast – and pet-and-child-safe pest control products have sparked a miniindustry.

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Kiefer, Priggel said, does not use conventional pesticides and doesn’t mind explaining a few holes in the leaves to customers.

Occasionally, he said, they use insecticidal soap or neem oil in the greenhouses.

Customers have also shown an interest in growing native trees and plants that aren’t invasive and feed local wildlife, like tupelos, persimmons and even a “Jefferson” elm grown from a cutting of a Dutch-elmdisease-resistant tree on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Whitten said that though they can’t avoid pesticides entirely, they try to use as little as possible. This spring, Gunters began

Indoor plants, like fiddle-leaf figs here at Stone Brothers, are popular with younger residents of new housing developments. employing predatory mites in the greenhouses to control whiteflies, spider mites and aphids, in hopes they can reduce the use of sprays.

“It’s getting to the point

now chemicals just don’t work because it’s been so overused,” he said.

And, of course, the organic boom is in full effect.

Barnes has standard

chemical pesticides, but also offers safer options like weed killers made of corn starch. Stone Brothers has sold organic insecticides for a number of years, and offers Tanglefoot, a sticky goo that helps control inchworm populations and is popular each fall among Durham residents with large hardwood trees.

Above all, whether it’s because of sunny days or new housing or the organic revolution, demand is strong. Even after decades, customers go to their local garden centers to find what they’re looking for.

“The bottom line,” Sasser said, is that “we listen to our customers.”

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GUESS ROAD Northgate Mall Food court cuisine offerings cover American, Chinese, Greek, Italian, Japanese and Mexican cuisines, plus full-service restaurants C&H Cafeteria, Green Paradise, Randy's Pizza and Ruby Tuesday. 1058 W. Club Blvd.

Earth To Us Vegan Comfort Food Latin and American vegan dishes including cauliflower wings, garlic tostones, arepas and more.

1720 Guess Rd., Ste. 18; 919-908-1000 Gocciolina Upscale Italian fare in a cozy atmosphere.

This wildly popular restaurant has graced our Best Of list again and again. 3314 Guess Rd.; 919-973-4089; gocciolina.com Hog Heaven Bar-B-Q Homestyle Eastern barbecue, fried chicken and seafood. Enjoy with a giant glass of iced tea. 2419 Guess Rd.; 919-286-7447; hogheavenbarbecue.com Jimmy’s Famous Hot Dogs Old-fashioned burgers, fries and a mean Carolina-style dog. 2728 Guess Rd.; 919-471-0005; jimmysfamoushotdogs.com La Cacerola Cafe & Restaurant Honduran specialties such as pupusas and chorizo asado.

2016 Guess Rd.; 919-294-6578 Thai Spoon All the trappings for a delicious experience: pad thai, drunken noodles and curries.

3808 Guess Rd.; 919-908-7539 HILLSBOROUGH ROAD Bennett Pointe Grill & Bar There’s something to please all palates on the large menu of this multiregional American restaurant. 4625 Hillsborough Rd.; 919-382-9431; bpgrill.com

El Corral Mexican Restaurant Authentic Mexican faijitas, tacos, enchiladas and a great chorizo queso dip. 1821 Hillandale Rd., Ste. 8; 919-309-4543; elcorralnc.com Melo Trattoria & Tapas Classic Italian - think spaghetti and meatballs and chicken parmigiana - meets tapas. 1821 Hillandale Rd., Ste. 3; 919-384-9080; melotrattoria.com Pomodoro Italian Kitchen Homemade sauces on fresh-made pizzas, pastas and other Italian favorites. 1811 Hillandale Rd.; 919-382-2915; pomodoroitaliankitchen.info NORTH POINTE DRIVE The French Corner Bakery Artisan breads, beautifully crafted tarts and pastries, plus lunch.

Baking classes taught by French-trained master baker chef Benjamin Messaoui. 2005 North Pointe Dr., Ste. B; 919-698-9836 MORE NORTHERN DURHAM DINING Alpaca Peruvian rotisserie chicken. Need we say more? 302 Davidson Ave.; 919-220-9028; alpacachicken.com Bullock’s Bar-B-Cue A staple in the community since 1952, serving up soul in Eastern-style barbecue, Brunswick stew and fried chicken. 3330 Quebec Dr.; 919-383-3211; bullocks-bbq.com Dogwood Bar & Grill American fare including burgers, sandwiches, soups and salads, plus larger entrees like baby back ribs, shepherd’s pie and penne alle vodka. Try the House Nachos (chips are made in-house) and the spinach salad. 5110 N. Roxboro St.; 919-973-2342 Goodberry’s Frozen Custard All-natural frozen custard with a variety of topping options. 3906 N. Roxboro St.; 919-477-2552; goodberrys.com

Shanghai Restaurant Established in the 1980s, this Cantonese restaurant offers both Americanized and authentic dishes. 3433 Hillsborough Rd.; 919-383-7581; shanghaidurham.com

Picnic Order the pulled pork, of course, but also the fried chicken, mac and cheese, and hushpuppies.

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Wimpy’s Grill Specializing in old-fashioned burgers and hot dogs. Open till 2 p.m. weekdays, cash only.

617 Hicks St.; 919-286-4380; wimpysgrillnc.com

Silver Spoon Restaurant A large menu of breakfast favorites like strawberry waffles and omelettes, plus sandwiches, pastas, salads and kids plates. 5230 N. Roxboro St.; 919-479-7172; silverspoonnc.com

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Skrimp Shack Fast casual seafood restaurant serving addictive shrimp, fish and a variety of other fried and grilled seafood. 3600 N. Duke St., Ste. 28B; 919-477-0776; theskrimpshack.com

Bleu Olive High-quality comfort food incorporating local ingredients and Mediterranean flair. Family operated and chef-driven.

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BROAD STREET DeeLuxe Chicken Fried chicken with dark and light quarters, plus a sauce bar with almost a dozen options. Other offerings include seafood platters and Velveeta mac and cheese. 1116 Broad St.; 919-294-8128; deeluxechicken.com

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Joe Van Gogh Cozy and full of natural light, this local coffee shop sources quality beans for a superior coffee. 1104-B Broad St.; 919-286-4800; joevangogh.com.

The Palace International African cuisine including curry goat, dovi chicken and samosas. 1104-A Broad St.; 919-416-4922; thepalaceinternational.com Watts Grocery A Durham native, chef Amy Tornquist artfully develops Southern-inspired dishes with seasonal, local ingredients. 1116 Broad St.; 919-416-5040; wattsgrocery.com BR Wellspring Cafe Salad and hot bar in the Whole Foods Market, plus sandwiches, pizza and sushi.

621 Broad St.; 919-286-2290 BULL CITY MARKET The Mad Hatter’s Café & Bakeshop Artisan café and bakery celebrating the sweet things in life. Scratch made cakes, cupcakes and pastries, organic salads, sandwiches and wraps, with breakfast all day and delicious brunch every weekend. Espresso, juice and organic smoothie bar as well as local beer and wine selection. Dine-in, carry-out, or order online.

1802 W. Main St.; 919-286-1987; madhatterbakeshop.com BR

ERWIN ROAD Another Broken Egg Cafe Unique breakfast and lunch menu including cinnamon roll french toast and a scrambled skillet. 2608 Erwin Rd., Ste. 120; 919-381-5172; anotherbrokenegg.com BR Early Bird Donuts Doughnuts, biscuits, croissant breakfast sandwiches and coffee. Try the cinnamon sugar donut. 2816 Erwin Rd., Ste. 101; 984-888-0417

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Itaewon Grill Build-your-own Korean barbecue bowls with a variety of meats and meat substitutes, toppings and sauces. 2608 Erwin Rd., Ste. 132; 919-864-9742; itaewongrillkbbq.com

Blue Corn Cafe Authentic LatinAmerican fare with fresh, organic ingredients.

716 Ninth St.; 919-286-9600; bluecorncafedurham.com

MediTerra Grill Mediterranean and Lebanese cuisine, offering gyros, kabobs and curry.

2608 Erwin Rd., Ste. 136; 919-383-0066; mediterranc.com

Burger Bach Signature New Zealand grass-fed burgers and fresh-cut fries. 737 Ninth St., Ste. 220; 919-973-4416; burgerbach.com

Naan Stop Indian Cuisine Authentic Indian cuisine with dishes like daal makhani, paneer tikka masala and biryani. 2812 Erwin Rd., Ste. 103; 919-891-3488; naanstopduke.com

Cocoa Cinnamon Signature handbrewed coffees and lattes such as the “Dr. Durham” with maca root powder and black lava salt.

2627 Hillsborough Rd.; cocoacinnamon.com

Nosh “Eclectic foodstuffs” like “Mike’s Breakfast Pizza,” “Coach’s Queso" sandwich and the brown derby chopper salad. 2812 Erwin Rd., Ste. 101; 919-383-4747; noshfood.com BR

Cosmic Cantina Authentic Mexican cuisine with vegan options. House-made mole and corn tortillas.

Pair with a margarita pitcher.

1920 Perry St.; 919-286-1875; cosmiccantina.com

Saladelia Cafe @ Hock Plaza Simple and honest food prepared with authentic, local and seasonal ingredients.

Espresso, juice and organic smoothie bar, yum-on-the run pastries, gourmet sandwiches, salads and soups. Dine-in or carry out. 2424 Erwin Rd.; 919-416 1400; saladelia.com

Dain’s Place Pub fare centered around award-winning “thick and juicy and juicy and thick burgers.”

754 Ninth St.; 919-416-8800 Del Rancho Mexican Grill Authentic Mexican lunch and dinner menu with a full-service bar.

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Smashburger Unique burgers smashed on the grill, chicken and salads. 2608 Erwin Rd., Ste. 116; 919-237-1070; smashburger.com Sushi Love Specialty sushi rolls such as the “Honey Love” roll topped with mango and kiwi, as well as other Asian cuisine favorites. 2812 Erwin Rd., Ste. 204; 919-309-2401; sushilove.org Tamale Factory and Tequila Bar Authentic Mexican food and drinks, including tamales made daily, scratch-made salsas and sauces and margaritas made using fresh ingredients. 2816 Erwin Rd., Ste. 205, 919-237-1116; tamalefactorync.com

NEW NANA’S Chef/owner Scott Howell has decided to reopen Nana’s, one of Durham’s longtime restaurants, after closing it nine months ago. The new Nana’s will have a smaller dining room with close to 60 seats, and a shorter menu focused on seasonal ingredients, but it will definitely include their famous risotto – two versions, one vegetarian and one that features some kind of meat.

Monuts Donuts Scratch-made doughnuts, pastries, English muffins, bagels and breakfast sandwiches. Try the bagel and lox.

1002 Ninth St.; 919-286-2642; monutsdonuts.com BR Pincho Loco Latin-flavored ice cream, milkshakes, popsicles and more, featuring flavors like tequila, Tiger Tail (vanilla, mexican Vanilla and chocolate), guava, tamarind and more. 1918 Perry St.; 919-286-5111

SPILLIN’ THE BEANS In other Nana news, NanaTaco has a new name. Jennifer Gillie and Scott Howell opened the Durham restaurant in September 2011 in a former garage on University Drive. In late 2018, Jennifer became the sole owner.

With the new ownership comes a new name, NuvoTaco, but customers can expect the same hand-pressed corn tortillas, house-pickled jalapeños and “Dirty Meats,” with local hog jowls and pork belly, crispy chicken liver and more.

Snow Factory Rolled ice cream treats, including flavors like peanut butter ’n pretzel, Oreo wonderland, Uji matcha and many more, with choice of multiple sweet toppings. 760 Ninth St., 919-294-4111; snowfactorystl.com Triangle Coffee House Coffee and pastries with selections like vegan blueberry muffins. 714 Ninth St.; 919-748-3634 Vin Rouge French bistro-style dinner with regular oyster specials and Sunday brunch. Get the hanger steak and frites! 2010 Hillsborough Rd.; 919-416-0466; vinrougerestaurant.com BR

Elmo’s Diner Homemade Southern classics with breakfast favorites like cinnamon apple waffles and biscuits and gravy served all day in a casual, familyfriendly setting. 776 Ninth St.; 919-416-3823; elmosdiner.com Happy + Hale Healthy salads, bowls, breakfast, smoothies, cocktails and cold-pressed juice.

703B Ninth St.; 984-439-1790; happyandhale.com BR Heavenly Buffaloes Chicken wings (bone-in and boneless) as well as vegan wings in more than 25 rubs and sauces, including peri peri and Jamaican jerk. Plus waffle fries! 1807 W. Markham Ave.; 919-237-2358; heavenlybuffaloes.com

Local 22 Kitchen & Bar Upscale Southern-inspired cuisine, with emphasis on food sourced within a 30-mile radius and local brews. 2200 W. Main St.; 919-286-9755; local22durham.com BR Parizade Sophisticated Mediterranean food like grilled bronzino, Australian lamb chops and pan-fried Roman dumplings. 2200 W. Main St.; 919-286-9712; parizadedurham.com

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NINTH STREET DISTRICT Alpaca Peruvian rotisserie chicken. Need we say more?

703-A Ninth St.; 919-908-1597; alpacachicken.com Banh’s Cuisine Vietnamese and Chinese dishes with great vegetarian specials. Cash only!

750 Ninth St.; 919-286-5073

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ZenFish Poké Bar A healthy, fast-casual restaurant serving poké (raw fish) in made-to-order bowls containing rice, quinoa or salad, and toppings of your choice.

810 Ninth St.; 919-937-9966; zenfishpokebar.com

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ERWIN SQUARE Guasaca Arepas, salads and rice bowls with South American flavor. 2200 W. Main St., Ste. A100; 919-294-8939; guasaca.com

Shuckin’ Shack Seafood restaurant serving up shrimp, oysters, fish-n-chips, surf-n-turf dinners BREAKFAST and more. 2200 W. Main St.; 984-219-7337; theshuckinshack.com

Metro 8 Steakhouse Classic American steakhouse with an Argentinian flair. Pair empanadas with a filet mignon or crab-stuffed shrimp with a churrasco steak.

746 Ninth St.; 919-416-1700; metro8steakhouse.com

Juju Asian fusion tapas including selections like steamed barbecue Kurobuta pork belly and chicken fried oysters. Try the crispy•Brussels sprouts!

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ALE IN A DAY’S WORK Starpoint Brewing released a new seasonal ale, Into the Mystic, in March. Into the Mystic is a sour, Lambic-style beer fermented in an oak foeder – a tool traditionally used in WINNER winemaking.

This special release can be found in bottle shops, bars and specialty stores in our area.

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Fairview Dining Room Seasonally inspired contemporary cuisine with selections like coffeerubbed duck breast and seared NC flounder.

Located inside the Washington Duke Inn & Golf Club. 3001 Cameron Blvd.; 919-493-6699; washingtondukeinn.com

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Lime and Lemon Indian Grill Tastes of Northern and Southern India, plus a buffet. 811 Ninth St.; 919-748-3456; limenlemonnc.com Locopops Gourmet frozen pops in a variety of rotating flavors like lavender cream, strawberry lemonade and malted milk ball.

2618 Hillsborough Rd.; 919-2863500; ilovelocopops.com

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MarketPlace JB DukeHotel’s main restaurant, open for breakfast, lunch and dinner. 230 Science Dr.; 919-660-6400; jbdukehotel.com

Rise Southern Biscuits & Righteous Chicken Dailychanging menu of doughnuts and biscuits. For vegetarians, the fried green tomato biscuit is hard to beat. 401 Foster St.; 984-4392220; risebiscuitsdonuts.com BR

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CENTRAL PARK & WAREHOUSE DISTRICTS The Blue Note Grill Fantastic barbecue, ribs and live music. 709 Washington St.; 919-401-1979; thebluenotegrill.com Boxcar Bar & Arcade Offers more than 70 arcade games, a full bar including 24 craft American drafts (and a wide variety of local beer, liquor and wine), private event space and a Neapolitan-style pizza kitchen. 621 Foster St.; 984-377-2791; theboxcarbar. com/durham Cocoa Cinnamon Signature hand-brewed coffees and lattes such as the “Tower of Babel” with honey and date sugar. 420 W. Geer St.; cocoacinnamon.com Cucciolo Osteria Italian fare like pastas with housemade noodles, antipasti and porchetta.

601 W. Main St.; 984-243-8744; cucciolodurham.com

Foster Street Coffee Coffee house on the ground floor of Liberty Warehouse Apartments that uses carefully curated coffee beans from around the world for its classic concoctions as well as local produce for housemade smoothies. 530 Foster St., Ste. 2; 919-797-9555; fosterstreetcoffee.com Fullsteam In addition to their well-known “plowto-pint” beers, Fullsteam now serves bar snacks, sandwiches, small plates and kombucha. Try the Eastern Carolina-Style Pork Meatballs and the Spicy Carolina Dip Chicken with a side of deviled eggs. 726 Rigsbee Ave.; 919-682-2337; fullsteam.ag

Gonza Tacos y Tequila Columbian-Mexican restaurant with traditional dishes like chilaquiles, enchiladas and sopa in addition to a variety of tacos.

604 Fernway Ave.; 919-907-2656; durham.gonzatacosytequila.com Hutchins Garage Full-service bar serving Grandma-style pizza, salads and sandwiches.

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The Accordion Club Late-night bar serving beer, hot dogs and green chile stew. 316 W. Geer St. The Pit Fried pimento cheese, whole-hog Eastern barbecue and Lexington-style barbecue. 321 W. Geer St.; 919-282-3748; thepitdurham.com Piedmont Seasonal cooking inspired by local ingredients.

Broccoli beignet, pickled shrimp and peach or Mills Farm’s beef coulotte. 401 Foster St.; 919-6831213; piedmontrestaurant.com

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ALL FRIED UP Eastcut Sandwich Bar hosts a fundraiser for the Ronald McDonald House of Durham & Wake Counties on June 1, 11 a.m.-10 p.m. The restaurant will host live music and feature a menu reminiscent of a classic 1950s burger joint. A portion of all proceeds will be donated to the charity.

EXTENDED EATS Saltbox Seafood Joint locations have extended their hours into the evening. The Old Five Points location’s hours are now 11 a.m.6 p.m., Tuesday-Saturday, and the Durham-Chapel Hill Boulevard location’s hours are now 11 a.m.8 p.m., Tuesday-Saturday.

LET MINNOW WHEN IT OPENS GG Taste of Chicago Fish & Chicken is opening its second location in Durham at the Woodcroft Shopping Center in the former Chubby’s Tacos location.

BRIGHTLEAF DISTRICT Clouds Brewing American favorites with a German flair.

Featuring an amazing craft beer selection, brunch on the weekends and the NFL ticket. 905 W. Main St.; 919-251-8096; cloudsbrewing. com BR El Rodeo Mexican Restaurant Authentic Mexican cuisine like quesadillas, tacos and huevos con chorizo. 905 W. Main St.; 919-6832417; elrodeonc.com The Federal Pub fare with bistro panache. Try the “Fed Burger au Poivre.” 914 W. Main St.; 919-680-8611; thefederal.net BR

Goorsha Ethiopian restaurant featuring dishes like shiro chickpea stew and tibs (sauteed meat in spices). 910 W. Main St.; 919-588-4660; goorshadurham.com

Geer Street Garden Simple, down-home fare in a cozy atmosphere. They make a mean “Dark and Stormy,” and be sure to order “The Pile” to split with friends! 644 Foster St.; 919-688-2900; geerstreetgarden.com

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It’s a Southern Thing Kitchen and bar that serves up traditional Southern dishes with a twist, like jalapeno-brined fried chicken; a half-beef, half-bacon meatloaf; and both traditional and vegan barbecue. 605 W. Main St.; 919-294-9632; itsasouthernthingdurham.com BR

James Joyce Irish Pub and Restaurant Traditional pub food and snacks like brisket cheese steak and Reuben sandwiches.

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Lilly’s Pizza Stone-hearth-baked pizzas with fresh, organic and local ingredients. 810 W. Peabody, St.; 919-797-2554; lillyspizza.com Maverick’s Smokehouse and Taproom Range of barbecue and smokehouse fare as well as Chef Brian Stinnett’s signature fried chicken and Memphis barbecue spaghetti. 900 W. Main St.; 919-682-8978; maverickssmokehouse.com Mount Fuji Asian Bistro Sushi & Bar Thai, Japanese, Chinese and sushi. Try the duck wrap.

905 W. Main St.; 919-680-4968; mtfujinc.com Parker and Otis A gift shop, coffee shop and restaurant all in one. First-timers should dedicate a good chunk of time to this delight.

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Rose’s Noodles, Dumplings & Sweets Sandwiches, pastries - rhubarb galette, anyone? and daily dinner specials.

121 N. Gregson St.; 919-797-2233; rosesdurham.com BR Saint James Raw bar featuring daily selection of oysters, peeland-eat shrimp and more; seafood towers, Lobster Newberg, shrimp and grits, and Calabash platters.

806 W. Main St.; 984-219-7900; saintjamesseafood.com

RISE UP In April, Rise Biscuits Donuts changed its name to Rise Southern Biscuits & Righteous Chicken. The new name and logo reflects the evolution of Rise from a single biscuit and doughnut shop in Durham to a franchised concept focused on delivering biscuits and its own “Righteous Chicken” for breakfast and lunch every day. Rise now has 15 locations throughout the Southeast. Last month, Rise introduced cheddar and sweet potato specialty biscuits, available as an alternative to their classic buttermilk, as well as biscuits and gravy. Doughnuts will play a reduced role, but there will be a glazed blueberry biscuit, a flaky strawberry biscuit and cinnamon pecan biscuit rolls.

DESSERTING US Big Bundts & More Cake Lounge closed their bakery at 721 Broad St. in March.

Torero’s Mexican Restaurant Authentic Mexican cuisine. Try the ceviche de camaron. 800 W. Main St.; 919-682-4197; torerosmexicanrestaurants.com CITY CENTER DISTRICT Alley Twenty Six Originally a craft cocktail bar, the addition of a kitchen and dining room now offers plates like pan-seared duck breast, cornmeal-crusted fried oysters and pimento cheese. 320 E. Chapel Hill St.; 984-439-2278; alleytwentysix.com Bagel Bar Homemade bagel varieties, lunch and breakfast sandwiches. 104 City Hall Plaza, Ste. 101; 919-294-6661; bagelbarbagels.com Bar Brunello Featuring 25 wines by the glass and 60 by the bottle, as well as draft beers and ciders, the bar’s food menu includes charcuterie and cheese boards.

117 E. Main St.; 919-294-4825; barbrunello.com

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Bar Virgile Artfully crafted beverages paired with an ever-changing dinner and small plates menu including selections like tandoori chicken and flat iron steak. 105 S. Magnum St.; 919-973-3000; barvirgile.com

Mateo Acclaimed menu of tapas and small plates by chef Matthew Kelly. Great for date night or night out with friends. Order a pitcher of “Cheerwine Sangria,” pollo frito, gambas and queso frito y huevo. 109 W. Chapel Hill St.; 919-530-8700; mateotapas.com

Beyu Caffè Coffee shop, restaurant, bar and live jazz club. Beignets, buffalo wings and mushroom burgers. 341 W. Main St.; 919-683-1058; beyucaffe.com 0BR

Mothers & Sons Trattoria Italian restaurant by partners Matthew Kelly and chef Josh “Skinny” DeCarolis. Handmade pasta, bruschetta and antipasti dishes. 107 W. Chapel Hill St.; 919-294-8247; mothersandsonsnc.com

Bull City Burger & Brewery Local beef burgers with all components from bun to barbecue sauce made in-house. 107 E. Parrish St.; 919-680-2333; bullcityburgerandbrewery.com Bull McCabe’s Irish Pub Pub food and bar snacks like nachos, burgers and wings. 427 W. Main St.; 919-682-3061; bullmccabesirishpub.com COPA Cuban-inspired tapas and cocktails restaurant.

Try the Butifaras a lo cubano, Cuban-style sausages and the Paella del verano, “summer rice,” with a mojito or daiquiri. 107 W.Main St. Counting House Upscale restaurant featuring locally sourced entrees, as well as small plates featuring oysters, shellfish, and meats and cheeses.

111 Corcoran St.; 919-956-6760; countinghousenc.com BR Dashi Traditional ramen shop and izakaya with saké options. 415 E. Chapel Hill St.; 919-251-9335; dashiramen.com Dos Perros Sophisticated Mexican cuisine; plates include carnitas, flautas veganas and pollo relleno.

Don’t skip on the guac! 200 N. Mangum St.; 919-956-2750; dosperrosrestaurant.com Jack Tar and the Colonel’s Daughter Diner fare with a twist. Classic diner menu, served all day long, plus smaller dinner menu. Brunch is served on Saturday and Sunday mornings. 202 Corcoran St.; 919-682-5225; jacktar-durham.com BR Littler Look for latkes Benedict, pan-roasted striped bass with sungold tomato and blueberry panna cotta at this small restaurant with big tastes. 110 E. Parrish St.; 919-374-1118; littlerdurham.com Loaf Oven breads and pastries. Counter Culture Coffee, pain au chocolat and cumin gruyere loaf.

111 W. Parrish St.; 919-797-1254 Lucky’s Delicatessen Deli crafted by chef Matthew Kelly and headed by chef Drew Brown serves seasonal soups and sandwiches like the garbanzo with chickpea fritters and the super Reuben. 105 W. Chapel Hill St.; 919-864-8841; luckysdelinc.com Luna Rotisserie & Empanadas South American cuisine meets the American South. Woodfired rotisserie meats, Andean-inspired braises, empanadas. 112 W. Main St.; 984-439-8702; lunarotisserie.com M Kokko Casual chicken entrees including the fried chicken sandwich, ramen and “KFC” wings. 311 Holland St., Ste. B; 919-908-9332 M Sushi Quality sushi from seasonal seafood, daily menu changes and creative rolls like “Unagi Maki” with barbecue eel and fried garlic. 311 Holland St.; 919-908-9266; msushidurham.com M Tempura Traditional tempura omakase-styled food, featuring select seafood and seasonal vegetables, as well as rich meats like Iberico pork from Spain.

111 Orange St.; 919-748-3874; m-restaurants.com/ m-tempura

Neomonde Authentic Mediterranean food like man’ousheh and kabobs, including a variety of vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free options.

202 Corcoran St.; 919-680-1886; neomonde.com Ninth Street Bakery Organic breads, pastries and lunch. Grab a “Wheel of Steel” (peanut butter, raisins and oats). 136 E. Chapel Hill St.; 919-688-5606; ninthstbakery.com BR The Parlour Handmade ice cream in rotating flavors like cookies and cream, salted butter caramel and sweet potato. 117 Market St.; 919-564-7999; theparlour.co The Patio Unscripted Hotel’s poolside bar featuring a range of cocktails and gourmet bites including salads and burgers. 202 N. Corcoran St.; 984-329-9500; unscriptedhotels.com BR Pizzeria Toro Wood-fired pizza with selections like spicy lamb meatball with kale, fried eggplant ricotta and soft eggs on white pizza. Also, ricotta dumplings!

105 E. Chapel Hill St.; 919-908-6936; pizzeriatoro.com Pie Pushers Grab a slice of staples like the cheese or pepperoni, or try out one of the specials, like the "Pace Car." 117A W. Main St.; 919-294-8408; piepushers.com BR Pokéworks Hawaiian-inspired poké with a menu featuring signature “works” like the Spicy Ahi bowl, or Poké Your Way, an option for creating a customized poké burrito, bowl or salad made with your choice of protein, mix-ins, toppings and sauces. 122 W. Main St.; 919-973-3372; pokeworks.com Pompieri Pizza Neapolitan pizza joint with a family-friendly approach. Try the “Drunken Horse” pizza with beer crust dough and house-made sausage. 102 City Hall Plaza; 919-973-1589; pompieripizza.com Pour Taproom Pay-by-the-ounce beer, wine and cider taps, plus tasting board, sandwich and kids’ options, and specials from Littler and Pizzeria Toro.

202 N. Corcoran St., Ste. 200; 919-251-8985; durham.pourtaproom.com The Restaurant at The Durham Locally sourced Southern cuisine crafted by chef Andrea Reusing.

Selections include beef tartare and spring pie with asparagus and mushrooms. The Roof focuses on shared plates. 315 E. Chapel Hill St.; 919-768-8831; thedurham.com/dining Rue Cler French bistro-style cuisine with lunch, brunch and dinner showcasing fresh ingredients.

401 E. Chapel Hill St.; 919-682-8844; ruecler-durham.com BR

Saltbox Seafood Joint Local seafood that is delivered fresh from the Carolina coast and served griddled or fried in a straightforward manner.

608 N. Mangum St.; 919-908-8970; saltboxseafoodjoint.com Taberna Tapas Paella, flatbreads, bacon-wrapped dates, gambas. 325 W. Main St.; 919-797-1457; tabernatapas.com Table South Kitchen and Bar Breakfast, lunch and dinner, located in the Durham Marriott City Center.

201 Foster St.; 919-768-6000 Thai @Main Street Classic Thai dishes including tom yum soup, curry, pad Thai, drunken noodles and more. 317 W. Main St.; 984-219-7444; thaiatmainstnc.com Toast Italian paninis and soups. The warm goat cheese with honey and peppercorn crostini is our favorite. 345 W. Main St.; 919-683-2183; toast-fivepoints.com Viceroy Fusion restaurant featuring dishes like jeera wings as well as traditional butter chicken. 335 W. Main St.; 919-797-0413; viceroydurham.com AMERICAN TOBACCO DISTRICT Cuban Revolution Restaurant & Bar Cuban tapas served amid ’60s-style decor, plus bolsitas, sandwiches and Havana pork. 318 Blackwell St.; 919-687-4300; thecubanrevolution.com Mellow Mushroom Pizza, hoagies, calzones and salads made using fresh ingredients. 410 Blackwell St.; 919-680-8500; mellowmushroom.com/store /durham NanaSteak Offers various cuts of beef and steaks, plus other meats like salmon and tuna steaks and pastas like beef short rib ravioli. 345 Blackwell St.; 919-282-1183; nanasteak.com BR OnlyBurger Build-your-own burger options and sides like bacon-wrapped mac and cheese squares. 359 Blackwell St.; 919-237-2431; onlyburger.com Saladelia Cafe @ ATC Simple and honest food prepared with authentic, local and seasonal ingredients. Espresso, juice and organic smoothie bar, yum-on-the-run pastries, gourmet sandwiches, salads and soups. Dine-in or carry-out. 406 Blackwell St.; 919-687-4600; saladelia.com Tobacco Road Sports Cafe American dishes like “Country Frizzled & Drizzled Chicken” made with local ingredients; overlooks the Bulls’ stadium. 280 S. Mangum St.; 919-937-9909; tobaccoroadsportscafe.com

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EAST DURHAM East Durham Bake Shop Handcrafted sweet and savory pies, baked goods, salads,coffee and more – all made with local ingredients. 406 S. Driver St.; 919-957-1090; eastdurhambakeshop.com Sofia’s Pizza Neighborhood pizza shop. 2201 Angier Ave.; 984-219-3656; sofiaspizzadurham.com

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DURHAM-CHAPEL HILL BOULEVARD (15-501) Blaze Pizza Pizzas with made-from-scratch dough and healthful ingredients. 5320 McFarland Dr.; 919-251-6095; blazepizza.com Duck Donuts Warm, made-to-order doughnuts and coffee. Watch your donut being hand dipped and topped right in front of you.

5320 McFarland Road, Ste. 140; 919-973 1305; duckdonuts.com

Sitar Indian Cuisine Homemade Indian dishes at affordable prices, with daily lunch buffets and a weekend dinner buffet. 3630 Durham-Chapel Hill Blvd.; 919-490-1326; sitar-indiancuisine.com BR Souly Vegan Cafe Vegan takes on favorites like mac ‘n’ cheese and jerk chicken, along with sides like candied yams, plantains and lentils and spinach soup.

4125 Durham-Chapel Hill Blvd.; 984-219-6050 Zweli’s Traditional Zimbabwean food and family recipes from owner Zweli herself with a number of options for vegans and vegetarians. 4600 Durham-Chapel Hill Blvd., Ste. 26; 984-219-7555; zwelis.com BR UNIVERSITY DRIVE Barley Labs Choose from 16 different beers and ciders on tap while enjoying the company of your four-legged friends. Food from nearby restaurants welcome.

4015 University Dr.; 919-432-4597; barleylabs.com Capital Seafood Market & Grill Fried catfish, porkchop sandwiches and collard greens. Raw seafood for sale. 1304 University Dr.; 919-402-0777

Foster’s Market Fresh breakfast selections, sandwiches and salads. Also pick up specialty food items. 2694 Durham-Chapel Hill Blvd.; 919-489-3944; fostersmarket.com BR Guglhupf Bakery, Cafe and Restaurant Germaninspired cuisine and artisanal bakery. Restaurant dishes include house-cut noodles, weiner schnitzel and pan-roasted duck. 2706 Durham-Chapel Hill Blvd.; 919-401-2600; guglhupf.com BR

Mi Peru Peruvian fare like ceviche mixto, asado and leche de tigre. 4015 University Dr., Ste. A1; 919-401-6432; miperupci.com NuvoTaco Inventive taqueria that features locally produced meats and veggies. Enjoy with margarita in hand. 2512 University Dr.; 919-489-8226; nanataco.com The Original Q Shack “BBQ tender as a mother’s love,” includes signature chile-rubbed beef brisket and Carolina pork shoulder. 2510 University Dr.; 919-402-4227; theqshackoriginal.com

Kanki Steak, chicken and seafood cooked on hibachi grills, plus an extensive sushi menu.

Come for a show! 3504 Mt. Moriah Rd.; 919-401-6908; kanki.com

Sake Bomb Asian Bistro Asian bistro and sake bar; specialty rolls like the “Green Monster” with spicy yellow tail and tuna. 4215 University Dr.; 919-401-4488; sakebombdurham.com

Lily’s Cheesecake Bakery & Cafe Homemade cheesecake, sweet and savory French pastries and Mediterranean sweets. 5504 Durham-Chapel Hill Blvd., Ste. 101; 984-219-1226; lilyscheesecake.com

Saladelia Cafe + Catering Simple and honest food prepared with authentic, local and seasonal ingredients. Gourmet sandwiches, soups and salads, speciality entrees, and mezza platters, made from scratch with Mediterranean flare. Espresso, juice and organic smoothie bar as well as local beer and wine selection. Catering all of life’s occasions. Dine-in, carry out, or order online. 4201 University Dr.; 919-489-5776; saladelia.com BR

Los Cabos Bar and Grill Mexican Restaurant Mexican fare plus a variety of seafood options like fish and shrimp tacos, ceviches and more. 4020 DurhamChapel Hill Blvd.; 919-748-4290 Namu Restaurant and Coffee Bar Bulkogi Truck and Bo’s Kitchen food trucks combine to bring casual Korean eats, local beer, wine and specialty coffee.

5420 Durham-Chapel Hill Blvd.; 919-251-9794 The Refectory Cafe Dal, chili, salads and soups.

2726 Durham-Chapel Hill Blvd.; 919-908-6798; therefectorycafe.com BR Saltbox Seafood Joint A new, second location for the popular local seafood place. Fish delivered fresh from the Carolina coast and served griddled or fried in a straightforward manner.

2637 Durham-Chapel Hill Blvd.; 919-908-8970; saltboxseafoodjoint.com

Tacos Nacos Tacos, pupusas, tortas and horchata.

3411 University Dr.; 919-267-8226

Sister Liu’s Kitchen Homestyle Northeastern Chinese food made by hand like dumplings and Chinese hamburgers. 5504 Durham-Chapel Hill Blvd. Ste. 103; 984-244-3973; sisterliuskitchen.com

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Core Cafe & Catering Locally sourced, with a variety of vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free options.

Breakfast, lunch, gourmet coffee. 3211 Shannon Rd., Ste. 106, 919-525-6202; corecater.com Eastcut Sandwich Bar East Coast sandwich fare and salads, small plates, soups and sweets.

Mainstays include Chicken Parm, BLTs and Roast Beef sandwiches. 3211 Old Chapel Hill Rd.; 984-439-1852; BR eastcutsandwich.com Hope Valley Diner Diner food and breakfast all day with selections like chicken and dumplings, fried pickle chips, biscuits and gravy. 3710 Shannon Rd.; 919-419-0907; hopevalleydiner.com BR New Tokyo Quick-service Japanese restaurant where everything on the menu – including hibachistyle dishes, sushi, udon and more – comes in under $10. 3822 S. Roxboro St.; 919-224-8811 OnlyBurger The food truck’s brick-and-mortar offers all the same build-your-own burger options and sides. 3710 Shannon Rd., Ste. 118; 919-937-9377; onlyburger.com Pop’s Backdoor South Fresh pizza and Italian cuisine, including calzones with homemade ricotta-mozzarella filling. 3710 Shannon Rd.; 919-493-0169; popsbackdoorsouth.com BR Piper’s Deli Deli sandwiches and burgers like pimento grilled cheese and French dip sandwich.

3219 Old Chapel Hill Rd.; 919-489-2481; pipersdeli. com Randy’s Pizza Pizzas, garlic knots and stromboli.

1813 Martin Luther King Jr. Pkwy.; 919-490-6850; randys-pizza.com Roots Bakery, Bistro and Bar Southern meets Central American at this breakfast, lunch and dinner spot with “from the sea,” “from the ranch” and “from the garden” options. 4810 Hope Valley Rd.; rootschapelhill.com BR Urel’s Jamaica House Traditional Jamaican dishes like goat curry, jerk chicken, oxtails and ackee and saltfish. 3825 S. Roxboro St., Ste. 123; 919-251-8104

SOUTHERN DURHAM / NEAR I-40

WOODCROFT SHOPPING CENTER Guacamaya (Chubby’s Tacos) Fresh Mexican favorites like burritos, nachos and salads, as well as the “Chubbychanga.” 4711 Hope Valley Rd.; 919-489-4636

Thai Cafe Authentic Thai cuisine: drunken noodles, curries and stir-fries. Don’t miss the coconut cake! 2501 University Dr.; 919-493-9794; thaicafenc.com

Joe Van Gogh Cozy and full of natural light, this local coffee shop sources quality beans for a superior coffee. 4711-5A Hope Valley Rd.; 919-973-3950; joevangogh.com

WEST END & LAKEWOOD Cocoa Cinnamon Local coffee shop with signature hand-brewed coffees and lattes, hot chocolate and churros. 2013 Chapel Hill Rd.; cocoacinnamon.com

Pulcinella’s Italian Restaurant Southern Italian dishes. Antipasto classico, baked ziti and tortellini alla panna. 4711 Hope Valley Rd.; 919-490-1172; pulcinellasitalianrestaurant.com

GRUB Durham Serves up comfort food favorites with a twist like brioche donuts and beer-battered mushroom sandwiches. 1200 W. Chapel Hill St.; 919-973-3636; grubdurham.com

Randy’s Pizza Pizzas, garlic knots and stromboli.

4810 Hope Valley Rd., Ste. 112; 919-403-6850; randys-pizza.com

Local Yogurt Frozen yogurt treats. 1114 W. Chapel Hill St.; 919-489-5900; localyogurtdurham.com

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MORE WEST-CENTRAL DURHAM Bull and Bean Fresh salads, breakfast and sandwiches like pulled pork-loaded hashbrowns and the turkey and Brie sandwich. 3710 Shannon Rd.; 919-237-2398; bullstreetdurham.com BR

Smallcakes Twelve signature cupcake flavors, as well as seasonal specials. 4711 Hope Valley Rd.; 919-937-2922; smallcakesnc.com

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West 94th St. Pub Traditional pub fare: loaded fries, chili cheese tots and fish & chips. 4711 Hope Valley Rd.; 919-403-0025; west94thstpub.com Yamazushi Japanese fine dining, kaiseki-style, with seasonal menu changes and a multi-course menu, as well as sake. 4711 Hope Valley Rd., Ste. 6-A; 919-493-7748; yamazushirestaurant.com SUTTON STATION Bocci Trattoria & Pizzeria Traditional Italian pastas, pizzas, crostinis and salads. 5850 Fayetteville Rd.; 919-206-4067; bocciitalian.com Bua Thai Cuisine Thai classics: Pad Thai, hot and sour soup, curries, Krapow lamb. Get your meal “Thai hot,” if you’re up to it! 5850 Fayetteville Rd., Ste. 101; 984-219-7357; buathaidurham.com Dulce Cafe Espresso, gelato and sandwiches.

Smoked salmon bagel, dulce Reuben and the “B-L-A-T.” 5826 Fayetteville Rd.; 919-797-0497; dulcecafedurham.com BR Nantucket Grill & Bar New England-style cuisine known for their desserts like the “Unbirthday” and coconut cake. 5826 Fayetteville Rd.; 919-727-6750; nantucketgrill.com LINCOLN PARK WEST Danny’s Bar-B-Que Hickory-smoked barbecue, ribs, fried catfish. 2945 S. Miami Blvd., Ste. 118; 919-806-1965; dannysbarbque.com Gussy’s Place Greek street food like gyro pita, Greek fries and baklava. 2945 S. Miami Blvd.; 984-439-8455; gussys.com Piper’s In The Park Soups, salads, hoagies and burgers with selections like curried couscous and “South of Here” turkey sandwich. 2945 S. Miami Blvd.; 919-572-9767; pipersinthepark.com Spicy Green Gourmet Cafe & Catering Sandwiches, soups, salads with specialities like Cuban flatbread.

2945 S. Miami Blvd., Ste. 126; 919-220-6040; spicygreengourmet.net HOPE VALLEY COMMONS Mattie B’s Public House Housemade burgers, N.Y.style pizza, wings and potato chips. 1125 W. N.C. 54, Ste. 301; 919-401-8600; mattiebs.com Denny’s Diner fare serving breakfast anytime, lunch and dinner. 7021 N.C. 751, Ste. 901; 919-908-1006; dennys.com BR Makus Empanadas A variety of meat, veggie and cheese empanadas, with vegetarian and vegan options. 1125 W. N.C. 54, Ste. 304; 919-390-7525; makusempanadas.com Sweet Charlie’s Thai-inspired hand-rolled ice cream and frozen yogurt. 1125 W. N.C. 54; 984-888-5101; sweetcharlies.com Treforni Wood-fired pizza and sandwiches including traditional options like Margherita, as well as more inspired options like the prosciutto arugula pizza.

1125 W. N.C. 54; 919-973-0922; treforni.com

NEAR SOUTHPOINT

HOMESTEAD MARKET Bean Traders Coffee Coffee specialties and local pastries. 105 W. N.C. 54, Ste. 249; 919-484-2499; beantraderscoffee.com The Mad Popper A gourmet popcorn shop with flavors both sweet and savory. 105 W. N.C. 54, Ste. 259; 919-484-7677; themadpopper.com

City Barbeque Smoked meats, peach cobbler and hushpuppies.

208 W. N.C. 54; 919-237-9509; citybbq.com Shiki Sushi Sushi and pan-Asian choices like “Bang Bang Shrimp,” gyoza dumplings and beef pho soup. 207 W. N.C. 54; 919-484-4108; shikitasu.com THE STREETS AT SOUTHPOINT AREA American Meltdown Gourmet melts, sides and desserts.

Southpoint; 919-473-6358; americanmeltdown.org Bruster’s Real Ice Cream Handcrafted ice creams, sorbets and sherbets in ever-changing flavors.

8200 Renaissance Pwy., Ste. 1002; 919-237-3537; brusters.com People’s Coffee Specialty coffee, pastries, cold-pressed juice. 7830 N.C. 751, Ste. 100; 919-589-3045; pplscoffee.com Porchetta Slow-roasted Italianstyle pork sandwiches and sides.

Southpoint; 919-727-6750; porchettardu.com Harvest 18 Local, seasonal eats. Try the pimento cheese dip and a Bloody Mary for brunch.

8128 Renaissance Pkwy., Ste. 114; 919-316-1818; 18restaurantgroup.com/harvest-18 BR

Rise Southern Biscuits & Righteous Chicken Daily-changing menu of doughnuts and biscuits. For vegetarians, the “Fried Green Tomato” biscuit is hard to beat.

8200 Renaissance Pkwy.; 919-248-2992; risebiscuitsdonuts.com BR

NEWS BITES BULL CITY STRONG After the gas explosion at 115 N. Duke St. in April, Maverick’s Smokehouse & Taproom offered up its restaurant space to be set up as a Claims Operations Center for displaced residents in the area. Maverick’s served food to first responders, utility crews and municipal workers alongside help from other businesses like Durty Bull Brewing, which brought in six kegs of water.

Big C Waffles Gourmet waffles.

2110 Allendown Dr.; 919-7977576; bigcwaffles.com BR

MORE THAN PEANUTS & CRACKERJACKS The Durham Bulls’ food and beverage company, Bull City Hospitality, has added a few interesting takes to classic menu items this season. Some notable bites you'll want to try are the wiener waffle, a mac-and-cheese hot dog and a waffle mac-andmushroom swiss burger. Also, save the date for special food nights, like chicken and biscuits covered in gravy to celebrate Durham’s 150th anniversary (April 11-21) and the Yoda Soda, (yes, it's green), in honor of Star Wars Night May 4.

Jamaica Jamaica Carribean food favorites like jerk chicken, yellow rice and brown stew chicken.

4857 N.C. 55; 919-544-1532

Brigs at the Park Breakfast selections and sandwiches. 4900 N.C. 55; 919-544-7473; brigs.com BR

Cafe Meridian Made-to-order salads and sandwiches. 2500 Meridian Pkwy., Ste. 130; 919-3619333; cafemeridian.com

Sansui Sushi Bar & Grill Hibachi dishes and sushi rolls like “Spider Man” with crab and crawfish.

4325 N.C. 55; 919-361-8078; sansuisushi.com Sushiōki Sushi burritos in traditional flavors, plus rolls with a Southern twist, like double-fried chicken. 4900 N.C. 55, Ste. 510; 919-405-7121; sushiokirtp.com Vit Goal Tofu Restaurant Korean dishes like fried dumplings and tofu soups. 2107 Allendown Dr.; 919-361-9100

CLOSINGS The Little Dipper in Brightleaf Square closed at the end of March. In April, five other restaurants also closed: Saint & Co. on Ninth Street, The Boot Italian restaurant on University Drive, Tyler’s Taproom at American Tobacco Campus, Mexican restaurant Tonali on Shannon Road and blu seafood on Hillsborough Road.

Town Hall Burger and Beer Offerings like the “Carolina Burger” with pork belly and pimento cheese, barbecue salmon burger and fries poutine. 7830 N.C. 751; 919-973-0506; townhallburgerandbeer.com N.C. 54 Akashi Japanese Grill & Sushi Bar Hibachi, sushi and noodle dishes like bento boxes, yakisoba and spicy scallop roll. 2223 N.C. 54, Ste. RS; 919-572-9444; akashisushi54.com Na’Mean Asian fusion, Korean barbecue sandwich shop. A KoKyu joint. 4823 Meadow Dr., Ste. 108; 919-699-4667; kokyubbq.com/nmean Spice & Curry Traditional Indian, buffet-style or off the menu. 2105 E. N.C. 54; 919-544-7555; spiceandcurry.com

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Basera Modern, fine-dining Indian restaurant featuring a lunch buffet and tandoor grill. 4818 N.C. 55; 919-205-5050; basera-rtp.com

N.C. 55 Backyard BBQ Pit Barbecue and other Southern comfort foods: mac and cheese, Brunswick Stew and pit-cooked barbecue. 5122 N.C. 55; 919-544-9911; sweetribs.com

GREENWOOD COMMONS Benetis Restaurant Classic breakfast with a Mediterranean lunch buffet. 5410 N.C. 55; 919-806-0313; benetisrtp.com BR

Sarah’s Empanadas Homemade empanadas. 5410 N.C. 55; 919-544-2441

Tandoor Indian Restaurant Traditional Indian like veggie samosas, kababs and naan.

5410 N.C. 55; 919-484-2102; tandoorinrtp.com BR

Thai Lanna Restaurant Authentic Thai cuisine like red curry, pad Thai and larb. 5410 N.C. 55; 919-484-0808; thailannarestaurant.com True Flavors Diner Upscale Southern diner. Try the “Howling Moon” French toast made with Howling Moon moonshine sauce. 5410 N.C. 55; 919-3167978; trueflavorsnc.com BR IMPERIAL CENTER MEZ Contemporary Mexican Creative Mexican dishes, based on traditional recipes with a fresh, healthy twist. 5410 Page Rd.; 919-941-1630; mezdurham.com

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Page Road Grill Traditional American dishes, from house-made soup and bread to burgers to vegetarian options. 5416 Page Rd.; 919-908-8900; pageroadgrill.com Societa Sicilian-American comfort and street food with land, sea, vegetarian and gluten-free offerings.

Large bar serving 22 rotating craft beers, bourbon, cocktails and wine. Welcomes single diners or large groups. 5311 S. Miami Blvd. 919-941-6380; societainfo.com MORRISVILLE G58 Modern Chinese Cuisine Traditional Sichuan and Cantonese flavors abound in sautéed flounder, fried grouper and steamed scallop entrees; a Western influence can be seen in dishes such as Chilean Sea Bass with brandy sauce and Cumin-Dusted New Zealand Lamb Chops. 10958 Chapel Hill Rd., Morrisville; 919-466-8858; g58cuisine.com

ALSO CHECK OUT THESE AREA RESTAURANTS …

411 West Pasta, seafood and pizzas inspired by Italian and Mediterranean flavors, with a Californian twist. 411 W. Franklin St., Chapel Hill; 411west.com Acme Soups, salads, seafood and entrees with a Southern touch. 110 E. Main St., Carrboro; acmecarrboro.com Al's Burger Shack Gourmet burgers and fries with local ingredients. 516 W. Franklin St.; 708 Market St., Chapel Hill; alsburgershack.com Al's Pub Shack Classic gourmet burger and fries joint, featuring an expanded menu with sandwiches, seafood, soups and salads along with a full bar. 50050 Governors Dr., Chapel Hill; 919-904-7659 The Belted Goat Coffee/wine shop with paninis, cheeses and pastries. Fearrington Village Center, Pittsboro; fearrington.com/belted-goat Breadmen’s Variety of sandwiches, burgers and salads. 324 W. Rosemary St., Chapel Hill; breadmens.com Buns Gourmet burgers, fries and shakes made from fresh ingredients. 107 N. Columbia St., Chapel Hill; bunsofchapelhill.com

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Capp's Pizzeria & Trattoria Traditional Italian cuisine including fresh pastas, pizzas, salads, sandwiches and more. 79 Falling Springs Dr., Chapel Hill; cappspizzeria.com

The Fearrington House Restaurant Contemporary fine-dining with seasonal, farm-to-fork cuisine.

Fearrington Village Center, Pittsboro; fearrington.com/house

Compadres Tequila Lounge Mexican restaurant with a variety of classic dishes. 193 Lowes Drive, Pittsboro and 115 Siler Crossing, Siler City; compadresnc.com

Glasshalfull Mediterranean-inspired food and wine; outdoor dining; all ABC permits. 106 S. Greensboro St., Carrboro; 919-967-9784; glasshalfull.net

Crossroads Chapel Hill at The Carolina Inn New American cuisine and seasonal specialties; all ABC permits. 211 Pittsboro St., Chapel Hill; crossroadscuisine.com CrossTies Bistro & Beer Garden Barbecue, peel & eat shrimp, lobster rolls and vegetarian options. 201 E. Main St., Carrboro; 919-918-3923; crosstiescarrboro.com elements Classic and modern Asian and European cooking techniques; check out the wine bar next door. 2110 Environ Way, Chapel Hill; elementsofchapelhill.com Elizabeth’s Pizza Pizzas, calzones, sandwiches, salads and pastas. 160 Hillsboro St., Pittsboro; 919-5459292; elizabethspizzapittsboro.com

House of Hops Relaxed bar and bottle shop with a large craft beer selection on tap. 112 Russet Run, Ste. 110, Pittsboro; 919-542-3435; houseofhopsnc.com Italian Pizzeria III Pizza, calzones and subs.

508 W. Franklin St., Chapel Hill; italianpizzeria3.com Kitchen Bistro-style dining with a seasonal menu.

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Wedding Date September 1, 2019 Crossed Paths Leah and Garrett grew up in Cary and Raleigh, respectively, and met after college when both were working in progressive politics in North Carolina.

The Proposal “We did not have a traditional engagement,” Leah says. “In fact, we booked the Durham Armory as our wedding venue four months before we were officially engaged!” Garrett bought Leah a ring she had chosen, and when it arrived, the couple opened the box together. Leah wore the ring around for a few days, enjoying the celebration privately before sharing the news with friends and family. “It

was election season, and having met through campaign work, we ordered a mock yard sign to announce our engagement – Josephson/Dixon 2019!” Leah says.

Now, “I Do” With planning help from Amanda Scott of A Swanky Affair, Leah and Garrett’s wedding at the Armory will feature Get Lit, Event Lighting, Bluebird Meadows’ flowers, catering by Snap Pea Underground, music by Alex Choi of Vox DJ Company and cake from Yellowbird Baking. “We are so grateful to be able to get married in a true community space with such a rich history,” Leah says. “Most of all we are happy to return to our roots for the wedding, back to where we started our life together, surrounded by local family and friends.

We hope our path will bring us back to the Old North State sooner rather than later!”

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Date June 2, 2018 Occupations Amanda is in hardware sales at Lenovo, and Joe is in software sales at Splunk.

Crossed Paths The couple met “the good old-fashioned way,” Amanda says, at The Point at Glenwood Restaurant and Bar in Raleigh. It took a couple months after their initial connection for the two to talk again and several more months for the couple to make it “official,” but after five years of dating, Joe popped the question.

The Proposal On March 10, 2017, Joe and Amanda were on their annual ski trip in Breckenridge, Colorado, with friends and family. Joe brought Amanda to one of the highest peaks overlooking the snowy mountain landscape while friends and family were hiding nearby awaiting the surprise. There, Joe got down on one knee and proposed as the group emerged to take photos and celebrate the moment.

The Big Day Their ceremony was held at Duke Chapel, where Amanda spent her childhood visiting with her grandparents, Dr. Arthur Tilo Alt, an international and German studies professor at Duke University, and the late Betty Alt. Once they said their “I do’s,” Amanda surprised Joe with a ride in a 1964 Rolls Royce over to the Washington Duke

Inn & Golf Club for the reception. “We just drove around Durham for 30 minutes, spending our first moments alone as a married couple together,” Amanda says. Carly Abernathy helped plan the day, and Kelly Upchurch with Sweet Soul Social Club supplied the tunes.

His Favorite Moment “Nothing compares to seeing my beautiful bride walking down what seemed to be a football field-long aisle,” Joe says.

“The rumble from the organs and my beautiful bride dressed in white took my breath away. Nothing can replace the feelings I felt that day.”

Her Favorite Details Amanda says she pictured the wedding to be a “blend of tradition and whimsy, and 100% authenticity.” The wedding party drew inspiration from the idea of an indoor garden party, complete with lace linens and Tre Bella floral arrangements of dusty millers and peonies.

Key Players Amanda’s parents, Sharon Arrington and Randall Corbett; Joe’s parents, Joe and Christine Villari; bridesmaid Ashley Upchurch; bridesmaid Abby Scharville and groomsman Theo Scharville.

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