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NeighborGoodies
Here’s the July 2024 edition of Durham County Utilities News, which is updated quarterly. Click on the image below to read about capital improvement updates, jobs with the county, and more.
The City’s FY25 (Fiscal Year 2025) RFP (Request for Proposals) for Festivals & Special Events is now accepting applications. Durham neighborhood groups, organizations, and residents are invited to come up with detailed plans for festivals, parades, and other celebrations (virtual or in-person) to be held next year. Those whose proposals are accepted will get help from the City in making their events come to fruition. Events that encourage engagement with the arts, history, culture, diversity, equity, and inclusion are the types are more likely to be chosen. Click here for more info and instructional videos (in English and Spanish); be sure to submit your proposal by the Thursday, August 8 deadline, using the Submittable app.
My cousin, 99-year-old Julia Tapp, was recently recognized as a West End Elder by the Pauli Murray Center for History and Social Justice. Cousin Julia says that she remembers seeing Pauli Murray riding up and down the street on her bicycle when she was a kid.
Cousin Julia used to handcraft the most delicious sweet potato pies for the Chicken Hut (which was founded by her brother Claiborne Tapp Jr. Trey, the current co-owner, is her nephew).
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SENIORS VS POLICE OLYMPICS 2024
Once a year, Durham seniors engage in friendly competition with members of the Durham police Department at the Durham Center for Senior Life. They play jenga, shuffleboard, cornhole, billiards, BINGO, they make puzzles, and enjoy refreshments during one afternoon of fun.
RDU Airport’s Observation Park is back! This is a great place to take the family on a free outing, where everyone can watch the airplanes take off from a safe vantage point. You can park for free, listen to communication between the pilots and the control tower, enjoy the picnic and play areas, look at the educational placards (test your knowledge of airplanes!), and use the modern restrooms. Observation Park will be open every day from 9am to dusk.
Click here for more info and to get directions.
Did you know we don’t have to pay for bus fare until at least June 2024? How DO they do it?
