INC NEWS - Durham History Museum Charrette Jan. 31

[Blalock, Amy]

CITY OF DURHAM

Office of Public Affairs

101 City Hall Plaza

Durham, NC 27701

 

 

News Release

 

For Details, Contact:

Amy C. Blalock

Senior Public Affairs Specialist

(919) 560-4123 x 253

(919) 475-7735 (cell)

Amy.Blalock at durhamnc.gov <mailto:Amy.Blalock at durhamnc.gov> 

 

For Immediate Release:  January 18, 2008

 

Durham History Museum Design Charrette Jan. 31

 

What:              Durham History Museum Design Charrette

 

Who:               Durham Cultural Master Plan Advisory Board,
Preservation Durham, Parrish Street Advocacy Group and the City of
Durham's Office of Economic and Workforce Development 

 

When:             Thursday, January 31, 2008

8:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. (three, one-hour sessions each)

 

Where:            Shared Offices of Preservation Durham and the Parrish
Street Advocacy Group

                        200 North Mangum Street

Durham, N.C. 27701

 

Fast Facts

*         Representatives from Riggs Ward Design, the consulting group
conducting the Durham History Museum Planning Study, are hosting a
series of one-hour charrettes to gather input from the community during
the first stage of the five-month research study.  

 

*         Interested stakeholders, artists, design professionals and
Durham residents are invited to share ideas about the location, focus,
size, potential collections and funding sources as well as other
aspects, including the proposed museum's relationship to existing
heritage sites in Durham County.   

 

*         Residents that plan to attend one of the charrettes are asked
to R.S.V.P. by January 28 to Peter Coyle, cultural master plan project
manager with the City's Office of Economic and Workforce Development, at
(919) 560-4965, extension 205 or via e-mail at peter.coyle at durhamnc.gov.
and indicate which session they will attend. 

 

*         The Durham History Museum Planning Project is a cooperative
project of the Durham Cultural Master Plan Advisory Board, Preservation
Durham and the Parrish Street Advocacy Group and is funded by the
Cultural Master Plan, a joint project of the City and County of Durham.
To learn more about the Durham Cultural Master Plan, visit the City's
Web site at www.durhamnc.gov/departments/eed/culture. 

 

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