[Durham INC] Durham Awards Environmental Awareness High School Challenge Winners

[Blalock, Amy]

CITY OF DURHAM

Office of Public Affairs

101 City Hall Plaza

Durham, NC 27701

 

 

News Release

 

For Details, Contact:

Amy Blalock

Sr. Public Affairs Specialist

(919) 560-4123 x 11253

(919) 475-7735 (cell)

Amy.Blalock at DurhamNC.gov

 

 

 

 

For Immediate Release: February 14, 2012

 

 

 

Durham Awards Environmental Awareness High School Challenge Winners

Area High School Students Present Brownfields Designs for Northeast
Central Durham 

 

What:              City of Durham Brownfields Assessment Project High
School Challenge Event

 

Who:               City of Durham Office of Economic and Workforce
Development

 

When:             Thursday, February 16, 2012, at 6:30 p.m.

 

Where:            Durham City Hall

                        Council Chambers, 1st Floor

                        101 City Hall Plaza

                        Durham, N.C. 27701

 

Fast Facts:

*         At this event, two teams comprised of Durham County high
school students will be displaying their computer-assisted designs as
they compete for a cash prize in the City of Durham Environmental
Awareness High School Challenge Event.

 

*         The purpose of the challenge was to encourage area students to
form teams and apply computing and visualization tools to create
renderings of how sustainable economic development of Brownfield
properties would look in 2021 in the Northeast Central Durham Livability
Initiative geographical area.

 

*         Brownfields are former industrial or commercial sites where
future use is affected by real or perceived environmental contamination.
Brownfield properties contribute to urban blight and can inhibit
economic growth.

 

*         Two teams entered the contest, which incorporated
environmental factors in the design presentation based on the Envirothon
Community Service Learning Project using a five-step process for
environmental issues and problem solving. 

 

*         The winning team will take home a $300 prize and the
runner-ups will win $150. The winning team will be selected by a group
of professionals from the Durham County Soil and Water Conservation
District, Durham City-County Inspections Department, and the Stormwater
Services Division with the City of Durham Public Works Department.

 

*         For information about the City of Durham Brownfields
Assessment Project or the High School Challenge, visit 
www.ctcbrownfields.com/durham or contact Marion Lamberth at (919)
688-5695 or Grace Dzidzienyo at (919) 560-4965 ext. 15206.

 

About the Office of Economic and Workforce Development

The City of Durham's Office of Economic and Workforce Development seeks
to increase the city's tax base through several revitalization
initiatives, including new development efforts in the central city area.
The department also plans and promotes cultural awareness and events,
identifies and recruits target industries as well as assesses and trains
Durham residents to fill new jobs. For more information, visit 
www.DurhamEconomicDevelopment.org. 

 

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