[Durham INC] Durham's "Thanksgiving In Spring" April 27

[Blalock, Amy]

CITY OF DURHAM

Office of Public Affairs

101 City Hall Plaza

Durham, NC 27701

 

 

News Release

 

News Media Contact:

Amy Blalock

Sr. Public Affairs Specialist

(919) 560-4123 x 11253

(919) 475-7735 (cell)

Amy.Blalock at DurhamNC.gov 

http://Facebook.com/CityofDurhamNC 

http://Twitter.com/CityofDurhamNC    

 

For Immediate Release: April 8, 2013

 

 

Durham's "Thanksgiving In Spring" Set for April 27

Durham First in North Carolina to Host "Longest Family Dinner Table"
Event

 

DURHAM, N.C. - Thanksgiving may only come once a year in other
communities, but in Durham it now comes twice. Residents are invited to
"Thanksgiving In Spring," a first-ever family dinner event to create
Durham's longest dinner table and potluck along Mangum Street for an
afternoon of fellowship, food, partnership, and fun. 

 

Sponsored by the Durham Urban Innovation Center with the City of
Durham's Neighborhood Improvement Services Department, Build A Better
Block, and Marry Durham, this free community potluck will make Durham
the first in North Carolina to host this type of event on Saturday,
April 27, 2013, from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. in the Old Five Points community
in downtown Durham (Mangum Street to Hunt Street will be closed for this
event and traffic detours will be provided). In the event of rain,
Fullsteam Brewery has partnered to host the event at their location, 726
Rigsbee Avenue, on the same day and time. 

 

According to Wanona Satcher, neighborhood development specialist with
the City's Neighborhood Improvement Services Department, the goal of
having this type of event is quite simple. "We want our residents to sit
around one table with City employees in an effort to promote service,
new partnerships, and diversity," Satcher said. "As a culture of service
event, City departments are donating dishes of their best recipes and
sending employees to volunteer to help create Durham's first family
dinner. Through service such as this, we believe we are helping to
revitalize Durham one block at a time." 

 

Although a free event, participants and attendees must register for
tickets online at http://durhamthanks.eventbrite.com/#
<http://durhamthanks.eventbrite.com/>  or go to the City's Neighborhood
Improvement Services Department, located at 807 E. Main St., Suite
2-300, to pick up tickets and flyers.

 

Residents are also invited to bring dishes of their favorite recipes and
join the fun. Partner organizations and other non-profits are invited to
adopt-a-table by donating a table and chairs to the event along with the
opportunity to provide information on their services and programs. 

 

To donate food, adopt-a-table or volunteer during the event, residents
and local organizations should contact Satcher at (919) 560-1647, ext.
34227 or by email at Wanona.Satcher at DurhamNC.gov. 

 

For more information, visit 
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Thanksgiving-In-Spring/140668126107043?fre
f=ts.

 

About the City of Durham Neighborhood Improvement Services Department

The Neighborhood Improvement Services Department works to preserve and
improve quality of life conditions for Durham residents, and to
encourage active participation in neighborhood redevelopment and public
policy and decision making dialogue. The department is responsible for
enforcement of quality of life ordinances and state statutes including
the City's Minimum Housing Code; Nonresidential Code; Weedy Lot,
Abandoned and Junk Vehicle ordinances; and the State of North Carolina's
Unsafe Building Statute. The department's rapid responders, known as the
Impact Team, remediate non-compliant housing properties; abate public
nuisances, such as litter, graffiti, illegal dumping, and abandoned
shopping carts; and conduct neighborhood service projects. The
department's Community Engagement staff provides outreach and education
to Durham residents and community organizations. Guided by the City's
Strategic Plan, the department helps ensure that Durham has thriving,
livable neighborhoods by providing the highest quality of services to
engage and educate the community, eradicate blight, ensure safer
neighborhoods, and enhance neighborhood revitalization. For more
information, visit http://DurhamNC.gov/ich/cb/nis/Pages/Home.aspx. 

 

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