[Durham INC] Durham Hosts Seniors’ Bull City Play Streets

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CITY OF DURHAM
Office of Public Affairs
101 City Hall Plaza
Durham, NC 27701

News Release


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Amy Blalock
Sr. Public Affairs Specialist
(919) 560-4123 x 11253
(919) 475-7735 (cell)
Amy.Blalock at DurhamNC.gov<mailto:Amy.Blalock at DurhamNC.gov>
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For Immediate Release: April 7, 2016



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Durham Hosts Seniors’ Bull City Play Streets
Free Event Designed for Senior Citizens to Enjoy a Day of Play

What:              Seniors’ Bull City Play Streets

Who:               City of Durham Neighborhood Improvement Services Department, Durham Center for Senior Life, and the Durham County Public Health Department

When:             Saturday, April 23, 2016, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Where:            Durham Center for Senior Life<http://www.dcslnc.org/>
406 Rigsbee Avenue
Durham, N.C. 27701

Fast Facts:

·         Senior citizens and their caregivers are invited to enjoy a day of play with exercise, refreshments, games, and resources tailored just for them at this month’s Seniors’ Bull City Play Streets event.



·         Activities planned during this free event include a farmer’s market tour, health carnival, tai chi/belly dancing, shuffleboard/football, photo booth, adult coloring table, and card games. The event will be held rain or shine, with activities moved inside the Durham Center for Senior Life in the event of rain.

·         For additional information contact Neighborhood Development Specialist Wanona Satcher with the City’s Neighborhood Improvement Services Department at (919) 560-1647, ext. 34227 or by email<mailto:Wanona.Satcher at Durhamnc.gov>.



About the Neighborhood Improvement Services Department

The Neighborhood Improvement Services Department<http://durhamnc.gov/570/Neighborhood-Improvement-Services> 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 & 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<http://durhamnc.gov/183/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, eradicating blight, ensuring safer neighborhoods and enhancing neighborhood revitalization.

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