Calling all artists in North Carolina you now have a chance to leave your mark as part of the renovation of our Wheels roller skating rink artists and artist teams can submit their qualifications to be considered for this site-specific exterior public art installation through 11 59 pm on Friday September 29th Wheels
Roller skating rink has served the community since 1980 and recently closed for renovations the rink will reopen in 2024 and is part of the overall Redevelopment of the former Wheels Fun Park we’re looking for an artist or artist team that has experience in creating work through Community engagement that documents community
History shared culture and activities a total project budget of 143 000 has been allocated for engagement fabrication and installation to learn more visit dermancy.gov 5132 if you’re a student in Durham age 13 to 18 you’re invited to enter this year’s imagine a day without water video contest
The contest is hosted by the value of water campaign and gives you the chance to learn more about where your order comes from and where it goes you can do that and win cash prizes by creating a short video depicting how your life would be impacted by a day without water
The video can focus on infrastructure the environment consumption or conservation and can be fun and light-hearted or serious and reflective the main thing is that the message conveys the importance of water the videos can be up to one minute in length and the original file must be submitted to our water management team
The deadline to enter is October 16th more information can be found at Durham nc.gov 3746 the city council will consider a request to change the annexation boundary between the city of Durham and the town of Chapel Hill council members heard a presentation on the current boundary at its September
7th work session annexation boundaries are lines on a map that distinguish which of two jurisdictions can Annex land on either side of the boundary this map shows the current annexation boundary between Chapel Hill and Durham the aqua color is land south of I-40 that Chapel Hill has already annexed the
Salmon colored sections have been annexed by Durham a property owner has asked that the boundary be changed so their property is on the Durham side of the boundary so it could potentially be annexed by Durham at some point in the future if the boundary is moved the
Property owner would still have to go through the full annexation application process the next step is for the council to decide whether it will ask staff to work with staff in Chapel Hill to come up with a proposed map for moving the boundary a stormwater infrastructure repair project will soon get underway at
Four locations throughout Durham approximately 731 000 will pay for the complete installation of repairs and improvements of stormwater Drainage Systems located in public rights of way on city-owned property and on private property the locations include Maplewood Cemetery and Hillandale golf course as well as Clarendon Street and Sarah
Avenue work at the latter two is being performed as part of the private drainage assistance program that program allows limited assistance to private property owners where stormwater Drainage Systems have reached the end of their useful life in these cases the systems have become compromised and are threatening existing inhabited or occupied buildings and
Structures the eligibility criteria for the program can be found in section 70-685 of the Durham code of ordinances our fire department will continue to participate with a regional Urban search and rescue program to provide an immediate response to any potential disasters our department has worked with the Raleigh and Chapel Hill fire departments
Since 2003 to provide a specialized team to respond to large-scale incidents involving search and rescue some of the situations that the team has responded to previously include building flood zones caused by hurricanes land search events for missing people and to help us with a building collapse due to a gas
Explosion in April of 2019 to continue this partnership for another 10 years the city council recently approved an agreement that would pay 61 000 a year to the City of Raleigh to go toward the funding of the team there is no additional Financial impact on us because this funding was already
Included in this year’s budget more information about our Durham fire department can be found at durhamfd.org
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