Last week, I shared entertainment and culture website Thrillist’s choices for “Everywhere Worth Eating in Raleigh.” This week, it’s Durham’s turn.
The list of the ” 12 Best Restaurants in Durham,” penned by the same travel writer and geared to Millennials (including where to take a “hot Tinder date”), is divided into categories such as “best power brunch” and “best outdoor dining.”
Read more in Triangle Business Journal.
“Durham is the ninth best U.S. city for Millennial entrepreneurs, according to a new report by marketing and hiring website Thumbtack.
The report is based on responses from 18,000 small business owners across the U.S. to Thumbtack’s Small Business Friendliness Survey. Questions covered such areas as friendliness of local tax laws, licensing rules, the regulatory environment and opportunities for training and networking.”
Read more in Triangle Business Journal.
“Durham ranks 10th among the “Best Minor League Baseball Towns,” according to a new report from SmartAsset.
The rankings are based on multiple metrics on quality of life – including unemployment rate, income, crime rates, dining and entertainment venues per 10,000 residents – and game-day experience. For game-day experience – including team wins, attendance and stadium amenities – Durham is No. 3.”
Read more in Triangle Business Journal.
“Five months after he announced Silicon Valley giant Netsuite (NYSE: N) would be acquiring his company for $200 million, Bronto Software CEO Joe Colopy says it’s “business as usual” – and that means job openings.
The company, at 288 employees, up from 255 when the deal was announced in April, is “hiring and growing like crazy,” says Colopy.”
Red more in Triangle Business Journal.
“The city of Durham will earn $1.6 million from the Durham Performance Arts Center this year. The city, which owns DPAC, says unaudited financial statements for the 2014-2015 season’s financial results show the theater generated a net income of $5.3 million. The city gets a share of that under DPAC’s operating agreement.”
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“A year and a half after his Durham company was acquired by TiVo (Nasdaq: TIVO) for $135 million, Digitalsmiths co-founder and president Matt Berry says the unit still feels like a startup.
“We still have that traditional American Tobacco Campus-type culture,” he says. ut now it has a heftier wallet and an international rolodex.”
Read more in Triangle Business Journal.
On a recent Sunday, chatter from people waiting on the sidewalk for tables at Dame’s Chicken and Waffles wafted on a fall breeze across a tree-lined plaza where several people sat, read and sipped coffee. Across the street, a group celebrating their friends’ anniversary wandered into the barroom of Pizzeria Toro to drink cocktails and eat Neapolitan-style slices.
In the past decade or so, downtown Durham has become a destination for diners, carousers and art lovers after years as a business district that was mostly lifeless on nights and weekends. The influx of trendy establishments has helped Durham shed its former image as the grittier sibling to North Carolina’s capital city Raleigh or the bucolic college town Chapel Hill in a tri-city region known as the Triangle.
Red more in the Bowling Green Daily News.
“Adwerx is thrilled to be a finalist for two NC Tech Awards; “Best Place to Work” and “Top 10 Startups to Watch”
A review committee, comprised of economic development, education, media, non-profit and technology leaders across the state, selected the finalists and winners for the 20th Annual NC Tech Awards. Winners will be announced at the NC Tech Awards Gala, held on November 12.”
Read more at NCTA.
“Bulls General Manager Honored as League’s Top Executive for Second Time
The International League has named Durham Bulls General Manager Mike Birling as 2015 Executive of the Year. Under his leadership, the Bulls set back-to-back single-season paid attendance records in 2014 and 2015, ending this past campaign with an all-time high of 554,788 cumulative fans. This is the second International League Executive of the Year award for Birling, who took home the honor after his first season as Bulls GM in 2003.”
Read more at DurhamBulls.com