Build a tiny playhouse and help build a real tiny home for someone in need
American Tobacco Campus is seeking volunteers for its first “A Home for the Holidays” event. Volunteers will build small playhouses to raise money for a Habitat for Humanity house..
Read more in the Herald Sun.
A Home for the Holidays!
SET UP YOUR PLAYHOUSE BUILD DAY WITH JENNIFER AT JMCFARLAND@DURHAMHABITAT.ORG, 919-247-8254!
Capitol Broadcasting embarks on its expansion of American Tobacco
“Capitol Broadcasting Co. embarked on the first steps of its plans for the expansion of the American Tobacco Campus in downtown Durham on Wednesday, holding its first public conversations about the possibilities for the adjacent University Ford property.
CBC held several meetings on Wednesday, with more scheduled for Thursday, with residents and officials in Durham to hear feedback about any potential development of the University Ford site – the American Tobacco-adjacent property that the company purchased for nearly $30 million last year.
Read more in the Durham Herald Sun.
Durham is the place to Meet! Emerging destinations for event planners to explore
This year’s selection of 11 emerging U.S. cities consists of premium destinations for hosting business meetings, corporate events and association gatherings. From Northern California to the Colorado Rockies, from the Midwest to New England, and from the Southeast to the Lone Star state, today’s professional event planners have a variety of choices.
Each city is becoming more popular as a destination for business travelers. All have expanding downtown convention centers and hotels that offer plenty of meeting space for large-scale events and intimate strategy sessions.
Read more in Smart Meetings.
Thoughts on American Tobacco Campus
“This North Carolina girl really loves living close to downtown Durham! Durham is rich in history, including tobacco history. One of my favorite places is the American Tobacco Campus. Even the Duke family who did so much to establish Duke University had a hand in the booming tobacco industry. That’s such a paradox now! Tobacco is out of style for most folks these days, for good reason, but the huge brick buildings, trimmed inside with rustic old beams (what a cool industrial look!) are a sight to behold now that they are being restored and turned into hip new places. I love the tobacco industry’s old landmarks.”
Read more in A Mothers Journal.
Startups key at tobacco campus
Business incubator thrives at NC site inspiring GE plans
DURHAM, N.C. – Transforming 1 million square feet of crumbling brick buildings into in-demand office, residential and retail space is one thing. But building a robust entrepreneur support system is another.
Durham, North Carolina, seems to have found the secret to success for both challenges.
And those experts are willing to share the formula that led Durham business incubator American Underground to more than quadruple its space – and expand from one to five locations – in only five years.
Read more in The Journal Gazzette.
Moogfest Posters and Synth Art
Moogfest Posters and Synth Art from the American Tobacco Collection
May 18 – July 28, 2017 – Reed Lobby Art Gallery
American Tobacco Campus presents its collection of Moogfest art posters from 2010-2016. The posters were created for SYTH: A Group Art Show Inspired by Bob Moog.
Moogfest is a tribute to Dr. Robert Moog and the profound influence his inventions have had on how we hear the world. Over the last sixty years, Bob Moog and Moog Music have pioneered the analog synthesizer and other technology tools for artists. This exchange between engineer and musician is celebrated with a unique festival format where the creative process is understood as a collaboration among many people, across time and space, in commerce and culture.
On Exhibit – There’s Content
Third Friday Durham Reception: April 21, 2017, 5-8pm
On view: April 4–May 6, 2017
Join us for a Third Friday Durham celebration at the Power Plant Gallery with MFA|EDA alumni, and soon to be alumni.
Three Cities Tapping into the U.S. Brewery Boom
“Breweries are clearly having their moment on the American urban scene. In 2016, there were 5,300 breweries, compared with 2,400 only four years earlier. In part, that might be due to the novelty and conviviality of enjoying a unique beverage at a hyper-local establishment. But breweries, it turns out, also have an almost magical ability to revitalize neighborhoods and even entire towns, according to panelists speaking at ULI’s 2017 Carolinas Meeting in March, and tend to be a boon wherever they open, at least in the current cycle.”
Read more in Urban Land Magazine.