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February 14, 2012
Show your love for Durham’s young children
When we ask businesses why they come to or stay in Durham, the most frequently cited answer is our talent pool. We know, all too well, that a talent pipeline must be continually nurtured if it is to grow. Since one of our goals is to facilitate growth in the… read more
February 10, 2012
The Man Behind the Bulls
We’ve gotten tons of feedback about the promotional materials for our upcoming Annual Meeting. As we like to say around the Chamber office, it’s totally “Durhamy”. The Chamber was very fortunate to team up with Seth Patrick for this project.
So, who is the man behind the bulls?
Seth is… read more
February 7, 2012
Are you utilizing all the functions of QuickBooks?
We can all agree the use of financial information is a valuable tool for any business. Reports are not only used for internal use, but bankers, accountants, shareholders and other advisory groups need those reports (at any given point during the year) to help the business in various ways.
My… read more
January 31, 2012
Third Friday is “Cool”
So, what is the Art of Cool Project (AOCP)? If you have attended any of the Third Friday festivities downtown, then you may have seen the concerts that they put on over at Labour Love Gallery at Golden Belt. Last week, AOCP presented Peter and the Wolves to a sold-out… read more
January 23, 2012
Greening your business
How can a green roof save your business money? Just ask Marc Pons, owner of Chapel Hill Tire Co. Car Care Center.
The company recently opened its fourth location in Woodcroft Shopping Center in Durham. The new location has a live plant covering on its roof. That’s right! The facility… read more
January 18, 2012
Have you been to The District?
That would be The District @ 410 – the Art Institute of Raleigh-Durham’s restaurant run by the culinary school students. The restaurant was recently featured on WRAL’s Tar Heel Traveler and the Chamber’s staff was fortunate and quite lucky to be there on the day of the taping (promise, we… read more
January 6, 2012
How to improve education in this country…
A while back, I had the opportunity to listen to Diane Ravitch, an educational author, activist and historian. She shared her thoughts on education reform. In summary, she believes in order to to improve education in this country, we need a strong, highly-respected education profession; a rich curriculum in the arts and sciences, available… read more
January 5, 2012
New Tech Event Celebrating Black Entrepreneurs
February is Black History Month and for the first time ever, Durham will host the Blacks in Technology Entrepreneurship (BITE) event. BITE is led by Triangle entrepreneur Katrina Harrell and 100 Urban Entrepreneurs to honor six minority entrepreneurs in technology with ties to North Carolina–Wayne Sutton and Angela Benton, co-founders… read more
January 2, 2012
2012 Annual Meeting
Ready to charge into 2012? We are! Especially after the stellar year the Chamber and Durham had in 2011. So, join us and show your love for the Bull City this Valentine’s Day at the Chamber’s Annual Meeting. We’ll highlight the accomplishments of last year and hear about all of… read more
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