Most City of Durham offices, including City Hall and all non-emergency City facilities and operations, will close to the public on Friday, November 10 in observance of Veterans Day.
Following last year’s successful launch of the City of Durham’s HEART Program, which offers alternatives to sending law enforcement to help people experiencing mental health crises or other quality-of-life concerns, the program is now expanding its service area and hours.
In the near future, 4,000 new trees will line the streets of Durham thanks to a multimillion dollar federal grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
The City of Durham’s top priority during the solid waste collectors’ protest, which started on Wednesday, September 6, 2023, was to ensure that solid waste collections, specifically garbage, continued for the more than 88,000 households in our city.
On August 30, 2023 Congresswoman Valerie Foushee (NC-04), member of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and Congressman Don Davis (NC-01) welcomed National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy to North Carolina to visit critical research and life sciences programs that are working to advance groundbreaking technologies and educate the next generation of STEM leaders to meet our nation’s changing workforce needs.
Adequate water and sewer capacity is a critical success factor for Durham's economic health and well-being, and City staff plan carefully for infrastructure investments to support both current and future customers.
On August 16, 2023, Representatives Valerie Foushee (NC-04), Kathy Manning (NC-06), Jennifer McClellan (VA-04), and Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (VA-03) led 28 House Democrats in a letter to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Secretary Kimberly Bose, urging the Commission to deny Mountain Valley Pipeline’s (MVP) requested extension of its Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity for the Southgate project.
Congresswoman Valerie Foushee (NC-04) joins the New Democrat Coalition in releasing the Economic Opportunity Agenda to lower costs, fight inflation, and grow the middle class. This new plan builds on the New Democrat Coalition’s Action Plan to Fight Inflation.
The City of Durham and Durham County governments announce the return of their longtime resident academy program, Durham Neighborhood College, after being on hold for three years due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Congresswoman Valerie Foushee (NC-04), a member of the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, joined her colleagues on the floor of the United States House of Representatives yesterday to deliver a speech urging Congress to act on gun violence.