Durham 2008 Official Visitors Guide - Where Good Things Happen - (Page 2) On the cover: El Greco to Velázquez: Diego Velázquez, “Adoration of the Magi,” 1612. Oil on canvas, 124 x 68 inches. Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid. El Greco, “St. James (Santiago el Mayor),” about 1610-14. Oil on canvas, 39 1/2 x 31 5/8 inches. Museo del Greco, Toledo. Image reproduced again on page 24. Also Inside: photo credits left to right – Durham Bulls/DCVB, Doubletree Guest Suites/DCVB, Jeana Lee Tahnk/DCVB, The Streets at Southpoint/DCVB. Welcome There are many reasons to believe that Durham, North Carolina, is where great things happen. Nearly every day Durham earns new accolades, high rankings, and acknowledgments as a colorful, creative, and entrepreneurial community. These are just a few: Welcome to MSA for Percentage of #1 Creative Workforce Catalytix ~ Class # Best Small City 3 for Relocating Families Top ~ World ERC and Primacy Relocation 10Tech Towns ~ Wired Durham Bulls/DCVB # 7Business & Careers Best Place for ~ Forbes ~ Prevention #12 Best Place to Live ~ Fortune Small Business and launch a business Top Gays and Lesbians to Live ~ Out magazine 10 Best Cities for Spectator Sports page 22 #37Best Walking 2 Cities City #15 Best ~ Bert Sperling’s City’s Ranked & Rated Place to Live in the USA #1 page 38 Twice Rated Destination Website in North America ~ WebEVAL®, Destination Consultancy Group # Green ~ Country Home Best Check out www.wheregreatthingshappen.com for more of Durham’s latest great things. Nationally Recognized Cuisine – Lifestyle and Quality of Life (#16 overall) DCVB The Durham Convention & Visitors Bureau (DCVB) is a local tourism development authority chartered by state and local government in cooperation with the private sector to attract and serve visitors to the City and County of Durham by reinvesting a portion of the visitor-paid“room occupancy and tourism development tax”in promotion and marketing. DCVB Tourism Development Authority Lodging - Limited Service Mary Simpson (Chair) M-S Holdings, LLC Foodservice Brian Lawson (Vice Chair) Blue Mountain Catering Lodging - Limited Service Jim Wagner (Secretary/Treasurer) SpringHill Suites by Marriott Citizens At-Large or Neighborhood Associations Newman Aguiar Newman Aguiar Consulting Retail Shopping or Transportation Wib Gulley Triangle Transit Authority City of Durham Cora Cole-McFadden Durham City Council County of Durham Becky M. Heron Board of Durham County Commissioners Lodging - Full Service Conference Center Ken Lile Durham Marriott At The Civic Center Lodging - Full Service - Conference Center Ron Hunter Radisson Hotel Research Triangle Park Major Employer John Mallard Cardinal State Bank Visitor Features or Entertainment Carl Webb Greenfire Development Ex-Officio Reyn Bowman President & Chief Executive Officer Durham City Council William V. Bell, Mayor Cora Cole-McFadden, Mayor Pro Tem; Ward 1 Eugene A. Brown, At-large Diane Catotti, At-large Howard Clement III, Ward 2 Farad Ali, At-large Mike Woodard, Ward 3 Durham Board of County Commissioners Ellen W. Reckhow, Chair Michael D. Page, Vice Chair Lewis A. Cheek Philip R. Cousin Jr. Becky M. Heron http://www.wheregreatthingshappen.com
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