
Leadership Academy Class Heads Into Home Stretch
Weeks away from wrapping up with its second cohort, the Durham County Leadership Academy has continued its mission to strengthen employee leadership and professional development by creating an inclusive educational environment to cultivate leadership skills regardless of position.
“I have gained so much knowledge about my own strengths and weaknesses, insight on how to work effectively with others, and have improved the skills and tools I possess to do my job more productiv

Cooperative Extension Supports Community Garden
The Stick & Stay Kids Community Garden in Durham is yielding a bountiful assortment of vegetables, the nonprofit's staff reports.
Stick & Stay Prevention, which provides supportive services to individuals in crisis, operates garden plots at 404 Nelson Street and 114 Hardee Street. Durham County Cooperative Extension financially supported the effort.
"The kids had the opportunity to dig in and help pull the string beans, and they were shown how to pull the squash and zucchi

Durham County Government Wins at GIGa Awards
Durham County won a 2014 Government Innovation Grant Award (GIGa) for the
County’s document management solution. GIGa is a partnership between the UNC School of Government, Local Government Federal Credit Union, and North Carolina Local Government Information Systems Association. The program provides competitive funding to local government entities based on innovation within the organization.
“Successfully implementing document management on such a large scale requires tea