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Partnerships
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Durham County partners with the City of Durham on efforts around collaboration and innovation. Since
Spring 2015, the City and County regularly have held IdeaLab, a forum that brings employees from
across the organizations together to brainstorm ideas of ways they can better work together. IdeaLab
also serves as a training ground or “workshop” environment for disciplines and processes around
innovation. To learn more about IdeaLab, contact County Strategic Initiative Manager Michael Davis at
mdavis@dconc.gov and City Strategic Initiatives Manager Josh Edwards at
In addition to City-County innovation efforts, current City-County Partnership projects include:
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Durham YouthWork Internship Program
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Joint Economic Development Strategic Plan
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Open Data
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Trees Across Durham
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Habitat for Humanity
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Downtown Gateways Beautification
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City-County International City/County Management Association Fellowship