Partnerships

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

josh.edwards@durhamnc.gov.

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In addition to City-County innovation efforts, current City-County Partnership projects include:

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• Durham YouthWork Internship Program

• Joint Economic Development Strategic Plan

• Open Data

• Trees Across Durham

• Habitat for Humanity

• Downtown Gateways Beautification

• City-County International City/County Management Association Fellowship