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SUMMARY:Inter-City Visit - 2025
DESCRIPTION:Having held informative visits to Indianapolis in September 2023 and Minneapolis-St. Paul in September 2024\, the Durham Chamber will lead an effort to visit Austin to learn from peers from Tuesday\, November 11 to Friday\, November 14!\n\n\nWhat: Durham Inter-City Visit 2025\n\nWhen: Tuesday\, November 11\, 2025 to Friday\, November 14\, 2025\n\nWhere: Austin\, TX\n\nWho: We have expanded capacity to lead up to 100 business\, government\, nonprofit\, and education sectors leaders from Durham and the Triangle community at large\n\nWhy: To learn from the experiences of another similar-sized community\, better understand our own community assets\, and build relationships among each other to help us address our local challenges\n\nObjectives: The Inter-City Visit will continue focus on the following learning objectives and more:\n\n\n Strengthening Economic\, Workforce Development\, and Education Strategies\n Investing in Transportation and Infrastructure\n Supporting Housing and Small Business Growth\n\n\nWHY AUSTIN:\n\n\n \n Austin is a primary competitor for tech jobs\, and a number of Tech businesses are located in both Raleigh-Durham\, and Austin. Including\, Apple\, Google\, ARM\, Nvidia\, and many others\n\n \n \n \n We are almost the same size and population. (Austin's Metro area by square miles is only slightly smaller than the Raleigh-Durham Metro Area\, and Austin is 2.5 Million people versus our 2.4 Million people.)\n\n \n \n \n Learn more about Austin's innovation hub and how it's using public-private partnerships effectively with tech investments and universities\n \n\n\n \n\n\n Austin's population has boomed even more than ours in the last 25 years. See how Austin is addressing housing issues with zoning/land-use code changes to expand affordability and sustainability\n\n\n \n\n\n Keep Austin Weird vs. Keep Durham Disreputable: Find additional ways to lean into cultural identity and how it works well with businesses in the arts such as live festivals\, music/film industry opportunities\, or their cultural arts districts/hubs (SXSW\, Austin City Limits\, etc)\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\nHave a question about the event? Email Angelique Stallings\n\n \n\nGet social with us!\n\n@DurhamChamber\n\n#DurhamICV25\n\n\n\nCurrent Attendees\n\nLeonardo Williams\, Mayor\n\nMark-Anthony Middleton\, Mayor Pro Tempore\n\nJaviera Caballero\, City Councilmember\n\nCarl Rist\, City Councilmember\n\nBo Ferguson\, City Manager\n\nKeith Chadwell\, City of Durham\n\nJina Propst\, City of Durham\n\nWade Walcutt\, City of Durham\n\nKarmisha Wallace\, City of Durham\n\nJoshua Gunn\, City of Durham\n\nNida Allam\, County Commissioner (Chair)\n\nMike Lee\, County Commissioner (Vice Chair)\n\nMichelle Burton\, County Commissioner\n\nWendy Jacobs\, County Commissioner\n\nClaudia Hager\, County Manager\n\nMatthew Filter\, Durham County\n\nSabria Futrell\, Durham County\n\nLarissa Williamson\, Durham County\n\nAndrew Miracle\, Durham County\n\nShannon Trapp\, Durham County\n\nMonica Wallace\, Durham County\n\nSamantha Smith\, Durham County\n\nEllen Beckmann\, Durham County\n\nBettina Umstead\, Durham School Board (Chair)\n\nWendell Tabb\, Durham School Board\n\nAnthony Lewis\, Superintendent\, Durham Public Schools\n\nBrianna Kennedy\, Durham Public Schools Foundation\n\nGary Brown\, North Carolina Central University\n\nJB Buxton\, Durham Tech\n\nRoxanne Miller\, Durham Tech\n\nPatrick Mucklow\, Museum of Durham History\n\nJoe Milazzo\, Regional Transportation Alliance\n\nTravis Crayton\, RTP\n\nJessica Wisniewski\, RTP\n\nEli Bell\,CBC Real Estate\n\nMike Kriston\, 35 North\n\nJimmy Edwards\, Davis Kane Architects\n\nRussell Pierce-Housing for New Hope\n\nCaroline Taney\, Terracon\n\nDebbie Goldstein\, Duke University\n\nTerry David\, Families & Communities Rising\n\nRay Trapp\, Families & Communities Rising\n\nScott Ferris\, Family Promise of the Triangle\n\nDenise Barnes\, LeChase Construction\n\nSharon Crawford\, Little Architecture\n\nNicole Thompson\, Downtown Durham\, INC\n\nSean Murphy\, Little Architecture\n\nTanara Hansen\, Lynch Mykins now IMEG\n\nBryan Scherich\, Measurement Durham\n\nBob Klaus\, DPAC - Durham Performing Arts Center\n\nJane Brasier\, Clark Nexsen\n\nDom Cole Johnson\, Pinnacle Financial Partners\n\nElisabeth Wiener\, The Rotary Club of Durham\n\nAlex Culpepper\, Sunrock Industries\n\nStephanie Littlefield\, UNC Health\n\nChris Elkins\, Triangle Media Partners\n\nSheldon Mitchell\, Urban Ministries of Durham\n\nForrest Perry\, YMCA of the Triangle\n\nRebecca Bolton-Oak View Group\n\nEvan Covington Chavez\, Capital Broadcasting\, Inc\n\nDoug Plachcinski\, Triangle West TPO\n\nGeoff Durham\, Durham Chamber\n\nMatt Gladdek\, Durham Chamber\n\nBrandon Pinnix\, Durham Chamber\n\nAngelique Stallings\, Durham Chamber\n\nArie Bobbitt\, Arie Corin Events
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\nWhat: \;Durham Inter-City Visit 2025
\nWhen: \;Tuesday\, November 11\, 2025 to Friday\, November 14\, 2025
\nWhere: Austin\, TX
\nWho: \;We have expanded capacity to lead up to 100 business\, government\, nonprofit\, and education sectors leaders from Durham and the Triangle community at large
\nWhy: To learn from the experiences of another similar-sized community\, better understand our own community assets\, and build relationships among each other to help us address our local challenges
\nObjectives: \;The Inter-City Visit will continue focus on the following learning objectives and more:\n\n\n - Strengthening Economic\, \;Workforce Development\, and Education Strategies
\n - Investing in Transportation and Infrastructure
\n - Supporting Housing and Small Business \;Growth
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Austin is a primary competitor for tech jobs\, and a number of Tech businesses are located in both Raleigh-Durham\, and Austin. Including\, Apple\, Google\, ARM\, Nvidia\, and many others
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We are almost the same size and population. (Austin&rsquo\;s Metro area by square miles is only slightly smaller than the Raleigh-Durham Metro Area\, and Austin is 2.5 Million people versus our 2.4 Million people.)
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Learn more about Austin&rsquo\;s innovation hub &ndash\; and how it&rsquo\;s using public-private partnerships effectively with tech investments and universities
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\n - Austin&rsquo\;s population has boomed even more than ours in the last 25 years. See how Austin is addressing housing issues with zoning/land-use code changes to expand affordability and sustainability
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\n - Keep Austin Weird vs. Keep Durham Disreputable: Find additional ways to lean into cultural identity and how it works well with businesses in the arts &ndash\;such as live festivals\, music/film industry opportunities\, or their cultural arts districts/hubs (SXSW\, Austin City Limits\, etc)
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\n\nGet social with us!
\n@DurhamChamber
\n#DurhamICV25
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\nCurrent Attendees
\nLeonardo Williams\, Mayor
\nMark-Anthony Middleton\, Mayor Pro Tempore
\nJaviera Caballero\, City Councilmember
\nCarl Rist\, City Councilmember
\nBo Ferguson\, City Manager
\nKeith Chadwell\, City of Durham
\nJina Propst\, City of Durham
\nWade Walcutt\, City of Durham
\nKarmisha Wallace\, City of Durham
\nJoshua Gunn\, City of Durham
\nNida Allam\, County Commissioner (Chair)
\nMike Lee\, County Commissioner (Vice Chair)
\nMichelle Burton\, County Commissioner
\nWendy Jacobs\, County Commissioner
\nClaudia Hager\, County Manager
\nMatthew Filter\, Durham County
\nSabria Futrell\, Durham County
\nLarissa Williamson\, Durham County
\nAndrew Miracle\, Durham County
\nShannon Trapp\, Durham County
\nMonica Wallace\, Durham County
\nSamantha \;Smith\, Durham County
\nEllen Beckmann\, Durham County
\nBettina Umstead\, Durham School Board (Chair)
\nWendell Tabb\, Durham School Board
\nAnthony Lewis\, Superintendent\, Durham Public Schools
\nBrianna Kennedy\, Durham Public Schools Foundation
\nGary Brown\, North Carolina Central University
\nJB Buxton\, Durham Tech
\nRoxanne Miller\, Durham Tech
\nPatrick Mucklow\, Museum of Durham History
\nJoe Milazzo\, Regional Transportation Alliance
\nTravis Crayton\, RTP
\nJessica Wisniewski\, RTP
\nEli Bell\,CBC Real Estate
\nMike Kriston\, 35 North
\nJimmy Edwards\, Davis Kane Architects
\nRussell Pierce-Housing for New Hope
\nCaroline Taney\, Terracon
\nDebbie Goldstein\, Duke University
\nTerry David\, Families &\; Communities Rising
\nRay Trapp\, Families &\; Communities Rising
\nScott Ferris\, Family Promise of the Triangle
\nDenise Barnes\, LeChase Construction
\nSharon Crawford\, Little Architecture
\nNicole Thompson\, Downtown Durham\, INC
\nSean Murphy\, Little Architecture
\nTanara Hansen\, Lynch Mykins now IMEG
\nBryan Scherich\, Measurement Durham
\nBob Klaus\, DPAC - Durham Performing Arts Center
\nJane Brasier\, Clark Nexsen
\nDom Cole Johnson\, Pinnacle Financial Partners
\nElisabeth Wiener\, The Rotary Club of Durham
\nAlex Culpepper\, Sunrock Industries
\nStephanie Littlefield\, UNC Health
\nChris Elkins\, Triangle Media Partners
\nSheldon Mitchell\, Urban Ministries of Durham
\nForrest Perry\, YMCA of the Triangle
\nRebecca Bolton-Oak View Group
\nEvan Covington Chavez\, Capital Broadcasting\, Inc
\nDoug Plachcinski\, \;Triangle West TPO
\nGeoff Durham\, Durham Chamber
\nMatt Gladdek\, Durham Chamber
\nBrandon Pinnix\, Durham Chamber
\nAngelique Stallings\, Durham Chamber
\nArie Bobbitt\, Arie Corin Events
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LOCATION:Austin\, TX Consider a sponsorship to join our Steering Committee!
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