Ronald McDonald Houses and Three Lucky Ducks Winners Despite Cancelled Family Fest
Mother Nature put the kibosh on the 2015 FOX 50 Family Fest and Great American Tobacco Duck Race, but the Ronald McDonald Houses of Raleigh and Durham still benefited from the planned event. Triangle rubber duck race lovers still purchased ducks to support the worthy non-profit. Three lucky ducks won prizes in a drawing held […]
Ducks, Rain and Helping Families
Due to the increased chance of heavy rain on Saturday, October 3rd, the FOX 50 Family Fest has been cancelled. But you can still support the Ronald McDonald Houses of Raleigh and Durham! Ducks and rain go together like peanut butter and jelly. So the rubber ducks in the Great American Tobacco Duck Race aren’t […]
Embrace the Rainy Weather, Buy a Duck
The weather over the past week, and the week ahead, is basically only fit for ducks. That’s not a problem at American Tobacco! Hundreds of ducks are getting ready to take over the Ol’ Bull River. Rubber ducks, that is. The annual FOX 50 Family Fest featuring the Great American Tobacco Duck Race takes places […]
American Tobacco Featured in Top 17 Best Things to Do in Durham
VacationIdea Dream Vacation Magazine has listed American Tobacco as one of the “Top 17 Best Things To Do in Durham” in the latest edition of the online publication. American Tobacco is listed alongside the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, the Durham Performing Arts Center and the Eno River State Park, “Durham is a […]
Klein and Goodmon Speak Out for United Way and Durham
On Thursday, August 27, 2015, American Tobacco and the Durham Bulls hosted a Tocqueville Society event for the United Way of the Greater Triangle. American Underground Chief Strategist Adam Klein and American Tobacco Vice President of Real Estate Michael Goodmon were both invited to speak about the redevelopment of Durham and its growth as the […]
FOX 50 Family Fest and Great American Duck Race Returns for the 7th Year
Due to the increased chance of heavy rain on Saturday, October 3rd, the FOX 50 Family Fest has been cancelled. But you can still support the Ronald McDonald Houses of Raleigh and Durham! The FOX 50 Family Fest and Great American Duck Race returns to the American Tobacco Campus in Durham on Saturday, October […]
Parklet Promotion Wins Award for American Tobacco and GoSmart
What could you do with a parking space if you didn’t need to park a car in it? The options are endless, and this spring American Tobacco challenged their tenants to come up with a few. ATC tenant Bronto Nation ended up taking home the top prize, and in late July ATC ended up taking […]
CNBC Highlights Success of American Underground
American Underground is making headlines again. In a recent article on CNBC, writer Kate Rogers explores the successes of the entrepreneurial hub at American Tobacco through Tatiana Birgisson and her start-up, Mati Energy. “Just a few years ago, American Underground was an abandoned tobacco warehouse, but thanks to an undisclosed investment by regional media conglomerate […]
Durham Arts’ Students Create Outdoor Art at American Tobacco
In early 2015, American Tobacco Campus partnered with Durham School of the Arts on an outdoor public art project. The project consisted of transforming an outdoor concrete slab between the Lucky Strick and Noel buildings into a tile mural. Larry Downing, an artist and DSA teacher, spearheaded the project with 11th grader Monica Lee. Monica […]
Bees and the City: A Surprisingly Good Combination
Leigh-Kathryn Bonner started out as an intern for American Tobacco’s non-profit hub MissionPost last year while working towards an International Studies degree at NC State. The third-generation bee keeper has now graduated, with an additional non-profit minor, and created a non-profit of her own, headquartered in American Underground, ATC’s entrepreneurial hive (pardon the pun). For […]