Animal Causes Win Prizes in Triangle Christmas Tree Challenge

Four non-profits dedicated to our furry friends topped the voting in the Triangle Christmas Tree Challenge. Winners were announced Saturday night. The Coalition to Unchain Dogs captured the largest cash prize – $5,000 –  awarded for the tree with the most text votes. In second place, winning $2,500 was Second Pet Adoption. SPCA of Wake County […]

Lucky Strike Tower Now Aglow for the Holidays

2014 American Tobacco Tower Lighting

If you missed the 10th annual lighting of the Lucky Strike Tower at American Tobacco, don’t worry.  WRAL.com has video and a slideshow of the festive events.  WRAL-TV Anchor Gerald Owens counted down to the lighting, kicking off the holiday season in downtown Durham on Friday, December 5, 2014. WATCH:  10th Annual American Tobacco Lighting […]

Watch Videos of Christmas Past at American Tobacco

Lucky Strike Tower

American Tobacco opened The Ice Factory to skaters on November 20th and will light the Lucky Strike Tower for the holidays on Friday, December 5th.  Check out these new videos of past Christmas fun:

American Tobacco Decks the Halls for 10th Anniversary Finale

Dean Culver

Ice Rink, Tower Lighting, Trosa Tree Lot, Triangle Christmas Tree Challenge Return Community, Dignitaries, Nonprofits Come Together for the Triangle’s Biggest Holiday Celebration, 12/5, 6 p.m. ‘Art from the Heart’ Photography Winners Revealed The American Tobacco Campus is set to ring in its 10th holiday season in 2014. After a decade of celebrations, the campus […]

Former Cisco Staffers Invited to Start Something at ‘Landing Spot’

“Supporting talented individuals is core to building a strong economy …”  Layoffs are an unfortunate inevitability in business; but such developments can lead to new opportunities. In that spirit, the Research Triangle Foundation of North Carolina and the Greater Durham Chamber of Commerce are teaming up with the American Underground and its programming partners to […]

Upcoming Aloft Downtown Durham

Jim & Michael Goodmon

Construction on the new Aloft Downtown Durham hotel has reached the halfway point and to celebrate, the hotel held a “topping out” event on Monday, October 27, 2014.  CBC President & CEO Jim Goodmon and American Tobacco Vice President of Real Estate Michael Goodmon both signed a steel beam which will become part of the […]

Frontier Communications Launches 1 Gig in Durham

Fiber optic network

Company Now Provides Speeds up to 50x Faster than Cable Frontier Communications (NASDAQ: FTR) announced on Thursday, October 23, 2014, that network speeds up to1 Gigabit are immediately available to business and residential customers in Carolina Arbors, American Tobacco Campus, Durham City Center, Research Triangle Park – Park Center Development, One Park Center, and Jordan at Southpoint. […]

American Tobacco Hails Bull City Race Fest a Success

Bull City Race Fest

It was a beautiful day in Durham for the Bull City Race Fest & Food Truck Rodeo on Sunday, October 19, 2014. Over 5200+ runners signed up to run either a 5K or Half Marathon.  CBC runners included Allison Olive from WRAL-FM and Courtney Coyle from American Tobacco. To include spectators, the crowd was estimated […]