Durham Connect is a community group established in 2020 in Durham, NY, to help implement the recommendations in the Durham 2020 Comprehensive Plan.

Other pages in this website provide an overview of Durham Connect, and a list of reports to the town board regarding progress.

Recent plus forthcoming events: (To be sent further details, ask bernard.rivers@gmail.com to put you on the history, hike or coffee-shop mailing list):

  • Thursday August 4, 2022 at 7 pm: History: A talk at the Durham town barn (7309 State Route 81, East Durham) by Mary Lou Nahas on the history of Durham’s one-room schoolhouses.
  • Saturday August 6, 2022 at 8:15 am: Hike: A group hike to the Elm Ridge lean-to.
  • Saturday August 13, 2022 at 10:30 am: Coffee-shop: A gathering at Angel’s Café, 2373 Route 145, East Durham for relative newcomers and long-term residents to meet and chat about life in Durham.
  • Thursday September 8, 2022 at 7:00 pm: History: A talk/conversation at the Durham town barn (7309 State Route 81) moderated by Doug Lowe on “The life of young people in Durham in the 1950s.”
  • Saturday September 10, 2022 at 8:30 am: Hike: A group hike around the lake at the Huyck Preserve, Rensselaerville.
  • Saturday September 17, 2022 at 10:30 am: Coffee-shop: A gathering at Nellie’s, 2212 Route 145, East Durham for relative newcomers and long-term residents to meet and chat about life in Durham.
  • Saturday October 8, 2022 at 8:30 am: Hike: A group hike along the escarpment at North/South Lake.
  • Saturday October 15, 2022 at 10:30 am: Coffee-shop: A gathering at Nellie’s, 2212 Route 145, East Durham for relative newcomers and long-term residents to meet and chat about life in Durham.
  • Thursday October 27, 2022 at 7 pm: History: A talk/conversation at the Durham town barn (7309 State Route 81) moderated by Mary Lou Nahas on “How and when did your family get to Durham?”
  • Saturday November 12, 2022 at 8:30 am: Hike: A group hike. Location TBD.
  • Saturday November 19, 2022 at 10:30 am: Coffee-shop: A gathering at Nellie’s, 2212 Route 145, East Durham for relative newcomers and long-term residents to meet and chat about life in Durham.
  • Thursday December 8, 2022 at 7 pm: History: A talk/conversation at the Durham town barn (7309 State Route 81) moderated by Kiley Thompson on “Family farms in Durham.”
  • Saturday December 10, 2022 at 8:30 am: Hike: A group hike, weather permitting. Location TBD.
  • Saturday December 17, 2022 at 10:30 am: Coffee-shop: A gathering at Nellie’s, 2212 Route 145, East Durham for relative newcomers and long-term residents to meet and chat about life in Durham.

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