This year’s Trinity Park NNO event will take place at the Trinity Park on Tuesday, August 3rd beginning at 6PM. All are invited to join us for food, fun activities and toys for the kids, and to meet some of…
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Rain Garden Workshop July 17
Calling All Neighbors! Come learn about the importance of rain gardens and help with some key rain garden maintenance tasks on Saturday, July 17 from 9-11:30am on the George Watts playground (700 Watts St.). Rain date: Sunday, July 18.…
Neighborhood Improvement with Grants from Duke
By Mollie Flowe This spring, the TPNA worked with partner nonprofits to apply for two Duke Doing Good grants through the Duke Durham Neighborhood Partnership program. First, TPNA partnered with the Trinity Park Foundation and with the George Watts PTA…
Posted in New Developments, Stewardship and beautification
Trinity Park Foundation Plans for 2021-2022
By Shelley Dekker The Trinity Park Foundation, Inc. is a not-for-profit 501c3 organization formed in 1980 to purchase the land at 410 Watts St., where The Trinity Park is now located. The Foundation leases The Trinity Park to the City…
Posted in Stewardship and beautification
Updates on the Duke Belt Line: Plans for a New City Trail
By Beth Emerson The Durham Belt Line is a 1.7-mile stretch of an inactive Norfolk & Southern railroad corridor that forms a partial loop around downtown Durham (see map below).With the potential to connect pedestrians and cyclists from North Durham…
Posted in New Developments
Historic Neighborhood Designation
The Trinity Park Neighborhood Association (TPNA) was founded in 1974, with one of its primary purposes being “to preserve and enhance the physical character of the neighborhood by encouraging maintenance, revitalization, and beautification of buildings and grounds (including shade trees),…
Posted in Neighborhood concerns
Neighbors Helping Ellerbe Creek
Have you explored the mile-long South Ellerbe Creek Trail on the eastern edge of Trinity Park? Joanne Abel, who has lived next to the greenway on Tyler Court since the 1980s, says, “It’s great seeing families biking together or parents…
Posted in New Developments
COVID and Re-opening at George Watts
After nearly a year of online-only learning, Durham Public Schools re-opened its doors this spring. Elementary schools welcomed students into their buildings on March 15, and middle and high schools followed suit on April 5. All DPS families could choose…
Posted in New Developments
Neighborhood Clean-up – Do We Need a New Plan?
By Julia Borbely-Brown Litter-free neighborhoods are not just beautiful. They also communicate pride, discourage further littering, and protect our waterways. While Trinity Park is a lovely place, you might be surprised how much litter you’ll find along our streets if…
Re-development of Northgate Mall
By Waugh Wright On Saturday, April 24th, the Walltown Community Association (WCA), in coordination with the Northgate Mall Neighborhood Council (NMNC), organized a press conference to discuss the development of the Northgate Mall property and what they hope (and fear)…
Posted in New Developments
