• Magnolia Grill earned recognition as a semifinalist for Outstanding Restaurant and Outstanding Service in the 2010 James Bread Foundation Awards competition.
• Scott Howell of Nana's has been recognized for his talents as a semifinalist for Best Chef: Southeast in the 2010 James Bread Foundation Awards competition.
• The Durham, NC MSA ranked 6th on Hanley Wood Market Intelligence's list of Healthiest Markets among the top 100 U.S. Housing Markets.
• Paula Rosine Long, a 2009 Duke University graduate, was one of 29 students from outside the United Kingdom to receive a Gates Cambridge Scholarship that covers the full cost to study at Cambridge University in England.
• Durham County is the 11th-healthiest county in North Carolina, according to a report by the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

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