Most city and county offices, including City Hall and all non-emergency city facilities and operations, will close to the public on Thursday, Nov. 28, and Friday, Nov. 29, in observance of Thanksgiving. However, several services will remain open or operate on modified schedules.
Here’s what’s open and closed:
Open:
- Downtown parking will be free for on-street parking, in some city-owned garages, and in city-owned surface lots.
- GoDurham and GoDurham ACCESS will provide Sunday-level service from 7 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 28.
- The Northern Durham and Redwood solid waste and recycling convenience sites will be open on Friday, Nov. 29. The Parkwood convenience site will be open on Saturday, Nov. 30.
- Durham County Sheriff’s Office patrol division
- The city’s Waste Disposal and Recycling Center, Yard Waste Facility and the Household Hazardous Waste Center will be open on Friday, Nov. 29.
- The Water Management Department’s after-hours emergency number, 919-560-4344, which will dispatch on-call crews for water main break and sewer overflows.
Closed:
- City offices, including City Hall
- Most Durham County offices
- The Northern Durham and Redwood solid waste and recycling convenience sites will be closed on Thursday, Nov. 28, and Saturday, Nov. 30. The Parkwood convenience site will be closed on Thursday, Nov. 28, and Friday, Nov. 29.
- County roadside recycling normally scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 28, will take place on Saturday, Nov. 30.
- All Durham County Library locations
- Durham County Department of Public Health
- Durham County Department of Social Services
- Durham County Sheriff’s Administration and Records Division
- Durham County Cooperative Extension, including the Welcome Baby Giving Closet
- Solid Waste Management Department administrative offices
- City curbside collections for garbage, recycling, and yard waste will be delayed: Thursday curbside collections will take place on Friday; Friday collections will take place Monday
- The city’s Waste Disposal and Recycling Center, Yard Waste Facility and the Household Hazardous Waste Center will be closed on Thursday, Nov. 28, and Saturday, Nov. 30
- Durham Parks and Recreation administrative offices and facilities. Recreation centers will close at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 27
- Durham One Call
- Park Durham Customer Service Center
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