Each year, the Durham businesses and the University of New Hampshire fraternities and sororities brighten the community by participating in a holiday lighting contest. The Annual Light Up Durham Annual Lighting Contest is intended to benefit the entire Durham community, which includes Durham residents and businesses, as well as, UNH faculty, staff, and students. Throughout the season residents and visitors are invited to enjoy the Downtown Business and University of New Hampshire Greek holiday lighting contest.

The Durham Business Association will once again host the Annual Light Up Durham Contest. We are encouraging all businesses and Greeks to light their business fronts/houses and share in spreading the joy of the season.Our goal is to have all of Main Street from Holiday Inn Express to Ballard’s, Jenkins Court, Pettee Brook Lane, and all of Mill Plaza lit, Madbury and Strafford Roads!

Contest is open to all Durham Businesses and recognized Greek fraternities and sororities. The guidelines for judging include:

	The effectiveness of lights creating the display.
	The placement and uniformity of the lights.
	The use of design and color to create the decorations.
	The use of special lighted displays
	The ingenuity, originality, and creativity exercised in the decorations.

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