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<span style="color:#00467F">Amy Blalock, Public Affairs Manager<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#00467F">Amy.Blalock@DurhamNC.gov<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#EF3D42">For Immediate Release: June 14, 2021</span><span style="color:#D3372A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Durham Hosts New Hope Creek and Little Creek Watershed Improvement Plan
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Information Session</span> </b><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<i><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Virtual Session Shares Future Steps to Improve Water Quality<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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DURHAM, N.C. – Residents who want to learn about the efforts to improve the New Hope Creek and Little Creek watersheds are invited to a virtual public information session later this month.
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Hosted by the Stormwater and GIS Services Division with the City of Durham Public Works Department, the session will be held via Zoom on Tuesday, June 29 from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m., and residents and project stakeholders are asked to
<a href="http://bit.ly/June29NewHope">pre-register</a> for this meeting. <o:p></o:p></p>
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The purpose of the meeting is to present priority watershed improvement projects, recommended strategies to improve water quality, and summarize public input. $B!H(BAs the project concludes, we want to outline future steps to improve these creeks,$B!I(B said Project
Manager Lance Fontaine with the Stormwater and GIS Services Division of the City$B!G(Bs Public Works Department. $B!H(BSupporting continued high water quality is important both for ecological health and to the people who enjoy recreation in these areas.$B!I(B
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing">For more information, visit the project <a href="https://durhamnc.gov/3766/New-Hope-Little-Creek-Watershed-Improvem">
webpage</a> or contact Fontaine at (919) 560-4326, ext. 30257 or by <a href="mailto:lance.fontaine@DurhamNC.gov">
email</a>. <span style="color:black">Persons who require assistance to attend the virtual meeting should call (919) 560$B!>(B4197 or send an
</span><a href="mailto:ADA@DurhamNC.gov">email</a><span style="color:black"> no later than 48 hours before the session.
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<b>About the Public Works Department Stormwater and GIS Services Division<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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The <a href="http://durhamnc.gov/692/Stormwater-GIS-Services">Stormwater and GIS Services Division</a> with the City of Durham Public Works Department is guided by the City$B!G(Bs
<a href="http://durhamnc.gov/183/Strategic-Plan">Strategic Plan</a> goals of stewardship of the City$B!G(Bs physical and environmental assets and innovative and high-performing organization. Activities include storm drainage design and plans review; inspecting and
maintaining City-owned drainage systems; enforcing stormwater ordinances and regulations; education and outreach; stream monitoring, restoration, and watershed master planning; maintaining multiple layers of the City$B!G(Bs geographic information; and stormwater
billing. To learn more, follow on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/DurhamNCStormwater">
Facebook</a> and <a href="http://www.twitter.com/durhamstormh2o">Twitter</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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