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<span style="color:#00467E">Beverly B. Thompson, Director<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#00467F">919.560.4123 x11229 | 919.475.2362 (mobile</span><span style="color:#00467E">)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#00467E">Beverly.Thompson@DurhamNC.gov</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#00467E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:50.0pt;color:#00467F">News Release</span><span style="color:#00467F;text-transform:uppercase">
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#EF3D42">For Immediate Release: April 13, 2022</span><span style="color:#D3372A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Durham Mayor Presents State of the City Address April 18<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>What: </b>City of Durham State of the City Address<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>Who: </b>Mayor Elaine O’Neal<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>When: </b>Monday, April 18, 2022, beginning at 7 p.m. <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>Where:</b> City Hall Council Chambers, 101 City Hall Plaza, First Floor, Durham, N.C. 27701<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>Fast Facts<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]>Mayor Elaine O’Neal will deliver her first State of the City Address, which outlines the mayor’s goals for the coming year. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]>Residents, business owners, and local news media are encouraged to attend virtually or in person. The address will be immediately followed by the
<span style="color:blue"><a href="https://durhamnc.gov/1345/Watch-or-Comment-at-Meetings-Work-Sessio"><span style="color:blue">regularly scheduled City Council business meeting</span></a></span>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span></span><![endif]>The address will be livestreamed on the <span class="normaltextrun">
<span style="color:black;background:white">City’s </span></span><span style="color:blue"><a href="https://www.durhamnc.gov/1104/Durham-Television-Network"><span style="color:blue;background:white">website</span></a></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:windowtext;background:white;text-decoration:none">;
</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:black;background:white">on the City's </span></span><span style="color:blue"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/CityofDurhamNC" target="_blank"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:blue;background:white">YouTube</span></span></a></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:black;background:white">, </span></span><span style="color:blue"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/CityofDurhamNC" target="_blank"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:blue;background:white">Facebook</span></span></a></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:black;background:white">, and </span></span><span style="color:blue"><a href="https://twitter.com/CityofDurhamNC" target="_blank"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:blue;background:white">Twitter</span></span></a></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:black;background:white"> pages;
and on Roku, Apple TV, and Amazon Fire TV through the free Boxcast app. </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span></span><![endif]><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:black;background:white">The address will also be televised live on
</span></span><span style="color:blue"><a href="https://durhamnc.gov/1104/Durham-Television-Network"><span style="color:blue;background:white">Durham Television Network</span></a></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:black;background:white">
(Spectrum channel 8, Google Fiber channel 8, Frontier channel 70, and AT&T U-verse channel 99).</span></span><span class="eop"><span style="color:black;background:white"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]>News media will be provided access to a mult-box during the presentation. Wireless microphones are recommended to help avoid trip hazards.<o:p></o:p></p>
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