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RELEASE</span></b></span></a></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:x__Hlk532890118"></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50625707"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk86910929"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50627857"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50625707"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk86910929"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50627857"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:#201F1E;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">For
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50625707"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk86910929"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50627857"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:#201F1E;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Contact:
Public Information Office Phone: (919) 560-0000/Fax: (919) 560-0020</span></b></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50625707"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk86910929"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50627857"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50625707"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk86910929"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50627857"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:#201F1E;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">E-mail: </span></b></span></span></span><a href="mailto:publicinformationoffice@dconc.gov" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50625707"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk86910929"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50627857"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">publicinformationoffice@dconc.gov</span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50625707"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk86910929"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50627857"></span></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50625707"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk86910929"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50627857"><u><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:blue;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><o:p></o:p></span></u></span></span></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50625707"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk86910929"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50627857"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:#201F1E;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Durham
County Recognized Nationally as a 2023 Best Workplace for Commuters</span></b></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50625707"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk86910929"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50627857"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50625707"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk86910929"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50627857"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:#201F1E;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Durham,
N.C. – </span></b></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk86910929"></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50625707"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50627857"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:#201F1E;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Durham
County Government has been named one of the 2023 Best Workplaces for Commuters for offering exceptional employee commuter benefits and collectively changing how more than two thousand employees commute to and from work each day. Durham County joins more than
600 workplaces named to the list </span></span></span><a href="https://www.newswire.com/news/more-than-600-workplaces-recognized-as-best-workplaces-for-commuters-21938013"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50625707"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50627857"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">announced</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50625707"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50627857"></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50625707"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50627857"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:#201F1E;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">
on Thursday, January 26, 2023. The list includes Best Workplaces, Best Universities and Best Sites for Commuters across the U.S. who provide high-level commuter benefits to over 2 million of their employees and students.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50625707"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50627857"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:#201F1E;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50625707"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50627857"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:#201F1E;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">“Durham County is one of the top employers in the
nation offering high-level commuter benefits to their employees,” said Julie Bond, Program Manager, Best Workplaces for Commuters. “They give their employees the support they need to get to work and be at their best before, during, and after their workday.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50625707"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50627857"></span></span><a href="http://www.bestworkplaces.org"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50625707"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50627857"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Best
Workplaces for Commuters (BWC)</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50625707"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50627857"></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50625707"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50627857"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:#201F1E;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">
is an innovative membership program that<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50625707"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50627857"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:#201F1E;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">provides qualified Workplaces, Universities, and
Sites with national recognition and an elite designation for offering outstanding commuter benefits, such as free or low-cost bus passes and vanpool fares, and strong telework programs. Those that meet the BWC National Standard of Excellence in commuter benefits
can get on the list of Best Workplaces for Commuters and receive high-level programs and services tailored to each respective award category.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50625707"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50627857"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:black">“This recognition is a wonderful way to let our current and perspective employees know that
Durham County Government offers great benefits to reduce the cost, stress, and environmental impact of our employees’ commutes to work,” said General Manager for Goal 4: Environmental Stewardship and Community Prosperity.</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50625707"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50627857"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50625707"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50627857"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:#201F1E;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50625707"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50627857"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:#201F1E;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Durham County offers employees several commuter
benefits, including: <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50625707"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50627857"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:#201F1E;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50625707"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50627857"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">Extensive work-from-home options<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50625707"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50627857"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">Flexible work schedules<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50625707"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50627857"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">Free bus passes<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50625707"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50627857"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">Monthly vanpool subsidies<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50625707"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50627857"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">On-site showers in downtown facilities for bikers and walkers to use<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50625707"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50627857"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">Emergency Ride Home program available through GoTriangle<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></li></ul>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50625707"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50627857"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:black">The
</span></span></span><a href="https://www.dconc.gov/county-departments/departments-a-e/engineering-and-environmental-services/sustainability-office"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50625707"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50627857"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">Durham
County Sustainability Office</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50625707"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50627857"></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50625707"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50627857"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:black">
works with County employees to improve how government does business by developing policies, educating staff, and promoting the ethics of environmentally responsible leadership. It is committed to helping the County achieve goals of the
</span></span></span><a href="https://www.dconc.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/36212/637801776469570000"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50625707"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50627857"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">Durham
County Renewable Energy Plan</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50625707"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50627857"></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50625707"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50627857"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:black">
and </span></span></span><a href="https://www.dconc.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/37816/638017110470770000"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50625707"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50627857"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">Durham’s
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Plan</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50625707"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50627857"></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50625707"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50627857"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:black">.</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50625707"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50627857"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50625707"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50627857"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:black">“From extensive telework options to vanpool subsidies to showers for walkers and bikers, we
offer a variety of ways to make alternative commuting easier and more impactful,” said Durham County Sustainability Manager Tobin Freid. “By reducing the number of employees driving by themselves to work every day, we are contributing to cleaner air and less
crowded roads throughout the Triangle.”</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50625707"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50627857"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50625707"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50627857"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:black">The
</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50625707"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50627857"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:black">Best Workplaces for Commuters program provides support needed to create
and sustain an employer-provided commuter benefit program, including online assessment tools, advisory services, case studies, toolkits, web-based tools, webinars and training. Best Workplaces for Commuters represents
</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50625707"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50627857"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:black">over
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workplaces with Best Workplaces for Commuters designation representing over two million employees.
</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50625707"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50627857"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:black">The Best Workplaces for Commuters program is managed by the
</span></span></span><a href="https://www.cutr.usf.edu/"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50625707"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50627857"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">Center for Urban Transportation Research (CUTR)</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50625707"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50627857"></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50625707"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50627857"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:black">
at the University of South Florida with support from the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT).</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50625707"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50627857"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50625707"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50627857"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:black">For more information on Durham County’s Sustainability Office, contact Freid at 919-560-7999
or </span></span></span><a href="mailto:tfreid@dconc.gov"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50625707"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50627857"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">tfreid@dconc.gov</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50625707"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50627857"></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50625707"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk50627857"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:black">.
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