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<b><span style="color:#00467E">News Media Contact<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="color:#00467E">Amy Blalock, Assistant Director<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#00467F">919.475.7735 (mobile</span><span style="color:#00467E">)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:50.0pt;color:#00467F">Media Advisory</span><span style="color:#00467F;text-transform:uppercase">
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#EF3D42">For Immediate Release: April 12, 2023</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 17<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 17, 2023, at 7 p.m. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>Where:</b> City Hall Council Chambers, 101 City Hall Plaza, 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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</span></span></span><![endif]>Mayor Elaine O’Neal will deliver her second State of the City Address, which recounts the City’s achievements and challenges throughout the previous year and outlines the mayor’s goals for the coming year. <o:p></o:p></p>
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</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://durham.granicus.com/player/camera/2?publish_id=6"><span style="color:blue;background:white">website</span></a></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:black;background:white;text-decoration:none">;</span></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="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"> channels;
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:blue;background:white">
</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:black;background:white">(Spectrum 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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