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<p class="xmsonospacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:26.0pt">New
</span></b><a href="https://youtube.com/live/_Vg1_24IO0M"><b><span style="font-size:26.0pt">Bull City Wrap</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:26.0pt"> Begins October 9</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonospacing"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Miss any of our </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLeX6M8cvLwPfuUBI2bXZlMP5q8Mi0mk7"><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Bull City Today</span></i><span style="font-size:14.0pt"> episodes</span></a><span style="font-size:14.0pt">?
Catch up on your local government news with </span><a href="https://youtube.com/live/_Vg1_24IO0M"><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Bull City Wrap</span></i></a><span style="font-size:14.0pt"> or listen to our
</span><a href="https://www.spreaker.com/show/bull-city-wrap"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">podcast</span></a><span style="font-size:14.0pt">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Voting for the latest round of
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://www.durhamnc.gov/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=3500"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">participatory budgeting grant funding</span></a></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">
is now open. We share how you can give your direct input on how to spend a portion of our city’s budget. </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">We have some exciting news about our credit rating! The
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://www.durhamnc.gov/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=3499"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">top three global credit rating agencies</span></a></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">
recently rated our limited obligation bonds AA+ and Aa1, as well as affirmed our AAA rated general obligation bonds.
</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Now that a pilot program to help support and learn from those most impacted by gun violence is ending, we and our partners are working to apply the lessons
learned moving forward. We share some of those lessons from the </span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/_bqgiVuiPQU?feature=shared&t=7619"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Prescriptions for Repair
program</span></a></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">.</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Green burials will now be allowed in City-owned cemeteries. That means that more natural, sustainable burials and internments will soon be able to take
place at </span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://cityordinances.durhamnc.gov/OnBaseAgendaOnline/Documents/ViewDocument/WS-Published%20Attachment%20-%2016468%20-%20PRESENTATION%20-%203%20-%20CEMETERIES%20PROJECT%20UPDATE.pdf?meetingId=604&documentType=Agenda&itemId=34872&publishId=199105&isSection=false"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Beechwood
and Maplewood cemeteries</span></a></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">.
</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">About
<i>Bull City Wrap</i></span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonospacing"><a href="https://durhamnc.gov/1104/Durham-Television-Network"><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Bull City Wrap</span></i></a><span style="font-size:14.0pt">, a weekly video news program from the City of Durham Communications Department
dedicated to informing residents about what’s going on inside Durham's City Hall, is available on
</span><a href="https://durhamnc.gov/1104/Durham-Television-Network"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Durham Television Network</span></a><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#333333">
</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt">(Frontier channel 70 and AT&T U-verse channel 99),
</span><a href="https://youtube.com/CityofDurhamNC"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">YouTube</span></a><span style="font-size:14.0pt">, and
</span><a href="https://www.spreaker.com/show/bull-city-wrap"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Spreaker</span></a><span style="font-size:14.0pt">. For more information, call 919-560-4123 and follow @CityofDurhamNC on<span style="color:#333333">
</span></span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/CityofDurhamNC"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Facebook</span></a><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#333333">,
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</span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/cityofdurhamnc/"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Instagram</span></a><span style="font-size:14.0pt">, and
</span><a href="https://nextdoor.com/agency/city-of-durham/?i=ccllxcjccsybhwtngfcb"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Nextdoor</span></a><span style="font-size:14.0pt">. To unsubscribe visit our
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