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Announcements (5min)
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Date of BOCC Meeting: January 13, 2025
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1. DCo Thrives Guaranteed Income Program Application Launching Soon - DCo Thrives, a program that will give no-strings attached payments to randomly selected low-income families in Durham, will be launching soon! Durham Children's Initiative is administering the county-funded Guaranteed Income program, which will provide 125 randomly selected applicants with $750 per month for 12 months. An additional 125 families will be randomly selected to take a monthly survey for 12 months and will receive $100 for each monthly survey they complete. For more information about the application launch date, eligibility requirements, and to sign up for notifications about the program, please visit https://dci-nc.org/dco-thrives/.
2. Durham Bike+Walk Community Session - Join the City of Durham Transportation Department and the Durham County Transportation Department in making biking, walking or rolling safe and convenient all over Durham! The Durham Bike+Walk Plan Update team will be at the Avila Retreat Center, 711 Mason Road, from 6-7:30 p.m., on Thursday, Jan. 16. Register to join here: https://bit.ly/bikewalkevents. Can't attend? Give your feedback at https://bit.ly/durhambikewalk by Friday, Jan. 17.
3. Most DCo Government Offices Closed for MLK Holiday - Most Durham County Government offices will be closed in observance of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Day Holiday on Monday, January 20. All offices will reopen with normal business hours on Tuesday, Jan. 21. Read about impacts to specific services at www.dconc.gov.
4. Help Write Kids Voting Durham Community Poem - Join Kids Voting Durham in creating a community poem for MLK Day! In honor of Dr. King, Langston Hughes and all those - past and present - have dared to dream of a more just and equitable world, Kids Voting Durham invites you to share your dream for our community to be included in the ...
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