NEWS RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 8, 2000

TOWN USES FLEET VEHICLES TO RAISE AWARENESS
OF INFORMATION VEHICLE

CARY, NC – More than 300 Town of Cary cars, trucks, and SUV’s will soon display the Town’s website URL along side the Town seal which currently adorns the vehicles. The idea originated several months ago with the Town’s Information Services Advisory Board, a 10-member citizen group appointed by the Town Council to make suggestions on how the government can better exchange information with its 95,000 citizens.

"It’s a great suggestion, perfect for North Carolina’s Technology Town," said Cary’s Public Information Officer Susan Moran. "With more than 85 percent of Town residents having access to the Internet either at home or at work—almost twice the national average—we’re very interested in having our citizens turn to the web as their primary source of Town information as well as a growing list of Town services." Moran noted that local governments across the nation are looking for similar opportunities to raise awareness of their sites; one city in Georgia has added its URL to its city limit signs.

The green-on-white, 2"x18" decals cost 33 cents each and are being applied to vehicles over the next several weeks by Town fleet management staff.

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