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<h2 style="font-size: 200%;">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</h2>
<p style="font-size: 120%; margin-top: -5px; font-weight:bold;">April 26, 2018</p>
<p style="float:right; font-weight:bold; margin-bottom: 75px; font-size: 120%; text-align:right;">CONTACT: Barbara Buffaloe
<br />City of Columbia
<br />Sustainability Manager
<br />573-817-5025</p>
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<div style="font-size: 110%; line-height:200%;"><h3 style="clear:both; margin-top: 75px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 170%;">2018 Mayor's Climate Protection Agreement award winners announced</h3>
<div class="content"><span style="padding-left: 50px;">(COLUMBIA, MO)</span> - <p style="display:inline;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">In a celebration held Wednesday, April 25, Columbia Mayor Brian Treece announced the winners of the 2018 Mayor’s Climate Protection Agreement (MCPA) awards. These awards recognize local businesses and organizations for taking action in their own operations to reduce environmental impacts, champion sustainable practices and promote a culture of environmental responsibility. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">2018 winners include: </span></p>
<div style="padding-left: 30px;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mayor's Award </span></div>
<div style="padding-left: 60px;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">True/False Film Fest</span></div>
<div style="padding-left: 30px;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Best Innovative Practices </span></div>
<div style="padding-left: 60px;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Harry S. Truman Memorial VA Hospital</span></div>
<div style="padding-left: 30px;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Environmental Stewardship </span></div>
<div style="padding-left: 60px;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Columbia Public Schools Science Department</span></div>
<div style="padding-left: 60px;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Columbia Audubon Society</span></div>
<div style="padding-left: 30px;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pollution Prevention </span></div>
<div style="padding-left: 60px;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cosmo Clubs/Central Bank of Boone County</span></div>
<div style="padding-left: 60px;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">MU Campus Facilities</span></div>
<div style="padding-left: 30px;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Resource Conservation</span></div>
<div style="padding-left: 60px;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sustain Mizzou</span></div>
<div style="padding-left: 60px;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">True Media</span></div>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">More information about the Mayor’s Climate Protection Agreement, the awards and specific winners is available at </span><a href="http://como.gov/Sustainability/Awards/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">CoMo.gov/Sustainability/Awards/</span></a></p></div>
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