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Mayor Kevin Foy accepted the Outstanding Achievement Award on behalf of the town of Chapel Hill during the 2008 Mayors' Climate Protection Awards Program.The awards, sponsored by the U.S. Conference of Mayors and Wal-Mart Stores Inc., recognize outstanding and innovative practices to increase energy efficiency and to help curb global warming.Chapel Hill was recognized for creating a fare-free transit system. Since 2001, Chapel Hill Transit has become the second-largest transit system in North Carolina, with ridership rising from 3 million riders a year to more than 6.5 million projected for 2008.Outstanding Achievement Awards were awarded to:* Large cities -- Denver, Honolulu, Houston and New York* Small cities -- Chapel Hill; Columbia, Mo.; Highland Park, Ill.; and Orland Park, Ill.
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