Town lof Cary issued the following announcement on Nov. 9.
Three Cary citizens have been selected as finalists for the Town of Cary’s Hometown Spirit Award. The Hometown Spirit Award is bestowed annually on one Cary citizen who enhances the quality of life in Cary by preserving, promoting, and carrying out positive, quantifiable, and traditional small-town community values and traits.
The 2021 Cary Hometown Spirit Award finalists are:
Sarah Martin served on the Wake County PTA Council Board and North Carolina PTA Board of Directors. Martin is a longtime community volunteer and leader in Cary, serving on Cary’s Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources Advisory Board, Cary’s Festivals Committee, and most recently as the Chair of the Cary150 Task Force which focused on celebrating Cary’s Sesquicentennial.
Carla Michaels is an active member of the Friends of the Page-Walker Board and serves on their Preservation Committee and leads the Asbury Station Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution. Michaels puts her historical knowledge to work as a guide on Cary’s historic trolley rides and by advocating for preserving Cary’s historical buildings and properties.
Barry Mitsch is co-founder of The Pyramid Resource Group--a corporate coaching company in Cary--and is an adjunct faculty member for NC State’s Jenkins MBA program. Mitsch has served on the Cary Chamber’s Board of Directors, Chair for the Cary Sports Alliance, and has served on five of Cary’s boards, including the Senior Advisory Board where he is currently Chair.
Learn more about each of this year’s finalists online.
This year’s winner will be announced during the next Tuesday, November 9, Council meeting by Mayor Weinbrecht. For more information, visit www.townofcary.org/spirit.
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