Carrboro has long been nicknamed the “Paris of Piedmont,” but the town can now forever claim another official title: an All-American City.
The local government won an All-American City award from the National Civic League Sunday evening after a weekend competition with other finalists in Denver, CO. It is the town’s first time earning the honor, and was one of ten winners on the night alongside cities like Seattle, Memphis, Tallahassee and Akron.
“I’ve been called a community mayor, because I press with the people – that’s what I do,” said Mayor Barbara Foushee during a brief acceptance speech. “We have an amazing town manager [Patrice Toney], and the amazing communications manager Catherine Lazorko who pulled this together. Thank you for the National Civic League for this very high honor. We worked really hard on this – it came together when we got to Denver.
“So,” she punctuated, “Carrboro…let’s go, let’s go, let’s go!”
More than a dozen town staff and supporters traveled to Colo...
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