# @chapelboronews on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2025-06-30T14:54:22.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Chapelboro.com (@chapelboronews) — https://gondola.cc/chapelboronews

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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 Colorado for the weekend competition and presentation on Saturday for why it deserves the honor — especially in a year where the award’s themes were environmental sustainability and community engagement.

At the same time, Carrboro residents and elected officials gathered at Steel String Brewery to watch the livestream of Carrboro’s presentation.

Molly De Marco, a UNC professor and member of the nonprofit NEXT Chapel Hill-Carrboro, was one of the organizers of the viewing event. She said she was pleased with the turnout.

“It was great to have civic leaders here, elected officials, community members, family members here to watch and cheer on our town,” she said.

Town Council Member Eliazar Posada was just one local official in attendance on Saturday. He said Carrboro making it to the All-America City competition was a source of pride.

“We have always talked about Carrboro punching above its weight here in North Carolina, and across the United States,” he said. “And this is just another example of how we’re doing that.”
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