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Conover and Wilmington were named winners of the Susan M. Burgess Sustainability Awards. The award, which was established in 2010, is an annual award recognizing efforts to lessen the environmental impact of municipal operations and to promote and encourage sustainability throughout the community.
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Angela Stadler, municipal clerk for Reidsville, is the recipient of the N.C. Association of Municipal Clerks' inaugural Clerk of the Year Award. The award honors a clerk who has demonstrated extraordinary job performance, commitment to professional development and to community involvement, positive on-the-job attitude, and who has brought innovative ideas to their cities and towns.
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Hamlet and Charlotte have been named All-America Cities by the National Civic League. The award was first given in 1949 and honors cities best exemplifying civic excellence.
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Gastonia won the prestigious National Civic League's All America City & Community Award for 2010. The award is given to communities that identify problems and solve them. Only ten awards are presented nationwide. Gastonia first won the award in 1963 and again in 2000.
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The Preserve America Community Program \"is a federal effort to encourage and support preservation and enjoyment of America's cultural and natural heritage.\"Â Twenty-nine communities across the nation received the award this year. Five of them were from North Carolina: Asheboro, Hendersonville, Hillsborough, Waxhaw, and Transylvania County.
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12974
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Forty years ago, William S. Powell published the North Carolina Gazetteer, a listing of about 19,000 place names in the state. Recently Michael Hill, research supervisor at the North Carolina Office of Archives and History, was assigned the task of updating the book by adding 2,000 more entries. The second edition was released in 2010.
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The Municipal Administration course is offered by the Institute of Government at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to municipal managers, department heads, and other officials. At the close of instruction, class members vote anonymously for the student who best meets the criteria for the George Franklin Award. Franklin was a former counsel for the N.C. League of Municipalities. Stevie Cox, Toen Manager for Chadbourn, received the award in 2010. Blair Barton-Percival, assistant director of the Area Agency on Aging for the Piedmont Triad Council of Governments, received the Edwin M. Gill Award.
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The cities of Archdale and Durham were named the inaugural winners of the Susan M. Burgess Sustainability Awards. The award, which was established in 2010, will be an annual award recognizing efforts to lessen the environmental impact of municipal operations and to promote and encourage sustainability throughout the community.
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13397
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In December 2010, Charlotte Council Member James E. Mitchell, Jr. was sworn in as president of the National League of Cities for 2010-2011. He is the first North Carolina municipal official to lead the organization since former Scotland Neck mayor Ferd Harrison served as president nearly thirty years ago.
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Housing North Carolina Awards recognize affordable housing developments that can serve as models for other communities. Criteria include affordability, design, contribution to the community, and other features, such as services for residents. The winners are Nathaniel Village (Greenville); Habitat for Humanity (Charlotte); Prosperity Unlimited, Inc. (Kannapolis); Creekside Crossing (Spindale); and Eisele Home (Statesville).
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13399
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Chris D. Jones, III, who was sworn in as president of the North Carolina League of Municipalities in October 2010, is profiled.
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11425
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Kinston and Statesville won the prestigious National Civic League's All America City & Community Award for 2009. The award is given to communities that identify problems and solve them. Only ten awards are presented nationwide.
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11928
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Rodney Locks of Brevard, who has been involved in a number of local government activities, including membership on the city council, is the newly installed 2009-2010 president of the North Carolina League of Municipalities.
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11929
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Housing North Carolina Awards recognize affordable housing developments that can serve as models for other communities. Criteria include affordability, design, contribution to the community, and other features, such as services for residents. The winners are Barrington Village (Raleigh); Enka Hills, Enka; The Pointe at Taylor Estates and Robert R. Taylor Senior Homes (Wilmington); Families Together (Charlotte); and Fifth Street Shelter (Statesville).
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The All-America City Award, presented by the National Civic League, annually recognizes communities that engage in creative collaborative problem solving, inclusiveness, successful innovation and civic improvement. In North Carolina, Lenoir and Reidsville received the award for 2008.
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