Cary,
North Carolina,
the 7th largest city in North Carolina, was named
the “hottest town” in the East by Money Magazine, so
the secret's out!!! This is not Cary's only award,
or even its latest.
Cary Awards - Top area
in NC to:
- start a business
- buy a house
- raise a family
- retire
Cary has been named:
- one of the fastest
growing cities in the United States
- the safest city in
the South
- the sixth safest out
of 327 large cities in the nation
The North Carolina
State Treasurer's has awarded Cary with its
Governmental Award for Excellence for innovative and
progressive programs. (2002 and 2003)
Cary is located in the
heart of North Carolina's Triangle. Next to Research
Triangle Park, it is minutes away from the
Raleigh-Durham International Airport and
Raleigh, the state capitol of North Carolina.
Cary's
hometown feeling, educational, cultural (such as the
Cary Heritage Museum), and
recreational
offerings make it a wonderful place to raise children.
School-age children comprise about 23% of the Cary
population.
Employment is high in North Carolina; in Cary, NC,
that employment is professional. Cary boasts eight
Colleges, universities and professional schools
(including the famed
Duke University and
NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY AT RALEIGH), 5
Junior colleges and technical institutes, 24 Medical
and Surgical Hospitals, and myriad clinics.
The Town of Cary was founded in the 1860's by Allison
Francis Page. This U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain
built the hotel in Carey that became the
Page-Walker Arts & History Center (on the
National Register for Historic Places)
Cary's public transportation includes the new
GoTriangle!
which serves the entire Triangle area in NC. Cary has
also pioneered local transportation with C-Tran, a
Town of Cary service. C-Tran offers door-to-door
transportation by reservation to and from anywhere
in Cary.
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