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Garmin Opening New R&D Office in Cary, North Carolina
Garmin's New Cary Office Space in Regency Park
Garmin is opening their first office in the Cary -Raleigh-Durham area of NC – they have chosen the very popular Regency area in Cary – Garmin has leased about 14,000 square feet in one of the Regency office buildings – according to the Garmin press release it will be a research and development facility. The new Garmin jobs will mostly be in the engineering field.
Garmin plans to occupy their new Cary office in April – the Cary Town Council is scheduled to discuss a possible financial incentive to Garmin for the new Cary office.
We welcome Garmin to the Cary area – what a smart choice for their new office!
Thanks for Reading our Cary Real Estate Blog. Post Authored By: David Williams
David’s a Licensed North Carolina Realtor & The Voice of CaryRealEstate.com
Cary NC Group Wins Super Bowl Commercial Contest for Doritos
Congratulations to local Cary resident Josh Svoboda & his partners that won $650,000 for their winning Doritos Super Bowl Commercial - “Underdog”!
I was pulling for the group not only because of their local Cary ties but due to my friendship with Josh’s mother Cindy and his brother DJ – I volunteer with both of them at Hope Community Church.
Josh isn’t the only one in the family with creative talent – Josh’s autistic brother DJ travels on a regular basis, sharing his testimony and his story of how he has embraced his autism by creating his very own company – myimagiville.com
The winning commercial was filmed at Cary’s Fred G. Bond Park off High House Road. The group also won a runner-up spot for ‘Kids These Days” – filmed at Cary’s Waverly Place Shopping Center.
Thanks for Reading our Cary Real Estate Blog. Post Authored By: David Williams
David’s a Licensed North Carolina Realtor & The Voice of CaryRealEstate.com
American Tobacco Trail – Cary – White Oak Park Access
What is the American Tobacco Trail?
It’s 22 miles of trails running from Cary to Durham – the trails are built over an old abandoned rail road track that dates back to the early 1900’s. The American Tobacco Trail’s almost perfectly flat – which makes sense when you think of it being where a railroad track used to be – along the trail you will find yourself in tunnels, under highways & on bridges.
The trail is open to walking / running / hiking / bicycle riding and horse back.
One of the American Tobacco Trail public access points is in Cary – on White Oak Church Road – this site which is right around the corner from Cary’s upscale Copperleaf Community, has restrooms and ample parking. If you haven’t explored the American Tobacco Trail you’re missing out – it’s incredible to think you can start out in Cary and ride your bike 20 plus miles and end up at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park! A special thank you to the Triangle Rails to Trails Conservatory Organization for their hard work making this dream become a reality – we are truly blessed here in the Cary area with the wonderful parks & trails!
View American Tobacco Trail / White Oak Park on Google Map
Thanks for Reading our Cary Real Estate Blog. Post Authored By: David Williams
David’s a Licensed North Carolina Realtor & The Voice of CaryRealEstate.com
New NC 540 Highway Carves Path in West Cary NC
The newest extension of the current I-540 will be a North Carolina Toll Road called NC-540 - it will be Cary’s first toll road. Construction is underway to extend the existing I-540 which currently ends in west Cary at the highway 55 interchange. The new section will extend further into and beyond west Cary. David Williams on location for CaryRealEstate.com.
Thanks for Reading our Cary Real Estate Blog. Post Authored By: David Williams
David’s a Licensed North Carolina Realtor & The Voice of CaryRealEstate.com
Cary Group Preparing For Haiti Relief Trip
A tremendous amount of attention is focused on Haiti right now as they recover from the massive earthquake. People are scrambling trying to find a way they can help – well – here’s a way!
There is a local organization right here in Cary with infrastructure already in place in Haiti – they have a group leaving in the next 72-96 hours – they are looking for experienced medical / search & rescue or translators
If you’re a regular reader of this blog you know I have strong ties to Hope Community Church – Why do I bring this up? Through the members of Hope Community Church a foundation was started several years ago – the Hope for Haiti Foundation – the group has been making trips to Haiti over the past several years – the foundation received a huge boost when Hope Community Church decided to purchase and renovate 2 buildings in Haiti for a hospital and dormitory – that’s right Cary’s Hope Community Church is building a hospital in Haiti!
Hope Community Church Update on Haiti Operations
Thanks for Reading our Cary Real Estate Blog. Post Authored By: David Williams
David’s a Licensed North Carolina Realtor & The Voice of CaryRealEstate.com
Cary Lochmere Home Owners Be on Alert!
Cary residents have the luxury of enjoying a high quality of life – which includes living in a Town of 140,000 people and not worrying much about crime – at least major crime – that’s why the news this week of several home break-ins while the families where home sleeping is big news & disturbing – the break ins occurred in the Lochmere area of Cary – a large planned unit development with lakes, walking trails, golf course etc (also home to yours truly).
Below is the press release from the Town of Cary – I usually do not cut and paste a blog post but with this I’m making an exception:
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Town of Cary Police Department Seeks Help in String of Home Burglaries
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 12, 2010
CARY, NC – The Town of Cary Police Department is asking citizens for their help in locating suspects involved with recent home burglaries. During the overnight hours of January 10, 2010 and January 12, 2010, suspects gained entry into three occupied homes in the Lochmere area of Cary. Stolen property includes televisions, purses, wallets, electronic equipment and jewelry. No one was harmed during the robberies.
“How or if these burglaries are related is still being investigated, but what we can say for sure is that it’s a very serious concern for us any time break-ins occur while families are sleeping, and we need everyone’s help in protecting against these criminals,” said Captain Mike Williams.
Christmas Eve at Hope Community Church, No Fish but 5,000 plus
Hope Community Church opened it’s doors on Christmas Eve for 4 identical worship services. No fish, but over 5,000 people attended the services.
The 1,500 seat auditorium was nearly packed for all 4 services. Okay, one clarification – the 4 services were not exactly identical – on paper they were supposed to be – the live donkey that made a brief appearance on stage the first few services decided to re-negotiate his contract and didn’t make it through all 4 services. The people that attended experienced friendly volunteers eager to serve, incredibly talented musicians and singers, and even a little snow at the end, but most importantly it provided an open door on Christmas eve for any and all to come hear of God’s love.
Thanks for Reading our Cary Real Estate Blog. Post Authored By: David Williams
David’s a Licensed North Carolina Realtor & The Voice of CaryRealEstate.com
Town of Cary’s 1st Community Christmas Tree
Okay, so I added the word Christmas into the description of the tree, as the Town of Cary is calling it their Community Tree. It’s a pretty neat idea to generate community involvement. The town invited area businesses, Schools, Churches, Non-Profits and Clubs to create and submit an original ornament that represents their organization, thus the title “Community Tree“.
The ornaments adorn the official Town of Cary Community Tree, on display in Town Hall. The town also illuminates a 30′ tall cedar tree on the town hall grounds.
If you’re interested in your organization being represented on next years tree you can find the info on the Town of Cary’s site.
Thanks for Reading our Cary Real Estate Blog. Post Authored By: David Williams
David’s a Licensed North Carolina Realtor & The Voice of CaryRealEstate.com
Come See Hope Community Church’s Christmas Production
Hope Community Church Presents Their Christmas Production this week with 6 Performances!
Thursday, December 10, 7:30 pm – FULL (no tickets remaining)
Friday, December 11, 7:30 pm – FULL (no tickets remaining)
Saturday, December 12, 4:15 pm – FULL (no tickets remaining)
*Saturday, December 12, 6:15 pm - FULL (no tickets remaining)
Sunday, December 13, 9:30 am – FULL (no tickets remaining)
*Sunday, December 13, 11:30 am – FULL (no tickets remaining).
Interpretation for the hearing impaired during the Sunday, 11:30 a.m. service.
*Please note that services with an asterisk begin 15 minutes later than their
usual start time to accommodate the performance weekend.
NO TICKETS?
You are invited to come anyway. Here’s how seating will work at each performance. Those with tickets
will be seated first (general seating). Five minutes prior to the start of each performance, a 5-minute
warning will be given which explains that all unoccupied seats are now released for general seating
whether ticketed or not. There will also be overflow seating in the chapel via live video feed. We will
do our best to locate seating for everyone.
Town of Cary Remains One of the Safest Places to Live in the US.
CQ Press, who publishes the annual City Crime Rankings just released their annual report – the Town of Cary received the following distinguished rankings:
Safest Municipality in North Carolina for the 11th straight year.
Safest Municipality in the South East.
5th Safest in the Nation for populations between 100,000 and 499,999. (Cary’’s current population estimated to be just under 140,000)
19th Safest in the Nation out of entire list without regard to population size.
While the rankings are very impressive it was noted that the town’s ranking dropped from the previous year high ranking of 3rd safest based on population and 15th safest overall. One reason for the decline – the 3 Cary women who died at the hand of domestic violence this past year – which is very unusual for Cary – a town which usually will not have a single murder over the course of a year.
Having lived in the Cary area my entire life I sometimes take for granted how safe our Town really is. The Cary Police strive hard to keep it that way! Which brings up a great takeaway point - don’t speed in Cary! The police have the time to write speeding tickets!
Thanks for Reading our Cary Real Estate Blog – This Post Authored By: David Williams
David is a Licensed North Carolina Realtor and Broker/Owner of CaryRealEstate.com
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