 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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