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FUQUAY-VARINA 2018 MEDIA KIT AS SOON AS YOU STEP off the ferry onto Bald Head Island, it’s clear this is a place like no other. Take a deep breath, smell the salty air, feel the ocean breezes on your face, and listen to the sounds of water and wildlife. Although not strictly an island since Hurricane Bonnie in 1998, the area retains its remote and picturesque nature. Only service vehicles are allowed, so bicycles and electric golf carts rule the roads. In addition to its renown as a vacation getaway, this south- Island ernmost settlement in North Carolina is nationally recognized as a sea turtle nesting spot and a prime place for birdwatching. The Bald Head Island Conservancy is dedicated to preserving the barrier island’s habitat. The group also leads birdwatching tours and turtle-themed programs throughout the year. Outdoor activities like kayaking, kiteboarding and surfing are typical pastimes, but you can also exercise your brain with MAGGY AWARDS a visit to the historic Old Baldy lighthouse — and enjoy a Paradise bird’s-eye view of the scenery. WRITTEN BY AMBER KEISTER • PHOTOS BY JONATHAN FREDIN In the following pages, photographer Jonathan Fredin gives you a peek at what he calls “a magical place.” Our most anticipated yearly feature, the reader-selected Maggy Awards. Over 13,000 votes this year!

An early riser pedals through the sleepy harbor village on Bald Head Island, a remote barrier island on the tip of the Cape Fear River only accessible by ferry or private boat. People travel What the car-free roads by bike, golf cart or on foot.

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BREW is located in the cafe all downtown, where you can try new ing, and that’s a place of community,” said beer,” Viola explained. and concession area on co-proprietor A.J. Viola, who runs BREW Open daily, BREW extends its operat- Women of Western Wake Luncheon, places and enjoy mainstays, while the first floor of The Cary locations in downtown Raleigh and Cary ing hours during theater events. Theater. It offers coffee, appreciating their distinct flavors, and espresso and tea from local along with business partner Mike Sholar. strolling between courses. companies, including Ra- The coffee bar has become a haven for 122 E. Chatham St., Cary leigh Coffee Company, with We’ve crafted this experience (919) 400-5473 a light breakfast and café many regulars. An outdoor patio provides lunch menu, wine and craft as a sampler of all that’s available additional seating. brewcary.com Movers & Shakers, and Maggy Awards beer. It’s open until 6 p.m. downtown, guaranteed to entice and BREW partners with local roasters, weekdays, but stays open during theater events. enthuse. Enjoy! breweries and artisan bakers to offer quality continued on page 90 88 MARCH/APRIL 2017 CARY MAGAZINE 89 AWARD-WINNING Party and more

EDITOR’S NOTE: The following are excerpts from our honoree interviews. For more from the 2017 Cary Magazine Movers & Shakers, CONTENT AND DESIGN see carymagazine.com.

JAY BOND TITLE: Co-owner, Bond Brothers Beer Company ON SUCCESS: Success very rarely comes easily — and passion is key! You have to be willing to give everything you have. And &when something doesn’t go your way, use that experience as an opportunity to learn, grow and to show those around you who you really are. HERE’S THE BOOST BIGGEST RISK TAKEN: Starting over. No you’ve been looking for, the READER INTERACTION matter where you are in life, or how bad impetus to keep going in things seem, never forget that tomorrow pursuit of your dreams. brings opportunities. Staying positive and Here are the 2017 CM always pushing forward, no matter what, will inevitably help bring the right people Movers & Shakers. ORIGINAL EDITORIAL Reader Survey, contests, events and social media into your life. Passionate about what HOW TO FOSTER INNOVATION: We they do, and willing to take truly believe that each and every one of risks to move closer to their our employees has something unique to goals, these 25 people are offer, whether it’s creativity, insight to the impacting the “now” of We don’t use wires or syndicates. — we constantly seek input from readers! industry, or suggestions to enhance the way we run our business. We talk, we listen, and Western Wake even as they we show our staff that we are all equals. You shape its future. are only as good as the people you surround And just for you, they’re yourself with. Let them know that! willing to share their hard- All Cary Magazine articles are uniquely FUN FACT: I was a touring musician for earned advice on the true more than half my life. meaning of success. BRANDON & KELLY TRIMYER TITLE: Co-owners and operators, Duck Donuts Cary and Raleigh tailored to our readership. ON SUCCESS: Success at any cost feels hollow. Could we improve financial perfor- mance by paying lower wages, using fewer Movers premium products, and giving fewer donations to schools and community groups? Yes. Clockwise from bottom left, 2017 Movers & Shakers honorees Kelly Could we sleep at night if we did that? No. and Brandon Trimyer, Jay Bond WORK AND CORE VALUES: As parents and Alli Walton strike a pose at the General Aviation Terminal at WEEKLY E-NEWSLETTER to three young kids, we wanted to put our RDU International Airport. Special family first, but it was tough when we were thanks to RDU staff for making the Shakers facility available to Cary Magazine COMPILED BY NANCY PARDUE | PHOTOGRAPHED BY JONATHAN FREDIN constantly on call or on the road. Owning as a backdrop to this third annual continued on page 28 feature.

26 JULY 2017 CARY MAGAZINE 27 With more than 21,500 subscribers EYE-CATCHING PHOTOGRAPHY Act Naturally A PLETHORA OF PUBLIC PROGRAMS ENCOURAGE PRINT QUALITY FAMILIES TO EXPLORE THE OUTDOORS WRITTEN BY AMBER KEISTER • PHOTOS BY JONATHAN FREDIN The highest industry standards n a warm afternoon in late winter, Joanne learn from scat?” e responses come back quickly: St. Clair leads several families in a game of what kind of animal it is, what it’s been eating. Onature bingo along the American Tobacco e group strolls leisurely, marking o spaces on Trail in Apex. their cards for a fallen log, a tree cavity or an animal e Wake County environmental educator gives track. St. Clair pauses beside the trail and points into a IN-DEMAND ISSUES to ensure vibrant photography out laminated bingo cards with pictures of possible for- shallow pool of water. ese vernal pools, which dry up est sights. She encourages the kids to ll out the cards, in summer’s heat, are vital to amphibians, she explains. checking o items they see on their walk. “Do you see those things oating under water that Even the most pedestrian subject is an opportunity look like clouds? ose are salamander egg masses, for learning. probably spotted salamanders.” More than 180 free pickup locations and advertisements “What is scat?” one of the kids asks. “It’s poop!” “Does anyone want to touch an egg sac?” St. Clair another answers eagerly. asks.

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Joanne St. Clair, right, an environmental educator with Wake County Parks, leads a group on a short nature hike on the American Tobacco Trail in Apex. Beside a shallow pool of water next to the trail, she pauses to point out several salamander larvae. The group also saw many egg sacs from salamanders yet to emerge.

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BEST PRIVATE SCHOOL WRITTEN BY NANCY PARDUE THE WINNERS EDITOR’S NOTE: The following are excerpts Nicole Dozier believes in advocacy, Cary Academy from working to address today’s PHOTOGRAPHED BY JONATHAN FREDIN BEST PUBLIC SCHOOL from our honoree interviews. For more from volatile healthcare climate as STYLED BY AMBER KEISTER In a new Maggy category this year, readers GREEN HOPE the 2017 Cary Magazine Movers & Shakers, director of the Health Advocacy Best Project at the North Carolina Justice were quick to click for Cary Academy as Best Private see carymagazine.com. HIGH SCHOOL Center, to promoting investment School. Cary High School in her home community as Apex Celebrating its 20th year in Cary, the co-ed, college- Panther Creek High School JAY BOND mayor pro-tem. “I feel that we have an assignment in this life,” she says. preparatory school is home to nearly 800 students in grades TITLE: Co-owner, Bond Brothers Beer BEST PRIVATE SCHOOL LIFESTYLES six through 12. The school recently launched its Discovery Studio, CARY ACADEMY Company Nicole Dozier and held its first TEDxCary Academy. Cardinal Gibbons High School ON SUCCESS: Success very rarely comes Cary Academy alumni include researchers and policy setters in St. Michael the Archangel easily — and passion is key! You have to be Green Hope High Principal Karen Summers, left, is our idol, Catholic School because she’s willing to do most anything for her students, even medicine and government, attorneys, software engineers, entrepreneurs and more, willing to give everything you have. And Director, Health Advocacy Project at the North Carolina Justice Center, posing with a sousaphone. Our student judges are, from left, living and working around the world. &when something doesn’t go your way, use and Mayor pro-tempore, Apex Town Council BEST ACTIVE ADULT COMMUNITY Samantha McNeill, 17, Younggil Chang, 17, and Naiya Banks, 15. SEARSTONE that experience as an opportunity to learn, Carolina Preserve at Amberly grow and to show those around you who Glenaire you really are. HERE’S THE BOOST BIGGEST RISK TAKEN: Starting over. No you’ve been looking for, the WRITTEN BY NANCY PARDUE | PHOTOGRAPHED BY JONATHAN FREDIN BEST NONPROFIT DORCAS MINISTRIES matter where you are in life, or how bad impetus to keep going in The Carying Place things seem, never forget that tomorrow pursuit of your dreams. Brown Bag Ministry brings opportunities. Staying positive and Here are the 2017 CM always pushing forward, no matter what, THE BEST WAY TO HELP PEOPLE, Ni- Dozier has since earned a lifetime Dozier and her “small and mighty team” BEST COFFEEHOUSE will inevitably help bring the right people Movers & Shakers. cole Dozier believes, is to teach them how to achievement award from the North Caro- on the Health Advocacy Project would like THE WAKE ZONE ESPRESSO into your life. Passionate about what do for themselves. lina Advocates for Justice, and serves on the to see every individual guaranteed quality Crema Coffee Roaster & Bakery La Farm Bakery HOW TO FOSTER INNOVATION: We they do, and willing to take That’s the goal of her work as director statewide Care 4 Carolina coalition, among healthcare through coverage, similar to the truly believe that each and every one of risks to move closer to their of the Health Advocacy Project, one of seven others. way education is guaranteed to all. BEST PRESCHOOL policy projects at the nonprofit North Caro- Today’s volatile healthcare climate must our employees has something unique to goals, these 25 people are PRIMROSE SCHOOLS offer, whether it’s creativity, insight to the lina Justice Center. be addressed, Dozier says, for those living in Kids R Kids Learning Academies impacting the “now” of industry, or suggestions to enhance the way “Healthcare is one of the main reasons rural communities, seniors, racial and ethnic Greenwood Forest Children’s Center we run our business. We talk, we listen, and Western Wake even as they for poverty, and medical debt makes up a minorities, and the self-employed. “One measure of success, Volunteers make good things happen at Dorcas Ministries. BEST GOLF COURSE we show our staff that we are all equals. You shape its future. large percentage of bankruptcies,” said Dozi- The Health Advocacy Project works to as it relates to advocacy, PRESTONWOOD are only as good as the people you surround And just for you, they’re er, a former disability services specialist and a secure healthcare policies that meet the needs is when I can work yourself with. Let them know that! State Bar-certified paralegal. of all North Carolinians, especially with re- BEST NONPROFIT COUNTRY CLUB willing to share their hard- alongside a variety of MacGregor Downs Country Club She joined the Justice Center in 1996 spect to the Affordable Care Act and Medic- FUN FACT: I was a touring musician for stakeholders on initiatives Knights Play Golf Center earned advice on the true to work on Hyatt v. Barnhart, a class action aid reform. DORCAS MINISTRIES more than half my life. and policies that enhance A CELEBRATION TO HONOR meaning of success. suit against the Social Security Administra- Through public forums, Dozier takes LEADING WOMEN IN OUR COMMUNITY Of all the Maggy Award winners, only of glorifying God by working and support- BEST INTERIOR DESIGN FIRM the entire community.” tion on behalf of more than 144,000 people that message across North Carolina, to em- one can claim both Best Nonprofit and ing themselves and their families with the SOUTHERN STUDIO BRANDON & KELLY TRIMYER denied their disability claims. power consumers. Best Resale Shopping: Dorcas. Its popu- fruits of their work.” INTERIOR DESIGN TITLE: Co-owners and operators, Duck fruits of their work.” “We helped get millions of dollars in “We primarily help people with low lar thrift store, locals know, helps fund the At Dorcas Plaza a new primary care Lauren Burns Interiors Donuts Cary and Raleigh Ivy Cottage Collections benefits into the hands of people who needed and moderate incomes through media, com- “Many of us who have coverage don’t organization’s food, housing and jobs out- clinic offers health care on a sliding fee scale, ON SUCCESS: Success at any cost feels them, since they could no longer work due munications, education and community en- often think about healthcare until something ➨ Green Hope hollow. Could we improve financial perfor- BEST PUBLIC SCHOOL tolerance and ac- reach services. in partnership with Advance Community BEST MUSIC VENUE to disability,” Dozier said. She also found gagement statewide, litigation as necessary, rocks us,” she said. “I don’t have to worry ceptance through- High’s Karen So what’s new at this community-mind- Health, the Town of Cary and Wake County. KOKA BOOTH mance by paying lower wages, using fewer Movers herself a new job. and lobbying at the state and federal levels,” over money for preventive care or screenings, GREEN HOPE HIGH SCHOOL out our school Summers earned ed hotspot? A full-time caseworker to man- And community donations enabled AMPHITHEATRE premium products, and giving fewer dona- “It was supposed to be a three-year Dozier said. and if the doctor calls back, I have no wor- community.” an honorable age Dorcas’ emergency housing program. Dorcas to deliver two truckloads of materials Red Hat Amphitheater tions to schools and community groups? Yes. Clockwise from bottom left, 2017 grant, but they never asked me to leave,” she “Education moves them up the ladder ries about losing my home, job or car, so I Coastal Credit Union Music Park Movers & Shakers honorees Kelly mention this year Could we sleep at night if we did that? No. said with a laugh. “I didn’t know what would of engagement, and they’ll typically pull oth- can just focus on what they’re telling me. But Bet you didn’t know that the original tor Cotto, Principal Karen Summers said, Summers also “Of the 34 families she worked with, and more than $2,000 in Lowe’s gift cards to at Walnut Creek and Brandon Trimyer, Jay Bond says Green Hope’s as Best Principal. at the end of the year 32 of those families those impacted by Hurricane Matthew. WORK AND CORE VALUES: As parents and Alli Walton strike a pose at happen next, but I took a chance on learning ers up too, becoming ‘grasstops,’ experts in why should I have that, and not everyone? PRESENTS Green Hope School was established in 1927, “We are fortunate to have well-rounded stu- the General Aviation Terminal at something new, and had to operate in faith.” their own community.” 100-plus clubs are had remained stable for the entire year,” said Keep it coming, Manning says: “We BEST LOCAL EVENT OR FESTIVAL to three young kids, we wanted to put our RDU International Airport. Special less than a mile down the road from its pres- dents who excel in three key areas: academ- continued on page 38 LAZY DAZE ARTS AND family first, but it was tough when we were thanks to RDU staff for making the ent-day site, with the same school colors of ics, athletics, and fine and performing arts. a testament to the student body and their Executive Director Howard Manning. “Our are always in need of volunteers and mate- Shakers facility available to Cary Magazine COMPILED BY NANCY PARDUE | PHOTOGRAPHED BY JONATHAN FREDIN CRAFTS FESTIVAL constantly on call or on the road. Owning burgundy and green. “Our student body is comprised passion for service in the school and com- role at Dorcas is one of encourager and mo- rial donations. And we’re looking for more as a backdrop to this third annual Apex PeakFest continued on page 28 feature. With a 2015-16 graduation rate of 94.8 of many nationalities, religions and cul- munity, and to the dedication of the teachers tivator; all of the goal setting, planning and exposure along the N.C. 55 corridor and the Beericana Craft Beer

percent and alumni who include PGA golfer tures. This diversity leads to enriching con- who serve as club advisors. execution are being performed by the fami- far west regions of Cary and Morrisville; we & Music Festival 26 JULY 2017 CARY MAGAZINE 27 24 SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2017 CARYCARY MAGAZINEMAGAZINE 25 Brendon Todd and two-time Olympian Hec- versations in the classrooms, and encourages Go, Falcons! lies. We’re helping them to fulfill their calling see that as an untapped geographical area.”

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