The Hometown Spirit Award was bestowed annually on a Cary citizen who enhanced the quality of life in Cary by preserving, promoting, and carrying out positive and quantifiable traditional small-town community values and traits.  

Archive of Hometown Spirit Award Recipients

2025: Carla Michaels

2024: Sallie Jones

2023: Peggy Van Scoyoc

2022: Bob Moncsko

2021: Sarah Martin

2020: Brent Miller

2019: Anthony Blackman 

2018: Guy Mendenhall 

2017: Ralph and Daphne Ashworth

2016: Sheila Ogle 

2015: Anne B. Kratzer

2014: David J. Martin

2013: Jerry Miller

2012: Betsy Dassau and Joy Pike, co-recipients

2011: Keith Bliss

2010: Kay Struffolino

2009: Alisa Wright Colopy