Conveniently located and central to everything is Cary, NC, better known as “Technology Town.” To the west is the Research Triangle Park, to the north I-40 and Raleigh-Durham International Airport, to the east is the state capital of North Carolina, Raleigh, and less than 25 miles away lie downtown Durham and Chapel Hill. Drive three hours to the west and you’re in the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains; drive two hours to the east, and you’re on the breathtaking coast of North Carolina.
Cary is in the heart of the state and offers just about every amenity in recreation and home ownership available, topped off with the best career opportunities in the region. Some of the largest employers in Cary are SAS Institute, Inc. (the largest privately owned software company in the world), MCI WorldCom, John Deere, IBM, and Lucent Technologies, to name a few. Cary is renowned for being a town with high earning career opportunities.
Cary has more than 20 public parks, 20 miles of trails and greenways, open spaces, athletic fields for all sports, summer camp programs, a nature center, community centers, a senior center, golf courses, tennis courts and more. Also, Cary offers the best in fine dining, shopping, and entertainment, with an easy drive to the Capital City of Raleigh for state museums and major league sporting venues.
Two of the more popular events and venues in Cary are:
The Koka Booth Amphitheatre at Regency Park: a state-of-the-art performance center surrounded by 14 acres of trees by the side of Symphony Lake. It is proud to have the North Carolina Symphony perform their annual Summerfest series to a capacity crowd of 7,000.
The Lazy Daze Arts & Crafts Festival: a top venue in the south with roughly 60,000 event goers gathering in downtown Cary for the best in arts, crafts, food, and entertainment. In 2005, artists came from 20 states, as far away as California, to participate in this annual event that has captivated Cary since 1977.
Cary was first established as a settlement in 1750 and originally called Bradford’s Ordinary. The growth and history of this city can be seen at the Page Walker Arts & History Center, built by the town founder and listed on the National Register for Historic Places. Cary is a prosperous town today thanks to Allison Page, who is credited for founding and renaming Cary, which led to the town’s incorporation in 1871. Cary was a small southern town until the Research Triangle Park was developed in the 1960s. What began as a few thousand residents commuting in the 60s, now has reached a population just under 120,000.
The residents of Cary are served by the Wake County Public School System that offers both traditional and year-round calendars, along with excellent pre-school programs. Higher education is a priority in the greater Raleigh area, and this can best be seen by the abundance of educational facilities conveniently located around Cary. The most famous of the area’s schools are Duke University, The University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, and North Carolina State University. Currently two out of every three adults in Cary have a college degree.
Cary flows with tree lined streets, manicured subdivisions, and a real estate market that offers every option in home ownership including: condos, townhomes, single family homes, luxury estates, lake homes, and golf course communities. Click the links to the left to browse a few of the fine communities in the area.
There is no wonder why Cary has been recognized with such praise. These are only a handful of accolades the town of Cary has received:
Money Magazine 2004 - “Hottest town in the East”
Money Magazine 2004 - one of six “Hottest Towns in America”
Money Magazine 2006 - one of the “Best Small Cities in America”
Money Magazine 2006 - ranked fifth on the list “Best Places to Live”
Relocate-America.com 2006 - ranked second on the list “America’s Top 100 Places to Live”
Morgan Quitno Safest (And Most Dangerous) City Award 2006 - ranked 8th safest city in the Nation. This is Cary’s 8th year in a row on the top 10 safest cities list.
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