N OT E D. WHAT AN HONOR Kehillah Synagogue honored Jamil Kadoura, the owner of Mediterranean Deli, as the
inaugural recipient of its Community Builder Award during a Champagne reception and luncheon on May 22. Over the years, Jamil’s restaurant has hosted events to support and raise money for refugee families and other causes.
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the Savannah College of Art and Design Atlanta. While studying industrial design at SCAD, Jabria helped to rebrand Decatur Cooperative Ministry, a homelessness prevention program, by analyzing data and conducting other research to create a more cohesive brand identity. In June, Jabria started working at 3M as an industrial design intern where she is contributing to four projects. Viki Pace-Morris, a realtor at Fonville Morisey, was awarded
Realtor of the Year by the Orange Chatham Association of Realtors in June.
Nora El-Khouri Spencer was named
She was recognized as having the highest level of integrity as a real estate professional. Other award winners included Nate Nunes (Rising Star), Marcia Vaughn (Community Service), John Delgado (Organizational Service), Jessica Bryan (BIC of the Year), Wendy Tanson (Realtor Choice), P.H. Craig (Milestone), Jay Kennihan (Milestone), Denise Kennihan (Milestone), Jaye Kreller (Milestone), Jay Parker (Milestone) and Bill Whitmore (Milestone). Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools honored Kimberly Jones as
Cedar Ridge High School’s Director of Bands Josh Cvijanovic received the 2022
Award of Excellence from the Central District chapter of the North Carolina Bandmasters Association in May. Chapel Hill native and East Chapel Hill High School graduate Jabria Oliver was named valedictorian of the 2022 graduating class of
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Teacher of the Year at the annual recognition reception on June 6. Kimberly has been a teacher for 16 years after earning her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Wake Forest University. CHCCS also
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received the Excellence in Communications Award from the North Carolina City & County Communicators for its work in rebranding, specifically the logo of the Orange County Historical Courthouse’s clock tower. The awards were announced at NC3C’s annual conference in April. The Chamber for a Greater Chapel HillCarrboro announced the winners of the 2022
Business Excellence Awards at a ceremony in June at the American Legion Chapel Hill Post No. 6. Nora El-Khouri Spencer from Hope Renovations received Businesswoman of the Year, Pavani Peri from Acta Solutions and Wes Rowe from Graduate Chapel Hill received Young Professionals of the Year, Atma Hotel Group was awarded Large Business of the Year, Carrboro Plumbing was named Mid-Size Business of the Year, Carrboro Farmers Market was named Micro Enterprise Business of the Year, Olmaz Jewelers received New Business of the Year, Fitch Lumber & Hardware
was awarded the Innovation Award, Trevor Holman Photography was
given the Community Impact Award and Hope Renovations was named Nonprofit of the Year.
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a CNN Hero for her work at her nonprofit, Hope Renovations, which offers free courses to teach women and nonbinary people about construction work and help them enter a traditionally male-dominated field. Additionally, Nora received the UNC School of Social Work’s Distinguished Alumni Award in May. The nonprofit held a fundraising event on June 16 to celebrate its second anniversary, raising $22,000 and surpassing its $15,000 goal.
recognized two finalists for teacher of the year, Jessica Clemente at Frank Porter Graham Elementary School and Leigh Stratton-Sharp at Seawell Elementary School.
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