Blair Barton-Percival, assistant director of the Area Agency on Aging for the Piedmont Triad Council of Governments, received the Edwin M. Gill Award during the April 16 graduation ceremony for the 2009–2010 County Administration course of the School of Government at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The N.C. Association of County Commissioners presents the award each year to the class member with the most distinguished record. The award is given in honor of the former state treasurer and chairman of the N.C. Local Government Commission.
Blair Barton-Percival, assistant director of the Area Agency on Aging for the Piedmont Triad Council of Governments, received the Edwin M. Gill Award during the April 16 graduation ceremony for the 2009–2010 County Administration course of the School of Government at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The N.C. Association of County Commissioners presents the award each year to the class member with the most distinguished record. The award is given in honor of the former state treasurer and chairman of the N.C. Local Government Commission.
Barton-Percival was one of 28 officials who completed the county administration course this year. More than 1,300 officials have completed the course since it began in 1964.
Stevie Cox, town manager of Chadbourn, received the George C. Franklin Award during the April 16 graduation ceremony for the 2009–2010 Municipal Administration course. This award, given by the N.C. League of Municipalities in honor of its former general counsel, goes to the class member with the most distinguished record.
Cox was one of 67 officials who completed the municipal administration course this year. More than 2,700 officials have completed the course since it began in 1954.
Municipal and County Administration contact: Gregory S. Allison, (919) 966-4376, allison@sog.unc.edu.
School of Government contact: Ellen Bradley, (919) 843-6527, bradley@sog.unc.edu