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~~:5-:~~~~ _ l~~ <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ~ ~ <br />RESOLUTION HONORING CAROLINA BREWERY <br />WHEREAS, Carolina Brewery is in its 12th year of business and currently employs 65 staff; and <br />WHEREAS, Owner-operator Robert Poitras founded the business based on a business plan he <br />developed as a student during his senior year at UNC Chapel Hill; and <br />WHEREAS, Mr. Poitras was the recipient of the 2005 North Carolina Small Business Restaurant <br />Neighbor Award for Community Service and was a national finalist; and <br />WHEREAS, Mr. Poitras and the restaurant have contributed to over 50 charities and causes in <br />2006; and <br />WHEREAS, Mr. Poitras is currently the youngest board member of the North Carolina <br />Restaurant and Lodging Association; and <br />WHEREAS, Carolina Brewery's Flagship IPA was awarded a Gold Medal in the English Style <br />India Pale Ale category at this Fall's Great American Beer Festival in Denver, Colorado; <br />WHEREAS, the 2006 Great American Beer Festival winners were selected by an international <br />panel of brewing experts from a field of 2,443 entries received from 450 US breweries; and <br />WHEREAS, Flagship IPA is one of Carolina Breweries core beers and is brewed and served <br />daily at the 460 W. Franklin Street location; and <br />WHEREAS, earlier this year, Carolina Brewery won four Carolina Championship of Beer <br />awards; <br />NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />congratulates Robert Poitras and Carolina Brewery for its Gold Medal Award and for its <br />exemplary corporate citizenship. <br />This the 12th day of December, 2006. <br />~~ <br />Moses Carey, Jr., Chair <br />Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />