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40 <br /> Gary Phillips <br /> Real Estate Broker — NC License #90959 <br /> Professional Experience <br /> • Founder and a managing partner of Weaver Street Realty in Carrboro, NC since <br /> 1984. <br /> • Involved with more than 300 land transactions during the past 41 years, primarily <br /> in Orange and Chatham Counties. <br /> • Ten years as an appraiser specializing in alternative land use, including <br /> conservation easements and other protective strategies for significant botanical <br /> areas, working farms, river corridors, and public water supply watersheds. <br /> • Member of the Chatham County, NC Board of Commissioners from 1998 to <br /> 2002, serving as Chair from 2000 to 2002. <br /> • Chair of the Carrboro Downtown Development Board during the tenure of Mayor <br /> Eleanor Kinnard. <br /> Educational Background <br /> • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill — B.A. in American Studies. <br /> • Ongoing professional development with the American Appraisal Institute. <br /> Professional Honors and Recognition <br /> • Developer of the Year Award (for Environmental Protection) by the Triangle Land <br /> Conservancy. <br /> • Awarded a Publication Prize in Environmentally Sound Agriculture for "Real <br /> Estate Tools for the Farmer: Habitat Preservation, Tax Benefits, and <br /> Capitalization through Limited Development." <br /> • Poet Laureate of Carrboro, NC 2016-2019. <br /> • Numerous other featured speaking and publication credits as a writer, naturalist, <br /> and entrepreneur. <br />