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| 11/28/09 at WakeMed Soccer Park, Cary NC
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Donna on the Side
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Cary, North Carolina - The Scene for NXN Southeast
Cary began as a settlement called Bradford's Ordinary in 1750. About 1850 Allen Francis Page, a Wake County farmer and lumberman, bought 300 acres near Bradford's Ordinary and established a sawmill, general store, inn and post office. He called the new settlement Cary after General Samuel Cary, a prohibitionist from Ohio that he admired. The area continued to develop and survived devastation during the Civil War, when a detachment of General Sherman's troops stormed through looking for silver.
About the time of the Civil War, the Seaboard Railroad was founded in Cary. By the late 1860's Cary became a junction for railroad activity. Soon after, the town was incorporated and continued to develop in retail and manufacturing. After World War II the area was selected to develop the Research-Triangle Park which brought in high quality research activity that makes Cary what it is today.
The research industry has generated new housing and retail development to support the growing number of employees. Since 1976 the population has jumped from 17,500 to 100,000. Today, Cary is home to a variety of research employers including IBM, Cisco Systems, Lucent Technology, and SAS Institute.
The Wake Med Soccer Park sits on 150 acres that is leased by Wake County from the State of North Carolina. The park is managed by the Town of Cary. It was built with $14.5 mostly from county-wide hotel room and prepared food and beverage taxes. In 2008, the WakeMed Health & Hospitals purchased naming rights.
In addition to soccer, the park is used for a many high school cross country races including the NXN Southeast regional competition. |  | | |  |
Sideline Scenes
| | | Olympian and Nike athlete Shalane Flanagan meets her fans.
| Race announcer, Justin Scranton, kept us informed of the race in and out of the woods.
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