Mayor Fred Turnage - NC Spin's NC Notable

Congratulations to Rocky Mount's Mayor Fred Turnage for his salute this week on the NC SPIN Television Show! Mayor Turnage is this week's NC Notable!

The following article appeared in today's NC SPINcycle newsletter:

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Each week The North Carolina Public Power Communities and NC SPIN recognize one person who has made a significant contribution to our state. Selections are made based on humility, integrity, service, and leadership.

This Week's NC Notable: Fred Turnage

Fred Turnage was destined to lead at an early age. The Rocky Mount native was president of his senior class. With a law degree from Wake Forest he returned home to practice law.

Turnage was elected to the City Council in 1971, then became the youngest mayor in Rocky Mount history, serving for 34 years. Over four decades he has guided his city through growth, a contentious liquor by the drink vote, and a highly emotional merger of city and county school systems. But Fred Turnage might best be remembered for his leadership when Hurricane Floyd flooded Rocky Mount in 1999, nationally acknowledged a model for disaster recovery.

Two Presidents called on Fred’s leadership and he has served four Governors. He has been president of the NC League of Municipalities, Electricities, and the NC Eastern Municipal Power Agency, with awards too numerous to mention.

As Fred Turnage retires as Mayor we enthusiastically salute this humble and outstanding leader as a true NC Notable.

If you know someone who should be recognized as an NC Notable, please submit your nomination of 200 words or less to NC Notable, c/o NC SPIN, 851 Washington Street, Raleigh, NC 27605 or you can visit the NC SPIN website.