Story by Hal Goodtree | November 27, 2009 | Tags: cary, cary towne center, jaycees, nc, searstone, the carying place
Editor’s Journal – a potpourri of things that don’t fit elsewhere. This week, it’s Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, known throughout the land as a shopping decathlon. Sure enough, things were jumping at Cary Towne Center.
Photos by Hal Goodtree
A few blocks away, at the corner of Dry Ave and S. Academy St., the Jaycees were selling Christmas trees. About 60 volunteers man the lot 7 days a week until mid-December, selling fresh-cut trees from Ashe County to raise money for charities including the NC Boys & Girls Home, Jaycees Burn Center and the Duke Cancer Center.
Heather helps wrap a tree for the Jaycees
The Jaycees hope to sell 280 trees. They’ve been selling Christmas trees in Cary to raise money for charity for more 35 years.
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Over at Searstone, they lit their angel Christmas tree and placed ornaments for The Carying Place, a charity here in town. The goal is to fully equip a kitchen for a needy family.
The Carying Place tagged ornaments at Searstone
All in all, a merry Black Friday here in Cary. What did you do?
Zach
November 28, 2009 at 8:55 am
I headed over to Target in Crossroads at 4:30 to get in line with what turned out to be hundreds of people. Most seemed to be there for the TVs. A toy my daughter wanted was 1/2 price so I woke up early to pick it up for her. Later in the day we went to Cary Towne Center and eventually my wife made it to Old Navy.
Hal Goodtree
November 28, 2009 at 7:48 pm
I’m pretty sure there’s a blues song about this.
Matt Young
November 29, 2009 at 9:32 am
…Went down to the crossroads……ba dum da dum…..
….for some half price fun…..ba dum da dum
…My wife went into the Navy….ba dum da da dum
Brendan
November 29, 2009 at 1:02 pm
I simply cannot shop at Cary Towne Center Mall any more. As other malls grabbed new unique brands, CTC did nothing and it shows. I can see it failing within the decade.
I personally would love to see them “de-mall” the site and build something mixed-use like North Hills, or better yet Rockville Town Square in Rockville, MD to fit the demographics of Cary.
See Rockville Town Square: http://www.rockvilletownsquare.com/gallery/
Incredible!
Michael McLaughlin
January 13, 2010 at 2:44 pm
Yes, Cary is due for a first rate shopping mall like north hills or a South Point. For that matter, I’d love to see a “north Hills type development built at Waverly place. It would really boost the real estate values in that part of Cary