Below are some of the awards, honors and recognition that the Town of Holly Springs has received in recent years plus other honors that reflect on the community.

Communications Staff Earns 2 Awards at Statewide Conference
March 2013
The Town of Holly Springs' Department of Public Affairs and Communications received two honors during the third annual Excellence in Communications Awards presented in March 2013 by the North Carolina City and County Communicators (NC3C.)

Parks & Recreation Staff Earns Award at Statewide Conference
November 2012
Parks and Recreation Athletics Program Manager, Kristen Denton, received the 2012 Young Professional of the Year award during the annual North Carolina Recreation and Parks Association state conference. Denton was recognized for her dedication and experience in the field of Parks and Recreation at a luncheon held by the NCRPA in Greenville, NC.

Bloomberg Businessweek: The Best Place to Raise Kids in North Carolina
December 2012
Bloomberg Businessweek and Bloomberg Rankings evaluated more than 3,200 places nationwide with populations from 5,000 to 50,000. Bloomberg looked at such metrics as public school performance, safety, housing costs, commute time, poverty, adults’ educational attainment, share of households with children, and diversity. To gauge the local job market, Bloomberg also weighed median income and unemployment.
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Communications Staff Earns 2 Awards at Statewide Conference
April 2011
The Town of Holly Springs' Department of Public Affairs and Communications and the Department of Parks and Recreation received two honors during the third annual Excellence in Communications Awards presented in April 2011 by the North Carolina City and County Communicators (NC3C.)

Holly Springs Farmers Market Voted Best Small Farmers Market in North Carolina
October 2011
The Farmers Market in the Holly Springs Village District, managed and operated by the Department of Planning & Zoning was voted as the Favorite Small Farmers Market in North Carolina, #2 Favorite Overall Market in North Carolina and the #17 Favorite Small Market in the United States in the American Farm Land Trust’s America’s Favorite Farmers Market™ contest , an on-line national contest that helps Americans show their support for their favorite farmers markets and helps markets raise their visibility.

Holly Springs Census 2010 Media Blitz Receives Award
October 2010 
The Town of Holly Springs' Department of Planning & Zoning and the Holly Springs Sun received the Marvin Collins Outstanding Planning Award for the media campaign regarding the importance of participation in the 2010 US Census from the N.C. Chapter of the American Planning Association. The award recognizes plans, programs or processes of unusually high merit that have been completed within the past two years.

Communications Staff Earns 6 Awards at Statewide Conference 
April 2010
The Town of Holly Springs' Department of Public Affairs and Communications received six honors during the second annual Excellence in Communications Awards presented April 29 by the North Carolina City and County Communicators (NC3C.)

Holly Springs Included Among "America's Top 100 Places to Live"
April 2009
For the second straight year, the consumers directory Relocate America named Holly Springs to its list of "America's Top 100 Places to Live." Communities were chosen based on growth outlook and ability to rebound from the nation's recession, as well as government and business leadership in the community.

Pedestrian Transportation Plan Receives Award
September 2008
The Town of Holly Springs' Pedestrian Transportation Plan received an award from the N.C. Chapter of the American Planning Association. The award recognizes plans, programs or processes of unusually high merit that have been adopted with the past two years.

Holly Springs Recognized for Recruitment of Life Sciences Manufacturing
September 2007
The International Economic Development Council awarded Holly Springs with an Honorable Mention for the Town's marketing campaign to attract life sciences manufacturing facilities. The years-long effort paid off when Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics announced in July 2006 that it would build a flu vaccine facility here.

Forbes Magazine Ranks Holly Springs 18th Fastest Growing Suburb in U.S.
August 2007

Money Magazine Lists Holly Springs Among Top Towns in U.S.
July 2007
Money Magazine named Holly Springs one of the best places to live in the country, ranking it 22nd among 100 Great American Towns. Holly Springs was one of three North Carolina towns on the list.

"Some places have everything any family could want - economic opportunity, good schools, safe streets, things to do and a sense of community," CNNMoney.com wrote in naming the best smaller places to live.

Novartis Recruitment Earns Industry Recognition
May 2007
Novartis' recruitment to Holly Springs was named one of the "Top Deals in North America" in 2006 by a trade publication for executives who decide where businesses locate. Site Selection magazine based its Top 20 list on factors including capital investment, jobs, regional impact, creativity and intensity of the competition.

Town Earns New Industry Award
February 2007
Triangle Business Journal honored the Town's Novartis project with one of the publication's annual commercial real estate awards. The Town and Novartis received the business journal's SPACE Award in the Economic Development: New Industry category.

Wake County School System Tops Nation in Teacher Certification
January 2007
The Wake County Public School System has the largest corps of teachers to earn certification from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards of any school system in the nation.

Town Honored for Excellence in Financial Reporting
July 2006
The Governmental Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada awarded Holly Springs a Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting. The award was for the Town's Comprehensive Annual Financial Report. A panel cited the Town's "spirit of full disclosure."

Erosion Control Program Receives State Award
February 2006
The N.C. Sedimentation Control Commission gave the Town of Holly Springs' sedimentation and erosion control program an award for overall excellence. It was the second such award in three years.

Money Magazine Ranks Holly Springs Among Best Places to Retire in N.C.
October 2005
Holly Springs ranked among the state's 20 contenders for best places to retire in the magazine's annual nationwide study. The magazine included towns with more than 14,000 people, above-median household income, population growth, and real-estate appreciation over the previous five years. 

Money Magazine Ranks Holly Springs Among Best Places to Live in N.C.
July 2005
Holly Springs ranked among the state's 20 contenders for best places places to live in the magazine's annual nationwide study. MONEY magazine and CNN/Money spent months looking for great American towns "where you would want to raise your children and celebrate life's milestones."

Holly Springs Ranked Safest N.C. Municipality with More Than 10,000 People
April 2005
Holly Springs ranked as the state's safest municipality with a population of more than 10,000 people. The Shelby Star newspaper conducted the study, comparing crime numbers for 55 N.C. municipalities. The numbers for violent crimes in each municipality were divided by that municipality's population and multiplied by 1,000.

Holly Springs Town Hall Wins Award
May 2004
Holly Springs Town Hall received the Community Enhancement Award from the Triangle Commercial Real Estate Women association. The award goes to a public or non-profit project that enhances the community's economics, aesthetics, quality of life, etc.