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Sig Hutchinson, M.Ed.
Sig Hutchinson has been on the front lines of making communities healthy and livable for more than a decade. Starting his career in communications with the Dale Carnegie® organization, Sig became a senior instructor for the Dale Carnegie Sales Course® for more than eight years before forming his own company to concentrate on a professional speaking and consulting career. Later, Sig used his powers of communication and public speaking to transform the region by leading four bond referendums in Wake County & the City of Raleigh totaling $140 Million Dollars for open space preservation, parks and greenways and continues to be politically active in the region where he sits on numerous boards and committees including Chair of the Open Space & Parks Advisory Committee for Wake County (click here); Chair of the Triangle Transit Authority (click here) and chaired the first Bicycle Pedestrian Task Force for the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (click here). Sig has also been the driving force in the region behind the creation of an expansive interconnected greenways system (click here) within the Triangle Park region of North Carolina. Known locally as “Mr. Greenjeans,” Sig has been honored as “Tarheel of the Week” by the News & Observer and “Volunteer of the Year” by Wake County.
Sig continues his keynote speaking and consulting career and until recently was the Publisher of Raleigh’s first downtown monthly newspaper, The Raleigh Downtowner (click here). Sig’s current interests include transportation, land use, greenways and open space preservation where his political and communication skills has Wake County Manager, David Cooke referring to Sig as his “Secret Weapon.” Sig has a B.A. from Texas Tech University; M.Ed. from the University of South Carolina and makes is home living next to a greenway in Raleigh, North Carolina.
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