North Carolina Rail-Trails presented a Golden Spike award to Carol Thomson on October 9, 2010 at its Annual Meeting. The award recognizes Thomson’s long-term efforts in preparing and distributing the multimedia documentary “Bridging Rails to Trails, Stories of the American Tobacco Trail”.

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The Durham Arts Council has awarded project director Carol Thomson an Emerging Artist Award grant for Bridging Rails to Trails. The cash award will be applied to editing video and audio portions of the project.

The Durham Arts Council Emerging Artists Program is designed to enable individual artists, who have mastered the basic techniques of their art, to complete projects that will establish or enhance their professional careers. The award honors artists in Chatham, Durham, Granville, Orange, and Person Counties.

Thomson and the other winners will be honored at an Awards Ceremony on Friday, January 12, 2007 at the Durham Arts Council in Durham, North Carolina.

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