April 21. The City of Kannapolis was among 14 North Carolina governments to earn recognition in the Ninth North Carolina City and County Communicators’ (NC3C) Excellence in Communications Awards. The city won three first place awards and a second place award.

The City of Kannapolis received first place in a marketing tools category for its 2016 Discover Fun In Kannapolis mailer. The city also won first place for Most Creative Project with Least Dollars Spent for the Get Healthy Nights at the Kannapolis Intimidators ballgames. In the special events category, the city won both first- and second-place honors for the Run Kannapolis Series and Get Healthy Nights.

The awards were presented April 14 at the NC3C’s annual spring conference in Chapel Hill.

Categories included TV and Videos, Communication Technology, Special Events, Printed Publications, Most Creative Project for the Least Amount of Funds, Citizen Participation and Marketing Tools.

Judges for the NC3C Excellence in Communications Awards were government communication professionals from Texas, Colorado and Florida. Each judge has previously won state or national awards.