One of TCAR's Own Inducted in REALTORS Hall of Fame

Every year the Raleigh Regional Association of REALTORS (RRAR) inducts several of their members into the REALTORS Hall of Fame. On Thursday December 3rd, 2009, Carter Worthy of Carter Worthy Commercial and a past President of the Triangle Commercial Association of REALTORS (TCAR) was accepted into the REALTORS Hall of Fame because of her successful real estate career and her community service within the industry itself, the public and volunteer organizations.

Carter served on RRAR's board back in 1985 and chaired the American Home Committee, Long Range Planning Committee and the New Board Orientation Committee while there. Back then TCAR was a committee of the residential board and she served on the CLS board for four years, eventually becoming President back in 1992. During this time Carter was very much a part of bringing a commercial listing data base to the area with the use of a computer. In 1998 she was named REALTOR of the year by the Triangle Commercial Association of REALTORS.

Carter has been involved with the Junior League of Raleigh, the Wake Education Partnership, Habitat for Humanity and the YWCA of the Greater Triangle Area. She has been involved in public service, has run for public office and been active in business leadership for years.

In her acceptance speech she thanked the residential board humbly commenting that RRAR has given her far more than she has given to them.

While there were others inducted, I would also like to mention that Ray Larcher, Executive Vice President of the Raleigh Regional Association of REALTORS for over 16 years, also was inducted on Thursday. He spent 13 years with the North Carolina Association of REALTORS as the Director of Education and the Director of member Services. Outside of being the AE for a 6000 member association, he is also the CEO for the Triangle MLS, regional multiple list Serv of over 8000 members. His involvement doesn't stop there because Ray has been very active on a state and national level by serving on numerous committees and task forces.

But here is the deal, while that is all impressive what has been important to us here at TCAR is he has always been a supporter of our group. In the humble beginnings of our committee, his association supplied a place to meet, personnel and an office to get our commercial group going. I always liken our move from the residential building two years ago as the parental unit finally kicking the 26 year old kid out of the basement after he had been living there after he graduated from college three years before. But even after our move, Ray Larcher has been very supportive of TCAR and for us that is just another one of the many reasons he deserves this award.