RALEIGH, N.C. - Business and government leaders across North Carolina have issued proclamations in observance of National Apprenticeship Week, which celebrates the importance of apprenticeships for employers and their apprentices.

Here is a list of the proclamations:

• Gov. Roy Cooper
• Raleigh Mayor Mary-Ann Baldwin
• Greensboro Mayor Nancy Vaughan
• High Point Mayor Jay Wagner
• Robert Foster, chief operating officer, Virtelle Hospitality, Asheville
• Robert Graham, president, R.D. Graham Electric Co., Greensboro
• James Kammann, owner, Dining Innovations LLC, Asheville
• Kevin Robinson, president, RTriad Enterprises LLC, Greensboro
• Atkins "Trey" Michael, director of CTE and career pathways education, NC Department of Public Instruction

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