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Mel Rashkis

Mel Rashkis moved to Chapel Hill in the early 1960s, and his firm, Mel Rashkis and Associates, was for many years the largest real estate firm in town. He was president of the Board of Realtors and of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Chamber of Commerce, chaired the Village Companies Community Foundation, and shares with his wife Zora the name of the Meadowmont elementary school.

Source: The Carrboro Citizen: Obituary: Mel Rashkis (November 13, 2008)

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  1. Mel and Zora Rashkis Elementary School is dedicated Hundreds of students, parents and residents attended the dedication of the district's newest elementary school, which opened that August. The school board named it for Mel and Zora Rashkis for their work with the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools since they moved to the area in 1962. People: Zora Rashkis, Mel Rashkis Place: Chapel Hill · Also mentions: Chapel Hill-Carrboro City SchoolsSearch the index · The Daily Tar Heel, November 3, 2003, p. 6 (District dedicates its newest school)

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