‘Remember the dream we started in 1995,’ Barbara Ewings told her former colleagues on Trinity City Council after she was recognized for years of service to the city.

Ewings was recognized at the Sept. 15 meeting. Mayor Fran Andrews presented Ewings with a plaque honoring her years on the Council.

“To say the least, this has been a journey, and I wish all of you well on this journey,” Ewings told the Council.

Ewings was one of the foremost people involved in Trinity’s incorporation and attended the community meetings that began in 1995.

She served on the Interim City Council after the incorporation vote in July 1997, was elected to City Council the following November and was re-elected in 2001 and 2005.

She formally resigned in July after the Randolph County Board of Elections upheld a challenge to her residency.

She now resides in Thomasville.

“Years ago, someone asked me why I do what I do, and at the time I could not answer,” Ewings recalled. “Now, however, I understand — I do what I do because I have a love of what I do. It’s bigger than all of us, and it’s about bettering things for the people of Trinity.”

In other business, the Council approved designation of The Winslow House, now the Trinity Museum, as a local historic landmark on the recommendation of the Randolph County Historic Landmark Preservation Commission. It is the first historic landmark designation in Trinity.