{"id":2444,"date":"2025-10-01T16:10:47","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T20:10:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/certapro.com\/durham\/?post_type=community&#038;p=2444"},"modified":"2026-02-11T11:03:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T16:03:49","slug":"vetrepreneur-of-year-franchise-2025","status":"publish","type":"community","link":"https:\/\/certapro.com\/durham\/community\/vetrepreneur-of-year-franchise-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Winner! National Vetrepreneur Of The Year &#8211; Franchise for 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We have incredible news to share: CertaPro Painters\u00ae of Durham, NC&#8217;s very own Kevin Dougherty has not only achieved the 2025 <a class=\"yzkQtgmTvfGClJdzuHAtulmhmBSuRQRpw \" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/vetrepreneur\/\" target=\"_self\" data-test-app-aware-link=\"\">Vetrepreneur<\/a>\u00ae of the Year \u2013 State (North Carolina) title, but also soared to the very top at the nationals! After earning the state honor, Kevin went on to win the 2025 Vetrepreneur of the Year \u2013 Franchise at the national level! Kevin&#8217;s journey is rooted in service from serving in the US. Marine Corps as an Artillery Officer in Panama, Okinawa, and Somalia. This win stands as a powerful testament to Kevin\u2019s unwavering dedication, leadership, and heartfelt service not just to the CertaPro brand, but to veterans and communities across the country.<\/p>\n<p>Please join us in celebrating this extraordinary milestone! 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After earning the state honor, Kevin went on to win the 2025 Vetrepreneur of the<a class=\"read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/certapro.com\/durham\/community\/vetrepreneur-of-year-franchise-2025\/\">Read the full article <em class=\"fa fa-angle-double-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","format":"standard","categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2444","community","type-community","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/certapro.com\/durham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/community\/2444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/certapro.com\/durham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/community"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/certapro.com\/durham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/community"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/certapro.com\/durham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/certapro.com\/durham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2444"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/certapro.com\/durham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/community\/2444\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/certapro.com\/durham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/certapro.com\/durham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/certapro.com\/durham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}