Downtown Smithfield: Who We Are

DOWNTOWN SMITHFIELD DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

CHRIS JOHNSON
Executive Director

The North Carolina Economic Development Association has honored Chris Johnson as the 2007-08 recipient of the Jack Ervin Economic Development Institute scholarship. The award will pay for three years of tuition to the Economic Development Institute, a nationally recognized program leading to certification as an economic developer through the University of Oklahoma.

Telephone: (919) 934-0887
Fax: (919) 989-6202
Mail: 200 S. Front St.
Smithfield, N.C. 27577
E-mail:
DSDCChris@aol.com

Office location:
200 S. Front St.
at the Town Commons
near the Neuse River
in Downtown Smithfield

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Mickey Buffaloe, president
Barry Long, vice president
Rick Childrey, treasurer
Jan Branch
Tara Dunn
Chris Kinkade
David Mills
Waiel Mohamed
Clayton Narron
Julia Narron
Davidson Neville
Jerry Sasser
Barbara Williford

Ex officio members:
Norman Johnson, mayor of Smithfield
Cookie Pope, Johnston County commissioner
Jessica Hammett, director of Ava Gardner Museum
Wingate Lassiter, director of Johnston County Heritage Center
Margaret Marshall, director of Public Library of Johnston County and Smithfield