State of the Community is a new program presented by the Wayne County Chamber of Commerce’s Governtment Affairs Committee.  The program is a series of quarterly panel presentations to give our citizens a glimpse of recent activities and future plans in economic development, downtown development, business recruitment and job creation, educational partnerships and initiatives, healthcare and quality of life initiatives.

This is the second State of the Community for 2008

Panelist for this presentation include:  Joanna Thompson, President of Wayne County Development Alliance; Al Delia, President/CEO of the North Carolina’s Eastern Region; and Dr. Kenneth Stokes, PH.D, Dean of the Tillman School of Business at Mt. Olive College.