Garner Economic Development Update-Spring 2022

Conversations with local Garner veterans. We complete our three part conversation with Vietnam veteran Phil Matthews as he shares what it was like for him coming home.

Conversations with local Garner veterans. We continue our three part conversation with Vietnam veteran Phil Matthews, sharing what it was like to send and receive messages from home.

Conversations with local Garner Veterans. We sit down with Vietnam veteran, Phil Matthews, in the first of a three part series on his experiences while serving in the Army.

We talk with Amy Mattingly, director of K-12 programs with Helps Education Fund, about the WakeTogether volunteer tutoring program, which is offering a structured approach to reading tutoring for students in Wake County Public Schools. Listen, learn more about the program and find out how you can get involved.

We talk with Dr. Dudley Flood, a retired educator and administrator with the NC Department of Public Instruction who helped bring communities together to integrate the state's public schools in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He received the state's highest civilian honor, the North Carolina Award, in 2021 from Gov. Roy Cooper.

We learn more about the North Carolina Commission of Indian Affairs and discuss other matters relating to the state's Native American populations with commission Executive Director Greg Richardson, who resides in Garner.

We talk with two cast members in the Towne Players' upcoming production of Moana Jr. as well as Gabe Yarborough, a Towne Players alum who is currently doing some professional acting work while pursuing his college degree.

Garner Area Historical Society Board Members Judy Bass and Karen Padgett discuss Garner history and what's featured in the new Garner History Museum at the Depot in Downtown Garner.

Tammy Brunner and Roxanne Buzille discuss the Wake County Office of Deeds' work to transcribe and digitize records of enslaved persons in the county in the antebellum era.

Garner Economic Development Director Joe Stallings sits down with John MacDonell and Grady Matthews to discuss the INQ 4300 and E-District projects in Garner.