Wilson’s Mills has experienced a large influx of growth over the past several years and the confusion regarding property owners’ mailing and physical addresses within the town limits has grown substantially. Unless residents purchase a post office box in Wilson’s Mills, the mailing and physical addresses inside Wilson’s Mills have either a Smithfield or Clayton address due to the required delivery from one of those post offices. This has created confusion not only regarding mail and package delivery, but also confusion by new residents about where they are located, who to call for various...
Leaders from nineteen rural communities recently completed their campus-based training for Commerce's Rural Community Capacity (RC2) program, a unique new program to help increase local governments' capacity to plan, implement, and manage economic development programs and opportunities. The group completed their studies and participated in graduation ceremonies on October 26th in Boone. Town of Wilson’s Mills (Johnston) was the only North Central PZ community to participate, represented by Town Administrator Leighanna Worley, and Development Compliance Officer, Wendy Oldham. RC2, a pilot...