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Happy Holidays from JCVB

For all the wonderful friends and partners we work with throughout the year to promote Johnston County as a destination, thank you. We couldn’t do what we do without your support and the services you provide for visitors. Whether you own a hotel, organize a festival, give tours at heritage sites or museums, [...]


SEGWAY TOURS ARRIVE AT HOWELL WOODS

Neal and Lorine Davis, owners of Tarheel Adventures, announce today that they are now offering guided tours of Howell Woods Environmental Learning Center, a 2800 acre nature preserve owned by Johnston Community College. What makes their tours unique is that each participant rides a Segway Personal Transporter (PT) while on the tour.
“We provide every participant [...]


SAVE THE DATES! March 1-3, 2009

Mark your calendars! The 2009 North Carolina Governor’s Conference on Hospitality and Tourism will be held March 1-3 at the new Raleigh Convention Center and Marriott City Center.
This is your opportunity to strategize with more than 500 of the state’s lodging, restaurant and tourism leaders on ways we can work together to turn more [...]


Smithfield Art Venue Opens After Ava Film Festival

As a result of the successful Ava Gardner Film Festival, local artists began a grassroots effort to bring an art gallery and venue for showing independent films year-round to Smithfield. The River City Arts (RCA) opened this November in Downtown Smithfield at 109 S. Third Street.
RCA will be a multi-purpose space offering an art [...]


Country Music Showcase Sponsors Food Drive

245 College Road 919.209.2180
Smithfield, NC 27577 elamd@johnstoncc.edu
www.johnstoncc.edu
NEWS RELEASE
Date: November 19, 2008
Contact: Debbie Elam
Telephone: 919.209.2180
E-mail: elamd@johnstoncc.edu
(Smithfield, NC) - News reports indicate [...]


THE SUPER BOWL OF SHOPPING!

Plan on visiting Smithfield for the after Thanksgiving Weekend Sale, featuring a Midnight Madness Sale At Carolina Premium Outlets.
WHAT: The 8th Annual Midnight Madness Shopping event has been called the “Super Bowl of Shopping”. At the stoke of Midnight Thanksgiving Night, November 27 the Madness will begin again. It is not for the faint [...]


Job Opportunity at JCVB

Life is a series of changes and challenges…didn’t I just say that in my last blog?
Angie Abrams, our Sales Manager at the Visitors Bureau has taken another job opportunity with the Fayetteville Convention & Visitors Bureau. We wish her well at her new job and we now embark on our quest to fill the [...]