By Steve Reed
SELMA — The chamber is still called the Smithfield-Selma Chamber of Commerce. But the organization’s marketing brand is Triangle East.
Chamber President and CEO Mike Mancuso unveiled the brand at the recent State of the Region luncheon at the Sysco Raleigh plant in Selma. The marketing theme for Triangle East is “Bringing Communities Together: Connect, Grow and Prosper.” Mancuso said he’s worked with the chamber’s 45-member economic development committee to develop this concept.
“We’ve rejoined the North Carolina Chamber of Commerce,” said Mancuso. “We’ve been missing from the table for two decades. It was once said that if Smithfield and Chapel Hill could agree on anything, it would move the world.”
Mancuso said people need to know how to find Johnston County and its cities and towns.
“What connects us? Who are we?” said Mancuso. “We need to find the ties that bind us.”
