Triangle North, formerly known as the "Kerr-Tar Hub," is an award-winning and innovative rural economic development initiative being created through a unique multi-county collaboration and cost-sharing arrangement to spark economic growth and opportunity in the Kerr-Tar (pronounced "Car-Tar) Region of north-central North Carolina, located north of world-renowned The Research Triangle Park.

The initiative is owned and managed by the Kerr-Tar Regional Economic Development Corporation, a 501(c)(3) created for this purpose.

Board members represent the four participating county governments, Franklin, Granville, Vance and Warren.

Administrative services are provided by the Kerr-Tar Regional Council of Governments.

Kerr-Tar Regional Economic Development Corporation

OFFICERS

Chairman
Danny Wright
Vance County Commissioner

Vice Chairman
Don Lancaster
Franklin County Commissioner

Secretary
W. E. Averette
Granville County Commissioner

Treasurer
Clinton Alston
Warren County Commissioner

BOARD MEMBERS

John Alston
President, A&S Pest Control, Inc.

(Warren County)

Robert Fleming
Vice President and Legal Counsel, Barnette Properties LLC

(Vance County)

Ernest Fleming

Vice President, Oakley Hall Antiques &  Art, Inc.

Warren County Commissioner

(Warren County)

Stan Fox
Fox and Associates

(Granville County)

Leslie Scott
Director, Institute for Rural Entrepreneurship, North Carolina Rural Economic Development Center

(At-Large)

Shane Mitchell

President, Mitchell Hardware, Inc.

(Franklin County)

Bryan Pfohl
CEO, Carolina Sunrock

(Granville County)

Abdul Rasheed
President and CEO, N.C. Community Development Initiative

(Vance County)

Keith Smith

President, Pete Smith Automotive Group

(Franklin County)