Triangle North, formerly known as the "Kerr-Tar Hub," is an award-winning and innovative rural economic development initiative 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.

The Research Triangle Regional Partnership markets Triangle North. The Kerr-Tar Regional Council of Governments provides administrative support.

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

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 Ernest Fleming

Vice President, Oakley Hall Antiques &  Art Inc.

Warren County Commissioner

BOARD MEMBERS

Clinton Alston
Businessman

(Warren County)

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

(Warren County)

Robert Fleming
Vice President and Legal Counsel, Barnette Properties LLC

(Vance 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)