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Granite Falls town manager retires after 14 years
13 Apr 2024
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GRANITE FALLS — Jerry Church, town manager of Granite Falls for more than 14 years, retired from his position effective March 31.
Church has left his duties to interim manager Ashley Presnell, with Daniel Cobb to step into the roll on Monday, April 15. After a long and impactful career, Church is finally ready to step away and pass the torch on to his successor.
Church has a long history in Caldwell County, growing up in the Valmead area and graduating from Hibriten High School. He went onto start community college and finished his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration at Appalachian State University. Church got a job with Broyhill Furniture in inventory control, and over the next 28 years moved into accounting before finally acting as vice president of operations. To read the full story, click here.
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