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Sep 23, 2026
Chatter with BNC | Ryan W. Simons - President, Wilson Chamber of Commerce
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2:52Ryan W. SimonsGUEST
But prior to that, while I was at ECU, I had the chance to be an intern here for the city of Wilson and just fell in love with the place and thought, you know, this could be a place that I may want to come back to at some point.
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3:04Ryan W. SimonsGUEST
And wife and I moved to the Outer Banks, had just an incredible experience out there.
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3:11Ryan W. SimonsGUEST
But the calling of Wilson and this part of the state really was drawing me back.
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3:17Ryan W. SimonsGUEST
So I had an opportunity to become a planning director in Selma, North Carolina, in our neighboring Johnston County, and did that for a few years.
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3:25Ryan W. SimonsGUEST
And while I was doing that, I was assigned the role of economic development as well, while I was doing the planning and sort of the regulatory work of community development.

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