St Pauls

TO THE TOWN OF ST. PAULS, NORTH CAROLINA, "THE LITTLE TOWN WITH THE BIG HEART!"   

Located in southeastern North Carolina, St. Pauls is perfectly situated to access many major carrier routes across North America.  St.  Pauls is located at the intersections of Interstate I-95, US Highway 301, NC 20, and near NC 87. It is 50 miles south of I-40 and 68 miles north of I-20.

Major cities close to St. Pauls include Fayetteville, NC just 15 miles to the north, home to Fort Bragg, the 82nd Airborne and the Special Forces Command, Lumberton, NC just 11 miles to the south, Raleigh, NC 90 minutes away, Charlotte, NC just 3 hours away, Florence, SC just an hour away, and the coastal cities of Wilmington, NC and Myrtle Beach, SC just 90 minutes away.

Nearby attractions include sites along the Historic Lumber River, the golf headquarters of the southeast at Pinehurst, NC, the Airborne & Special Operations Museum in Fayetteville, NC, beaches less than 90 minutes away including Myrtle Beach, Wrightsville Beach, Wilmington, NC, and of course the beautiful Appalachian Mountains and the Blue Ridge Parkway about 4 hours drive away.

From the St. Pauls Review Newspaper.....

RALEIGH — Mayor Buddy Westbrook led a delegation to Raleigh June 6 and 7 to begin St. Pauls’ official journey through a two-year revitalization process with the N.C. Rural Economic Development Center.

During ceremonies on June7, Gov. Beverly Perdue and Rural Center President Billy Ray Hall presented Mayor Westbrook a plaque recognizing St. Pauls as a participant in the N.C. Small Towns Economic Prosperity Program.

Joining Westbrook in representing the town were Olga Westbrook, Karen Weindel, Suzanne Malloy, Stuart Turille, Sue Hudson and Rufo Almazo.

St. Pauls also was recognized with a brick bearing the town’s name on the Rural Center’s Town Square. On the Town Square, part of a courtyard at the center, a sundial is surrounded by bricks bearing the names of the 67 towns that have participated in NC STEP since the program was launched in 2006.

St. Pauls was one of 11 towns selected to join the program this year.

“You’ve got to inspire your people to believe that good things can happen in little bitty places,” Perdue told them during the ceremony.

Representatives of towns that joined the program in 2010 offered words of encouragement and counsel.

Town Administrator – St. Pauls, NC, pop. 2,271 (18 miles south of Fayetteville).  Appointed by Mayor & 6-member Board of Commissioners.  Operating budget $2.8M with 32 employees.   Requires  4-yr. college degree; prefer MPA & local government  experience.  Must possess strong management, leadership & excellent communication skills, with knowledge of code enforcement, zoning,  HR, budget and economic development preferred. Must value community involvement and have ability to interact with all citizens.  Must reside within corporate limits of St. Pauls.  Submit resume’, cover letter, salary history & references to:  Mayor Gordon Westbrook, Town of St. Pauls,  210 W. Blue Street, P.O. Box 364, St. Pauls, NC 28384.