June 18 - Raleigh to Wilmington Passenger Rail Service

Around Our Town with Gene Merritt
Blog # 11
June 18, 2023

I am pleased to announce that I have incorporated Eastern Carolina Rail, a North Carolina non-profit corporation. The purpose of the corporation is to promote the successful establishment of passenger rail service from Raleigh to Wilmington. Steve Unger will serve as President, and I will serve as Vice-President. We will be filing soon for tax-exempt status to allow individuals and businesses to make tax-deductible contributions to support our marketing efforts.

Attached with this blog is a map of the potential Raleigh to Wilmington Passenger Rail Corridor.

We will work diligently to contact the affected town and counties along this route, working to garner their political support for this project. We will contact Chamber of Commerce and other business-oriented organizations, also asking for their support.

It is our opinion that the establishment of this rail service will create significant social and economic impacts for eastern North Carolina.

Everyone I have talked to about this project is enthusiastically supportive.

We will be calling on the public to show their support by contacting the decision makers in this process, encouraging them to fund this project.